girls:
3.2k births since 1997
#3076 (46th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1916
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1916
#4819 (38th percentile)
The name Ensley is the #4,819 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,193 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 37.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,076 (46.2% percentile) for all time with 3,177 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1916.
Ensley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Ensley is available in 27 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (25 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ensley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (99.8% girls from 1997 to 2023).
For girls, Ensley reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 47.2% percentile (ranked #497) with 279 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 279 births per million (ranked 47.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ensley ranks #655 for girls (30.9% percentile) with 174 births per million, which is 62.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ensley reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #906) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ensley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ensley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.3% confident that Ensley is pronounced as EH-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EHN-slee, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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