Eile

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eile: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #288, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#288highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2019–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591
2023	#3218

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 Northern Ireland in 5 of the 12 years from 2013 to 2024.

In 2019: #298 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5591 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #549 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2013–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Eile appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 40 births with the name.

Eile 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.

Eile'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	#440 (2013)	#288 (2024)	#288 (2024)	5 of 12	20 (2013–2024)	5 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#549 (2007)	#471 (2017)	#471 (2017)	8 of 11	40 (2007–2017)	8 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#5591 (2019)	#3218 (2023)	#3218 (2023)	2 of 5	10 (2019–2023)	7 (2023)

Eile 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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #288 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Eile'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	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 2007 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #288, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 12 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#288position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

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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Eila · #354, 21y
Eileen · #17, 79y
Eilen · #396, 27y

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.

Emery · #288, 15y
Loughlin · #288, 16y
Zaviyar · #287, 15y
Shanna · #284, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Emery · #288, 15y
Florie · #288, 16y
Erikas · #289, 19y
Nylah · #287, 21y

Eile was ranked #288 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Eile 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 Eile without appearing here.

Eile moved ahead of

Deborah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #751 and #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Jenny Compare
In 2016 they stood at #751 and #581 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Shania Compare
In 2016 they stood at #751 and #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Sharon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #584 and #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.

Moved ahead of Eile

Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #430.
Mila Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #597.
Olive Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #597.
May Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #665.

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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #288 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eile

Eile at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eile across 3 official records

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Eile at a glance

Eile across 3 official records

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Eile

Eile and the names beside it

Eile moved ahead of

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