Eabha

femaleIrish

Traditionally treated as the Irish form of the name Eve, carrying the same underlying sense of 'life' or 'living one'.

Origin: Irish

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #13 in Northern Ireland in 2024. See regions.

Eabha: Recorded since 1990, its highest recorded position is #13, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#13highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
5names it appears alongside

AY-wuh/ˈeːwə/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (4) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

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Name Characteristics

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Irish
Meaning: Traditionally treated as the Irish form of the name Eve, carrying the same underlying sense of 'life' or 'living one'.
Pronunciation: AY-wuh
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Irish

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#2893
2012	#2338
2013	#2313
2014	#3514
2015	#2070
2016	#4096
2017	#2201
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#1313
2021	#1069
2022	#1180
2023	#1169
2024	#1262
2025	#1315

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2025: #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1315 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1315 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Eabha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 2,000 births with the name.

Eabha across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eabha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#517 (1990)	#45 (2016)	#413 (2025)	33 of 36	2,000 (1990–2025)	140 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#343 (2001)	#13 (2024)	#13 (2024)	23 of 24	800 (2001–2024)	80 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#1069 (2021)	#1315 (2025)	19 of 22	270 (2004–2025)	32 (2021)

Eabha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eabha in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	7 of 10	7
2000s	872	10 of 10	87
2010sbusiest	1,011	10 of 10	101
2020s	68	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 101 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 116, from 125 to 9.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eabha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #13, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Eabha was ranked #13 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dympna · #109, 29y
Ea · #179, 24y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Eadie · #288, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Finlay · #11, 30y
Harris · #9, 30y
Kristy · #8, 38y
Albie · #19, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Harrison · #13, 34y
Maddison · #13, 34y
Tayla · #13, 33y
Jayden · #14, 35y

Comparisons involving Eabha

Existing comparison pages where Eabha and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Eabha and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

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

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Pairs involving Eabha measured in Northern Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Eabha at its highest position.

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
Eabha vs Scarlett
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha moved into the top 50 at #28 in 2020 as Scarlett fell out of it to #53, having been #41 the year before.
Eabha · Scarlett · 21 shared years, 2004–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 Northern Ireland ranking

Northern Ireland overview→

Eabha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eabha without appearing here.

Eabha moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1313 and #5493.
Tyler
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #5730.
Dianne
In 2008 they stood at #5061 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.
Ellinor
In 2008 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Eabha

Fiadh
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Willow
In 2017 they stood at #50 and #77 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #436 and #50.
Millie
In 2017 they stood at #50 and #54 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #436 and #51.
Harper
In 2017 they stood at #50 and #56 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #436 and #53.

Moved the opposite way to Eabha

Deirdre
Between 1990 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #517 to #296 while Deirdre went from #43 to #871.
Evie
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #241 to #413 while Evie went from #498 to #29.
Lola
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #241 to #413 while Lola went from #425 to #124.
Elsie
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #220 to #413 while Elsie went from #528 to #55.

Moved the same way as Eabha

Aoife
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #343 to #13 and Aoife from #16 to #4.
Charlotte
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #343 to #13 and Charlotte from #46 to #6.
Clodagh
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #343 to #13 and Clodagh from #82 to #20.
Ella
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eabha went from #343 to #13 and Ella from #82 to #12.

Meaning & Origin

Traditionally treated as the Irish form of the name Eve, carrying the same underlying sense of 'life' or 'living one'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Irish

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Eabha is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Eabha, between 1990 and 2025, in 33 of those 36 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1990–2025	33	#45 in 2016
Northern Ireland	2001–2024	23	#13 in 2024
England and Wales	2004–2025	19	#1069 in 2021
Scotland	2024	1	#431 in 2024

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

AY-wuh/ˈeːwə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Eabha Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Eabha in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of Ireland

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Eabha

Eabha at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eabha across 3 official records

Eabha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eabha appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eabha

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Eabha

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Eabha and the names beside it

Eabha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eabha

Moved the opposite way to Eabha

Moved the same way as Eabha

Meaning & Origin

Where Eabha is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Eabha Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Eabha at a glance

Eabha across 3 official records

Eabha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eabha appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eabha

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Eabha

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Eabha and the names beside it

Eabha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eabha

Moved the opposite way to Eabha

Moved the same way as Eabha