Eilis

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eilis: Recorded since 1964, it reached #158 in 1999, and it stood at #337 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#158highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1031
1997	#1074
1998	#2165
1999	#1557
2000	#1831
2001	#1520
2002	#2868
2003	#1996
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2020	#4535
2022	#3970
2023	#5687

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 2017.

In 2020: #333 among girls in Northern Ireland, #4535 among girls in England and Wales.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #226 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 recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #158 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Eilis appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 847 births with the name.

Eilis 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.

Eilis'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	#226 (1964)	#164 (1987)	#651 (2017)	54 of 54	847 (1964–2017)	35 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#1031 (1996)	#1031 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	21 of 28	143 (1996–2023)	19 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#158 (1999)	#337 (2024)	21 of 28	97 (1997–2024)	11 (1999)

Eilis 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 Eilis in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	58	6 of 10	10
1970s	172	10 of 10	17
1980sbusiest	248	10 of 10	25
1990s	187	10 of 10	19
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	71	8 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Eilis 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: #158 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Eilis'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	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	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	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#158	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	17	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	18	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	24	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	24	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	24	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	22	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	31	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	25	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	29	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	35	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	24	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	30	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	22	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	15	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	18	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	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 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #158, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Eilif · #153, 59y
Eilin · #395, 24y
Eilish · #94, 61y
Eiliyah · #663, 20y

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.

Donncha · #159, 55y
Juliette · #155, 55y
Neal · #154, 59y
Norma · #154, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Arlene · #157, 44y
Donncha · #159, 55y
Feargal · #159, 33y
Miceal · #159, 35y

Eilis was ranked #158 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1999. 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.

Eilis 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 Eilis without appearing here.

Eilis moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Carol Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4535 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #4645.

Moved ahead of Eilis

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Teddy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2008.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3667 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Eilis

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 while Aisling went from #154 to #86.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 while Alexandra went from #222 to #111.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 while Charlotte went from #171 to #42.

Moved the same way as Eilis

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 and Alma from #327 to #579.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 and Audrey from #85 to #471.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 and Eileen from #17 to #396.
Florence Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eilis went from #226 to #651 and Florence from #146 to #219.

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: #158 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eilis

Eilis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eilis across 3 official records

Eilis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eilis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Eilis

Eilis and the names beside it

Eilis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eilis

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Eilis at a glance

Eilis across 3 official records

Eilis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eilis 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 Eilis

Eilis and the names beside it

Eilis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eilis

Moved the opposite way to Eilis

Moved the same way as Eilis