Eavan

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eavan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eavan: Recorded since 1969, it reached #313 in 1981, and it was last ranked in 2012.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#313highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2012

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3262
2004	#4598
2010	#5707
2012	#5876

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 42 years from 1969 to 2010.

In 2010: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5707 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #351 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2010
Highest recorded position: #313 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1969–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #5876 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012.
England and Wales · Girls

Eavan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 159 births with the name.

Eavan across 2 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.

Eavan'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	#351 (1969)	#313 (1981)	#758 (2010)	30 of 42	159 (1969–2010)	11 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#3262 (2001)	#3262 (2001)	#5876 (2012)	4 of 12	13 (2001–2012)	4 (2001)

Eavan 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 Eavan in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	46	8 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	66	10 of 10	7
1990s	29	7 of 10	4
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Eavan appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Eavan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	11	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2012, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #313, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 32 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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Nick · #313, 30y
Thu · #313, 31y
Billie-Jo · #314, 28y
Edison · #314, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Angeline · #313, 49y
Valeria · #313, 46y
Ide · #312, 36y
Orfhlaith · #314, 15y

Eavan was ranked #313 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. 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.

Eavan 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eavan without appearing here.

Eavan moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #496 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #345 and #498.
Janice Compare
In 1997 they stood at #496 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #345 and #498.
Ida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #862 and #546 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #910.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #345 and #345 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #910.

Moved ahead of Eavan

Maya Compare
In 2003 they stood at #345 and #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #149.
Rosie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #345 and #425 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #235.
Sofia Compare
In 2003 they stood at #345 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #242.
Sadie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #345 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #287.

Moved the opposite way to Eavan

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 while Abigail went from #303 to #49.
Aisling Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 while Aisling went from #94 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 while Alexandra went from #303 to #89.
Amelia Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 while Amelia went from #322 to #34.

Moved the same way as Eavan

Alison Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 and Alison from #71 to #115.
Alma Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 and Alma from #303 to #663.
Amanda Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 and Amanda from #58 to #194.
Angela Compare
Between 1969 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eavan went from #351 to #758 and Angela from #36 to #356.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Eavan

Eavan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eavan across 2 official records

Eavan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Eavan across 2 official records

Eavan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Eavan and the names beside it

Eavan moved ahead of

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