Ender
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Ender
This popular Turkish name has a very on-trend sound and is familiar to English speakers thanks to Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel Ender’s Game. The book has recently been turned into a movie, starring Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
Ender was chosen by Halsey and her partner Alev Aydin for their son born in 2021. It was an ideal choice for the couple, nodding to their love of Sci-Fi (Ender's middle name is Ripley) and Aydin's Turkish heritage.
Ender is also given to girls.
Pronounced EN-der.
As of October 2026, Ender ranked #12528 in US births in 2023 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,405 | 120 | 62.5 |
| 2015 | #1,627 | 98 | 51.1 |
| 2016 | #1,370 | 130 | 68.5 |
| 2017 | #1,456 | 117 | 63.2 |
| 2018 | #1,548 | 109 | 60 |
| 2019 | #1,584 | 105 | 58.5 |
| 2020 | #1,580 | 103 | 59.7 |
| 2021 | #1,433 | 126 | 72 |
| 2022 | #1,264 | 153 | 87.6 |
| 2023 | #1,581 | 110 | 64.3 |
| 2024 | #1,560 | 111 | 64.4 |
| 2025 | #1,745 | 93 | 54.4 |
World rankings
Ender for boys
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Famous Enders
- Ender OrgillBoy
youtuber on the channel "April and Davey"
Ender in pop culture
- "Ender's GameBoy
" 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card