Eala

femaleIrish

In Irish, éala means 'swan' — applied here as a given name.

Origin: Irish

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2010 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #105 in Northern Ireland in 2024. See regions.

Eala: Recorded since 2010, its highest recorded position is #105, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#105highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

AY-luh/ˈeːlə/

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Data Confidence

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

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

Source authority

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Independent corroboration

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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 (3) — 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.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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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: In Irish, éala means 'swan' — applied here as a given name.
Pronunciation: AY-luh
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Irish

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2019–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2023	#3218
2024	#2000
2025	#1584

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 8 of the 16 years from 2010 to 2025.

In 2025: #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1584 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2010–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2010
First recorded at #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2010 — 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 #1584 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Eala appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 2010, and has registered 38 births with the name.

Eala 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.

Eala'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	#910 (2010)	#341 (2017)	#885 (2025)	8 of 16	38 (2010–2025)	12 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#5591 (2019)	#1584 (2025)	#1584 (2025)	6 of 7	50 (2019–2025)	19 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#424 (2019)	#105 (2024)	#105 (2024)	5 of 6	40 (2019–2024)	19 (2024)

Eala 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 3 registrars between 2010 and 2025, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #105, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 9 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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#885position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
9 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
19births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Eala was ranked #105 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.

Chloe#105
Emilia#105
Holly#105
Zoe#105
Eimear#110
Eloise#110
Lara#110
Lilah#110

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.

Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Eadie · #288, 27y
Eamon · #59, 62y
Eamonn · #60, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Rehmat · #93, 17y
Saorlaith · #90, 19y
Sue · #83, 16y
Shannen · #77, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Atlas · #93, 15y
Beauden · #75, 12y
Paudie · #139, 16y
Nikau · #44, 6y

Eala 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 Eala without appearing here.

Eala moved ahead of

Teddy
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #5891.
Gemma
In 2024 they stood at #2000 and #1541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1584 and #4867.
Cameron
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #4843.
Lorraine
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Meaning & Origin

In Irish, éala means 'swan' — applied here as a given name.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Irish

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Eala is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Eala, between 2010 and 2025, in 14 of those 16 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	2010–2025	8	#341 in 2017
England and Wales	2019–2025	6	#1584 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2019–2024	5	#105 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-luh/ˈeːlə/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Eala Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Eala 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 IrelandRepublic of Ireland

Notable Usage

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

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Eala

Eala at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eala across 3 official records

Eala appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eala

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Eala and the names beside it

Eala moved ahead of

Meaning & Origin

Where Eala is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Eala Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Eala at a glance

Eala across 3 official records

Eala appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eala

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Eala and the names beside it

Eala moved ahead of