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Enrico

boy name
Origin
Italian
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

ruler of the home (heim 'home' + ric 'ruler'); famously borne by Enrico Fermi, the physicist who led the team that built the first nuclear reactor

The story

The road from Italy to Enrico Fermi's Chicago laboratory was also a family's escape from persecution. Enrico is the Italian form of Heinrich, related to English Henry and Germanic Heimirich, "home ruler." For Fermi, leaving home had an urgent historical cause. His wife Laura was Jewish, and as fascist persecution intensified the family decided to emigrate. They used his Nobel trip to Stockholm to leave Italy, then moved to the United States. Fermi later led the group behind the first nuclear reactor, which went critical in a converted University of Chicago squash court in 1942. Afterward, Eugene Wigner opened a bottle of Chianti. The team drank quietly from paper cups and signed its straw wrapping. Knowing the family's earlier departure changes the scale of that modest celebration: the Italian name in the scientific record had arrived with a life uprooted by fascism.

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How popular is Enrico around the world?

In the United States, 151 babies were named Enrico between 2020 and 2025. At the 2022 census, 16,713 people in Brazil were named Enrico, ranked 1,195th, with a median age of 5.

Enrico is on the official records of the United States, Brazil, South Australia, Montevideo, Austria, Spain, England and Wales, France and Chile.

United States

1 in 140,000

In the United States, 151 babies were named Enrico between 2020 and 2025.

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Enrico has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Brazil

1 in 12,000

At the 2022 census, 16,713 people in Brazil were named Enrico, ranked 1,195th, with a median age of 5.
Among people named Enrico living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1940speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 6,572 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Enrico in 2017.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Montevideo City

1 in 25,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 1 boy named Enrico was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Austria

1 in 38,000

In Austria, 2 boys named Enrico were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Spain

1 in 57,000

In Spain, 786 residents are named Enrico, ranked 1,654th among men, with a mean age of 43.4 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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England and Wales

1 in 73,000

In England and Wales, 8 boys named Enrico were born in 2025, ranked 2,664th among boys that year.

peak 20002025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 boys named Enrico were born in 2025, ranked 4,654th among boys that year.

1900peak 19672025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Chile

1 in 180,000

In Chile, 1 boy was registered as Enrico in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

last on record 2022

Enrico is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Canada

last on record 2023

Enrico is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

1991peak 20002024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

last on record 2020

Enrico is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

last on record 2020

Enrico is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Poland

last on record 2015

Enrico is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 2017

Enrico is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Enrico

People given the name Enrico in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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