Enid
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Enid
This Celtic goddess and Arthurian name may sound terminally old-ladyish to many ears--but so did names like Ella and Etta not so long ago. So Enid is yet another forgotten four-letter E-possibility: she's has been M.I.A since 1954.
You might not know it to look at her, but Enid is Welsh, from the word meaning 'life' or 'soul.' Back in the Age of Chivalry, to call a woman 'a second Enid' was the greatest of compliments, as she was a legendary romantic figure, revived in Tennyson's Idyll of the Kings. In more modern times, Enid is the title of a Bare Naked Ladies song and a quirky character in the quirky film Ghost World.
Enid is also given to boys.
Pronounced EE-nid.
As of October 2026, Enid ranked #4586 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #412 in 1920, Nameberry popularity #762.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,724 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,737 | 40 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,582 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,185 | 34 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,831 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,653 | 66 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,578 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,586 | 30 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Enid for girls
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Enid on lists
Famous Enids
- Enid Mary BlytonGirl
English children's novelist
- Enid Algerine BagnoldGirl
Lady Jones, English novelist and playwright
- Enid CollinsGirl
American handbag designer
- Enid MarkeyGirl
American actress
- Enid Eulalie BennettGirl
Australian silent film actress
- Enid GreeneGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from Utah
- Enid YandellGirl
American sculptor
- Enid Crystal Dorothy MarxGirl
English painter
- Enid KentGirl
American actress
- Enid Georgiana Stamp TaylorGirl
English actress
- Enid NemyGirl
American journalist and columnist
- (Enid) Diana Elizabeth RiggGirl
English actress
- (May) Enid LorimerGirl
British,Australian actress
- Enid Muriel LyonsGirl
Australian MP; wife of Australian PM Joseph Lyons
- Monica Enid DickensGirl
English novelist; great,granddaughter of Charles Dickens
- Mary Enid Evelyn GuestGirl
daughter of Lady Charlotte Guest, and wife of Sir Austen Henry Layard
- Enid Mary BlytonGirl
British children's author.
Enid in pop culture
- Enid ColeslawGirl
character in "Ghost World"
- Enid NightshadeGirl
character in the Worst Witch series
- Enid RollinsGirl
character in the Sweet Valley series by Francine Pascal
- Enid FrickGirl
editor of Vogue magazine on TV's "Sex and the City"
- Enid Mary SinnottGirl
character "Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel"
- Enid WorsleyGirl
character in "Sylvia Scarlett"
- Enid HoopesGirl
character in "Legally Blonde: The Musical"
- "EnidGirl
" song by the Barenaked Ladies
- EnidGirl
city in Oklahoma
- Enid LakeGirl
lake in Mississippi
- EnidGirl
character on "The Walking Dead"
- Enid KelsoGirl
character in "Scrubs"
- EnidGirl
birth name of Sister Evangelina in "Call the Midwife"
- Tracy Enid FlickGirl
character in Election
- Enid JonesGirl
character "Murdoch Mysteries"
- EnidGirl
April Einar's friend in "Glitch"
- Enid MettleGirl
character in children's cartoon "Ok, KO! Let's Be Heroes!"
- Enid SinclairGirl
Character in the TV show "Wednesday"