Given name & surname
Enna
Enna is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Enna isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Enna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 629
- 0 boys · 629 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,393 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,393 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 950 as a first name in 2020; 220 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Enna’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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Ariana
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>99% girls