Eila

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eila: Recorded since 2002, it reached #354 in 2022, and it stood at #500 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2005	#2438
2006	#3116
2008	#3005
2009	#2326
2010	#1815
2011	#1729
2012	#1483
2013	#1433
2014	#1341
2015	#1497
2016	#1416
2017	#1105
2018	#2090
2019	#1634
2020	#1449
2021	#1351
2022	#1416
2023	#1288
2024	#1894

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 girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #391 among girls in Norway, #1894 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2002–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #500 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Eila appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 344 births with the name.

Eila 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.

Eila'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
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#1105 (2017)	#1894 (2024)	20 of 23	344 (2002–2024)	31 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#621 (2019)	#905 (2022)	6 of 12	22 (2011–2022)	5 (2019)
Norway · Girls	#391 (2024)	#391 (2024)	#500 (2025)	2 of 2	11 (2024–2025)	7 (2024)

Eila by decade in England and Wales · 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 Eila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	34	5 of 10	7
2010s	204	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Eila 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 4 regions, from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #354 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Eila'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1341	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#500	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#391	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 2002 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 22 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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Eile · #288, 13y
Eileen · #17, 79y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Perrie · #355, 19y
Reya · #350, 24y
Isla-Mae · #361, 17y
Eduard · #342, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Daniels · #354, 19y
Adah · #355, 20y
Ava-Grace · #353, 19y
Erin-Rose · #355, 14y

Eila was ranked #354 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Eila 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 Eila without appearing here.

Eila moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #5707.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3005 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #4688.
Shea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Eila

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #2137.
Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1105 and #1411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1234.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1105 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1288 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #1603.

Moved the opposite way to Eila

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 while Aisling went from #513 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 while Alex went from #233 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Eila

Ada Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 and Ada from #2301 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 and Alma from #2105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 and Amelia from #25 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eila went from #4137 to #1894 and Aria from #2540 to #35.

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 4 regions, from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #354 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eila

Eila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eila across 3 official records

Eila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Eila at a glance

Eila across 3 official records

Eila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Eila appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Eila

Eila and the names beside it

Eila moved ahead of

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