Enara
Ainara or Enara is a Basque language feminine given name meaning "swallow bird".
- Basque
Meaning & Origin of Enara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ainara or Enara is a Basque language feminine given name meaning "swallow bird".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
The Story of Enara
The earliest SSA record of Enara as a baby girl name dates back to 2012, when 7 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Enara — #7,245 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Enara on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Enara ranks #8,399 for baby girls with 11 births, rising sharply (+20% over the past five years). All told, over 97 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Enara
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About the name Enara
Enara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 97 births in the dataset. Enara's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #7,245. Use the chart and map above to compare Enara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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