Eimhin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Eimhin: Recorded since 1984, it reached #234 in 1996, and it stood at #779 in 2022.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 2005–2009

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#689
2007	#842
2008	#862
2009	#893

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 39 years from 1984 to 2022.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1984–2022 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #318 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1984–2022
Highest recorded position: #234 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1996 (recorded 1984–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eimhin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1984, and has registered 148 births with the name.

Eimhin 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.

Eimhin'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	#318 (1984)	#234 (1996)	#779 (2022)	29 of 39	148 (1984–2022)	9 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#689 (2005)	#893 (2009)	4 of 5	12 (2005–2009)	3 (2005)

Eimhin 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 Eimhin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	12	4 of 10	3
1990sbusiest	52	9 of 10	6
2000s	60	10 of 10	6
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Eimhin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1984 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Eimhin'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
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1984 and 2022, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

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

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.

Eimer · #229, 40y
Eimhear · #154, 26y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Einar · #21, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Kathe · #234, 33y
Møyfrid · #234, 31y
Bertil · #235, 30y
Iwan · #236, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cillin · #235, 11y
Fern · #233, 32y
Kaylee · #235, 30y
Shonagh · #235, 32y

Eimhin was ranked #234 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1996. 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.

Eimhin 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 Eimhin without appearing here.

Eimhin moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #375 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #302 and #518.
Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #527 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #540 and #730.
Mitchell Compare
In 2004 they stood at #390 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #302 and #448.
Erin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #330 and #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2000 that had become #250 and #390.

Moved ahead of Eimhin

Logan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #158.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #233.
Jan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #302 and #370 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #247.
Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #542 and #322.

Moved the opposite way to Eimhin

Adam Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 while Adam went from #74 to #22.
Alex Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 while Alex went from #197 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 while Alexander went from #141 to #40.
Arthur Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 while Arthur went from #174 to #68.

Moved the same way as Eimhin

Adrian Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 and Adrian from #57 to #225.
Alan Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 and Alan from #11 to #173.
Alfred Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 and Alfred from #274 to #657.
Andrew Compare
Between 1984 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eimhin went from #318 to #779 and Andrew from #24 to #124.

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1984 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Eimhin

Eimhin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eimhin across 2 official records

Eimhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Eimhin at a glance

Eimhin across 2 official records

Eimhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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