Eire

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eire: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #192, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#192highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2006	#3548
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
2022	#5669

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 England and Wales in 7 of the 21 years from 2002 to 2022.

In 2020: #333 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #439 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2011–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Eire appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 35 births with the name.

Eire 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.

Eire'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)	#3548 (2006)	#5669 (2022)	7 of 21	23 (2002–2022)	5 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#439 (1999)	#439 (1999)	#660 (2015)	10 of 17	35 (1999–2015)	5 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#363 (2011)	#192 (2024)	#192 (2024)	8 of 14	40 (2011–2024)	9 (2024)

Eire 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 Eire in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	20	6 of 10	3
2010s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Eire 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #192 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Eire'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	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #192, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Eir · #240, 29y
Eira · #44, 35y
Eireann · #89, 30y
Eirik · #11, 81y

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.

Rua · #192, 17y
Ayat · #193, 26y
Keri · #191, 20y
Rome · #191, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cali · #192, 30y
Ace · #191, 29y
Ayat · #193, 26y
Ieuan · #193, 29y

Eire was ranked #192 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.

Eire 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 Eire without appearing here.

Eire moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #896.
Christine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #896.
Elaine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #894 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #896.
Joanne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #896.

Moved ahead of Eire

Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2338.
Hanna Compare
In 2000 they stood at #439 and #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #606 and #335.
Nora Compare
In 2015 they stood at #363 and #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #440 and #175.
Violet Compare
In 2015 they stood at #363 and #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #440 and #190.

Moved the opposite way to Eire

Alice Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 while Alice went from #87 to #40.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 while Alyssa went from #392 to #172.
Amelia Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 while Amelia went from #322 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 while Anna went from #28 to #14.

Moved the same way as Eire

Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 and Aimee from #68 to #133.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 and Aisling from #25 to #81.
Alison Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 and Alison from #58 to #151.
Amanda Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eire went from #439 to #660 and Amanda from #165 to #306.

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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #192 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eire

Eire at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eire across 3 official records

Eire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eire appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Eire moved ahead of

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Eire at a glance

Eire across 3 official records

Eire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eire appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Eire

Eire and the names beside it

Eire moved ahead of

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