Is Enola a boy or girl name?

Enola is a girl’s name. Of the 3,084 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Enola

Recorded 1885–2025 · United States

Enola was most popular in 1953, when 99 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,617 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,099, with 44 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,084 people named Enola.

Enola over time

Births per year. The dot marks Enola’s peak in 1953. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Enola a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Enola is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,084 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Enola

Where Enola is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Louisiana 46.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org