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Ensley is a feminine name in current use in the United States: it ranked #845 for girls in the United States in 2025. Wiktionary records Ensley as an English surname but marks its etymology as missing, so no meaning is stated here. What we can source about the name is in the etymology section below; what we cannot, we leave blank rather than guess.
Meaning and etymology
Wiktionary records Ensley as an English surname — the 8,174th most common in the 2010 US census — but marks its etymology as missing, and lists no given-name sense. Behind the Name has no entry. The name is therefore documented as an English surname put to use as a first name, with no meaning attached to it in any source we cite.
Editorial confidence: uncertain
Popularity
Ensley ranked #845 for girls in the United States in 2025. The figure comes from the Social Security Administration's national file for that year.
| Region | Year | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2025 | #845 | ssa-2025 |
Frequently asked questions
What does the name Ensley mean?
Wiktionary records Ensley as an English surname but marks its etymology as missing, so no meaning is stated here.
Is Ensley a popular name?
Ensley ranked #845 for girls in the United States in 2025. (Social Security Administration data).
Is Ensley a boy's or a girl's name?
In the 2025 SSA data Ensley appears in the girls' list.
Sources
- U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names — national data, year of birth 2025 — supports popularity, gender usage.
- Wiktionary: Ensley — Wiktionary, the free dictionary — supports Ensley as an English surname, absence of a documented etymology.
- Behind the Name: Behind the Name search for Ensley (no entry) — supports absence of an entry for this spelling.
