Enara

#9,649 in 2025Girls' name

Swallow

Enara has been given to 86 babies in the U.S. since 2012. In 2025 it ranked #9,649 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Enara, 2025

1 in 332,000

Enara over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Enara: meaning, origin, and history

Swallow

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Enara means

Enara means “swallow”, associated with enara.

Origin, language, and formation

Enara is used in Basque.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Basque, Enara is pronounced /enaɾa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 86 girls were recorded with the name Enara between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2021; its best national rank was #7,369 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,540 in 2020 to #9,649 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Enara?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,649; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Enara sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Enara. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Enaras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Enara was born before 2022 — so the typical Enara is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 77.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 86; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 77.9% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Enara rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +119; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,891; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 2021 (15)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,369; 2021

Spellings of Enara

Enara is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 23.6% against Enara's <0.01%.

Sara23.6%436,193
Clara16.3%300,524
Nora10.5%193,138
Tara9.5%175,812
Kara5.5%101,743
Kendra5.3%98,438
Kiara3.1%57,068
Cara2.9%53,305

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Enara around the world

Where Enara ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
2011–2025
#5,629
in 2025
South Australia
2013–2013
#536
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Enara by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,649
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,891
Best rank ever: #7,369; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 15 that year
First recorded: 2012
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 86
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Enara

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Enayah Yaara Evara Taara Ayara Enaya Zyara Syara Idara Akara Ezara Emara Johara Ozara Izara Siyara Ishara Maiara Naara Niyara Shiara Viara Deara Thiara

Sibling names for Enara

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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