NameTides

Ensley

Ensley was the #844 girls' name in the US in 2025 (322 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Ensley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ensley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ensley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#844 (322)#3,333 (7)—#1,429 (17)
2024#908 (292)#3,319 (7)—#1,617 (14)
2023#878 (306)#4,057 (5)—#1,582 (14)
2022#827 (339)#2,889 (8)—#1,635 (13)
2021#787 (361)#4,634 (4)—#1,229 (20)
2020#587 (495)#2,615 (9)#834 (3)#942 (28)
2019#666 (435)#3,541 (6)—#1,683 (13)
2018#674 (434)#3,985 (5)—#1,215 (20)
2017#969 (271)#4,063 (5)—#1,506 (15)
2016#2,412 (77)———
2015#2,524 (71)———
2014#2,615 (67)———
2013#2,597 (68)———
2012#3,094 (54)———
2011#3,916 (38)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #587.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ensley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ensley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #959FL
Ensley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EnsleyCanadaGirls#1,42917
EnsleyEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
EnsleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
EnsleyIrelandGirls—too few
EnsleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EnsleyUSGirls#844322
EnsleyUSBoys—too few