Eimhear

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eimhear: Recorded since 1984, it reached #154 in 1997, and it stood at #337 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#154highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#154
1998	#164
1999	#344
2000	#184
2001	#267
2003	#284
2005	#254
2006	#238
2007	#351
2008	#311
2009	#309
2010	#430
2011	#277
2012	#383
2013	#255
2014	#314
2015	#426
2016	#306
2020	#281
2021	#350
2024	#337

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 1998: #164 among girls in Northern Ireland, #425 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1984–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #154 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Eimhear appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, with 21 ranked years and 117 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1984.

Eimhear 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.

Eimhear'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
Northern Ireland · Girls	#154 (1997)	#154 (1997)	#337 (2024)	21 of 28	117 (1997–2024)	13 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1984)	#363 (1992)	#677 (2004)	7 of 21	28 (1984–2004)	7 (1992)

Eimhear by decade in Northern 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 Eimhear in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	3 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	33	7 of 10	5
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eimhear 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 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Eimhear'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
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#164	11	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1984 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #154, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 13 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.

Eimear · #26, 62y
Eimer · #229, 40y
Eimhin · #234, 29y
Eimile · #243, 13y

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.

Assumpta · #154, 22y
Gertrude · #154, 29y
Mindaugas · #154, 31y
Keiran · #153, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Aya · #154, 35y
Lochlainn · #154, 25y
Shaunna · #154, 18y
Lennon · #153, 31y

Eimhear was ranked #154 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Eimhear 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 Eimhear without appearing here.

Eimhear moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #284 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #238 and #384.
Claire Compare
In 2015 they stood at #426 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #306 and #440.
Shauna Compare
In 2015 they stood at #426 and #426 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #306 and #440.
Julie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #351 and #351 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #311 and #439.

Moved ahead of Eimhear

Lena Compare
In 2009 they stood at #309 and #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #430 and #137.
Ella Compare
In 1998 they stood at #164 and #197 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #344 and #119.
Fiadh Compare
In 2011 they stood at #277 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #383 and #172.
Lara Compare
In 1998 they stood at #164 and #197 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #344 and #146.

Moved the opposite way to Eimhear

Amelia Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 while Amelia went from #358 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 while Annie went from #112 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 while Aoife went from #17 to #4.
Cara Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 while Cara went from #85 to #33.

Moved the same way as Eimhear

Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 and Aimee from #23 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 and Alexandra from #45 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 and Amy from #9 to #253.
Bethany Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eimhear went from #154 to #337 and Bethany from #53 to #253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #154 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eimhear

Eimhear at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eimhear across 2 official records

Eimhear by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Eimhear appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Eimhear at a glance

Eimhear across 2 official records

Eimhear by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Eimhear appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Eimhear

Eimhear and the names beside it

Eimhear moved ahead of

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