Eimear

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eimear: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #26 in 1996, and it stood at #207 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
119times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eimear's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 48 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 106 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1365
1998	#2165
1999	#1805
2000	#1594
2001	#1439
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#2530
2005	#1500
2006	#2320
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#1815
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2013	#2649
2014	#1882
2015	#4736
2016	#3214
2017	#2502
2018	#1887
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#2341
2022	#4645
2023	#2927
2024	#4192

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 every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #110 among girls in Northern Ireland, #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #300 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #26 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1996 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #207 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eimear appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 5,911 births with the name.

Eimear 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.

Eimear'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	#300 (1964)	#26 (1996)	#207 (2025)	62 of 62	5,911 (1964–2025)	222 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#1365 (1997)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	257 (1996–2024)	15 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#31 (1997)	#31 (1997)	#110 (2024)	28 of 28	1,424 (1997–2024)	76 (2007)

Eimear 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 Eimear in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	100	6 of 10	17
1970s	645	10 of 10	65
1980s	1,491	10 of 10	149
1990sbusiest	1,569	10 of 10	157
2000s	1,357	10 of 10	136
2010s	621	10 of 10	62
2020s	128	6 of 10	21

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 157 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births rose by 66, from 110 to 176.

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

Eimear 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Eimear'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	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#110	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#79	26	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#62	34	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#73	30	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#69	31	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#61	36	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#57	41	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#62	38	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#77	33	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#64	38	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#46	49	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#58	39	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#45	55	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#57	43	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#49	52	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#43	56	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#48	50	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#32	76	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#33	70	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#32	75	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#33	72	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#42	55	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#32	75	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#36	66	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#36	63	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#43	53	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#31	75	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#31	75	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	21	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	17	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	31	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	38	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	43	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	57	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	50	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	67	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	53	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	52	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	81	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	89	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	91	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	102	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	125	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	137	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	138	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	148	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#43	135	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	125	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#43	133	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#40	146	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#33	168	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#35	148	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#29	140	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#30	197	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#26	222	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#35	156	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#38	147	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#40	150	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#32	176	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	110	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	123	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	134	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	148	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	117	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	165	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	148	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#73	112	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	166	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	184	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	136	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	181	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	124	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	83	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	87	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	85	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	64	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	59	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	45	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	32	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	38	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	28	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	26	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	18	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	26	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	16	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1996.

It held a top-100 place in 48 years, 48 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 222 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

Eily · #407, 8y
Eimantas · #375, 12y
Eimer · #229, 40y
Eimhear · #154, 26y

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.

Brigid · #26, 58y
Dermot · #30, 60y
Brendon · #31, 57y
Cathal · #31, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Brigid · #26, 58y
Julian · #26, 62y
Kieran · #26, 62y
Aine · #27, 61y

Eimear was ranked #26 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1996. 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.

Eimear 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 Eimear without appearing here.

Eimear moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2502 and #5765.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2893 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #4838.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Eimear

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #1240.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1439 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Eimear

Geraldine Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eimear went from #300 to #177 while Geraldine went from #9 to #883.
Denise Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eimear went from #300 to #157 while Denise went from #56 to #834.
Sharon Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eimear went from #300 to #157 while Sharon went from #39 to #834.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eimear went from #300 to #141 while Deirdre went from #14 to #871.

Moved the same way as Eimear

Camilla Compare
Between 1966 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eimear went from #162 to #294 and Camilla from #236 to #556.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eimear went from #1522 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eimear went from #1522 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eimear went from #1522 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.

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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eimear

Eimear at a glance

What stands out in Eimear's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eimear across 3 official records

Eimear by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eimear appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Eimear

Eimear and the names beside it

Eimear moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eimear

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Moved the same way as Eimear

Eimear at a glance

What stands out in Eimear's record

Eimear across 3 official records

Eimear by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eimear appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Eimear

Eimear and the names beside it

Eimear moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eimear

Moved the opposite way to Eimear

Moved the same way as Eimear