Cecily vs Eabha

Cecily and Eabhacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 2022, Cecily was ranked #905 and Eabha #357 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Cecily was ranked #625 and Eabha #1262 among girls in England and Wales.

Cecily and Eabha over time

Cecily and Eabha appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Cecily held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Eabha in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Cecily reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Eabha in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

England and Wales · Girls18 shared years, 2004–2024
Cecily held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Eabha in 0.
Highest recorded here: Cecily #585 in 2016, Eabha #1069 in 2021.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Cecily #625, Eabha #1262.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Eabha

Pairs where Eabha shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Isla vs Eabha
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Isla #1 in 2023, Eabha #13 in 2024.
Isla · Eabha · 21 shared years, 2004–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Isabella vs Eabha
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2020 as Isabella fell out of it to #51, having been #27 the year before.
Isabella · Eabha · 23 shared years, 2001–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 Northern Ireland ranking
Eabha vs Phoebe
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2020 as Phoebe fell out of it to #74, having been #47 the year before.
Eabha · Phoebe · 23 shared years, 2001–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 Northern Ireland ranking
Sarah vs Eabha
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2020 as Sarah fell out of it to #60, having been #37 the year before.
Sarah · Eabha · 23 shared years, 2001–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 Northern Ireland ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Cecily, Eabha
Field	Cecily	Eabha
Record type	Official statistical record (evidence-only)	Editorially researched profile
Gender usage	female	female
Meaning	Not yet recorded	Traditionally treated as the Irish form of the name Eve, carrying the same underlying sense of 'life' or 'living one'.
Origin	Not yet recorded	Irish
Pronunciation	Not yet recorded	/ˈeːwə/
Syllables	3	2
Common variants / nicknames	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Recorded regional usage	GB-ENW, IE	GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE
Most recent popularity observation	England and Wales · Girls #625 (2024)	Republic of Ireland · Girls #413 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	Not yet recorded	90/100
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	88/100	94/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	60/100	100/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Eabha has a recorded origin (Irish); Cecily does not have one recorded yet.
Cecily has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Eabha.
A meaning is recorded for Eabha; Cecily doesn't have one written yet.
Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Cecily

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #297 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #625 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Eabha

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #13 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2001–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls