Eadaoin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eadaoin: Recorded since 1971, it reached #165 in 2000, and it stood at #288 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#165highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eadaoin's record

Moved 203 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#194
1998	#229
1999	#227
2001	#267
2002	#286
2003	#331
2004	#273
2005	#209
2006	#332
2007	#351
2008	#277
2009	#364
2010	#237
2011	#444
2012	#330
2014	#278
2015	#358
2016	#440
2017	#263
2020	#281
2021	#446
2022	#243
2023	#391
2024	#288

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 Republic of Ireland in every year from 1971 to 2017.

In 2017: #263 among girls in Northern Ireland, #301 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1971–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2017
Highest recorded position: #165 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1971–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Eadaoin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 695 births with the name.

Eadaoin 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.

Eadaoin'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	#417 (1971)	#165 (2000)	#301 (2017)	47 of 47	695 (1971–2017)	28 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#194 (1997)	#194 (1997)	#288 (2024)	24 of 28	122 (1997–2024)	9 (1997)

Eadaoin 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 Eadaoin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	69	9 of 10	8
1980s	134	10 of 10	13
1990sbusiest	190	10 of 10	19
2000s	188	10 of 10	19
2010s	114	8 of 10	14

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Eadaoin 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 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #165 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Eadaoin'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	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#194	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#301	15	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	18	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	28	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	25	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	22	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	18	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	12	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	23	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	20	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	14	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	22	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	20	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	24	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	19	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	18	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	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 1971 and 2024, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #165, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 26 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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Eabha · #13, 33y
Eadie · #288, 27y
Eala · #105, 14y

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.

Paraic · #164, 49y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y
Edwina · #162, 53y
Doreen · #161, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Greg · #166, 37y
Kyra · #166, 35y
Kealan · #168, 46y
Seana · #162, 33y

Eadaoin was ranked #165 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Eadaoin 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 Eadaoin without appearing here.

Eadaoin moved ahead of

Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #279 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #257 and #677.
Josephine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #359 and #325 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #317 and #677.
Anne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #476 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #301 and #651.
Linda Compare
In 2016 they stood at #476 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #301 and #651.

Moved ahead of Eadaoin

Jodie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #378 and #431 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #476 and #208.
Olive Compare
In 2020 they stood at #281 and #397 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #446 and #190.
Freya Compare
In 2005 they stood at #209 and #226 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #332 and #101.
Florence Compare
In 2014 they stood at #278 and #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #358 and #144.

Moved the opposite way to Eadaoin

Amelia Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 while Amelia went from #358 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 while Annie went from #112 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 while Aoife went from #17 to #4.
Belinda Compare
Between 1971 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #417 to #213 while Belinda went from #257 to #498.

Moved the same way as Eadaoin

Courtney Compare
Between 1988 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #232 to #476 and Courtney from #407 to #750.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 and Aimee from #23 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 and Alexandra from #45 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Eadaoin went from #194 to #288 and Amy from #9 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 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #165 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eadaoin

Eadaoin at a glance

What stands out in Eadaoin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eadaoin across 2 official records

Eadaoin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eadaoin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Eadaoin

Eadaoin and the names beside it

Eadaoin moved ahead of

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Eadaoin at a glance

What stands out in Eadaoin's record

Eadaoin across 2 official records

Eadaoin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eadaoin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Eadaoin

Eadaoin and the names beside it

Eadaoin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eadaoin

Moved the opposite way to Eadaoin

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