Eanna

maleStatistical record

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

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

Eanna: Recorded since 1964, it reached #115 in 1989, and it stood at #305 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#115highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eanna's record

Moved 168 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2002

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2002	#3409

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 boys in Republic of Ireland in 48 of the 54 years from 1969 to 2022.

In 2022: #311 among boys in Northern Ireland, #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 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 recorded1969–2022
Highest recorded position: #115 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1989 (recorded 1969–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Eanna appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 48 ranked years and 962 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Eanna across 4 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.

Eanna'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 · Boys	#246 (1969)	#115 (1989)	#657 (2022)	48 of 54	962 (1969–2022)	53 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#327 (1964)	#549 (2007)	10 of 44	44 (1964–2007)	7 (1976)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#421 (2016)	#270 (2020)	#305 (2024)	8 of 9	38 (2016–2024)	6 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3247 (2000)	#3409 (2002)	4 of 6	14 (1997–2002)	4 (2000)

Eanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Eanna in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	27	6 of 10	5
1980s	135	10 of 10	14
1990s	226	10 of 10	23
2000s	258	10 of 10	26
2010sbusiest	304	9 of 10	34
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 26, from 29 to 3.

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

Eanna 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #115 in Republic of Ireland in 1989.

Eanna'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
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	29	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	53	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	31	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	32	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	43	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	38	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	41	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	31	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	34	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	33	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	29	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	29	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	25	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	22	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	17	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	24	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	16	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	26	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	25	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	34	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	28	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	27	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	40	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	21	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	22	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	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 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #115, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 52 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 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.

Fiachra · #115, 58y
Fionnuala · #116, 60y
Jacek · #116, 54y
Maire · #113, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Colum · #115, 49y
Fiachra · #115, 58y
Fidelma · #116, 31y
Fionnuala · #116, 60y

Eanna was ranked #115 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1989. 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.

Eanna 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 Eanna without appearing here.

Eanna moved ahead of

Alma Compare
In 2006 they stood at #515 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #842.
Audrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #515 and #193 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #842.
Marianne Compare
In 2006 they stood at #515 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #842.
Tina Compare
In 2006 they stood at #515 and #319 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #842.

Moved ahead of Eanna

Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #197 and #220 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #111.
Jonah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #197 and #203 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #135.
Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #197 and #214 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #157.
Jesse Compare
In 2017 they stood at #197 and #230 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #177.

Moved the opposite way to Eanna

Aaron Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 while Aaron went from #174 to #62.
Adam Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 while Adam went from #196 to #22.
Alexander Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 while Alexander went from #135 to #40.
Arthur Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 while Arthur went from #115 to #68.

Moved the same way as Eanna

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 and Adrian from #48 to #225.
Alan Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 and Alan from #15 to #173.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 and Alfred from #163 to #657.
Andrew Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eanna went from #246 to #657 and Andrew from #36 to #124.

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 2024. Highest recorded position: #115 in Republic of Ireland in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eanna

Eanna at a glance

What stands out in Eanna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eanna across 4 official records

Eanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What stands out in Eanna's record

Eanna across 4 official records

Eanna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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