Ensley

What Ensley means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ensley yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,524 in 2015, #844 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ensley?

US: Rising: up from #2524 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 495 girls got the name (#587 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 4,992 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.7 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.68 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.68 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ensley is #844 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ensley were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ainsley621 US · 11 E&W
• Ansley170 US
• Enzley40 US
• Anslee38 US
• Enslee23 US
• Annsley18 US
• Enzlee17 US
• Aynsley17 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ensley

Girls

• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

For a brother

• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ensley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.