Eireann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eireann: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #89 in 2021, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#89highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#1870
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2020	#5493
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#5687
2024	#3318

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 18 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #127 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1996 — 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: #89 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eireann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 313 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1996.

Eireann 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.

Eireann'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	#534 (1996)	#312 (2002)	#885 (2025)	18 of 30	94 (1996–2025)	11 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#1870 (2001)	#3318 (2024)	22 of 28	100 (1997–2024)	9 (2001)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#89 (2021)	#127 (2024)	27 of 28	313 (1997–2024)	25 (2021)

Eireann by decade in Northern 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 Eireann in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	77	10 of 10	8
2010s	128	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	99	5 of 10	20

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eireann 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Eireann'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#127	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#124	17	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#89	25	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#103	20	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#114	21	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#175	12	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#129	18	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#207	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#130	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #89, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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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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.

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Paddy · #96, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Elle · #89, 32y
Olai · #89, 32y
Talia · #89, 30y
Breanna · #88, 29y

Eireann was ranked #89 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Eireann 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 Eireann without appearing here.

Eireann moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Eireann

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Dylan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2191.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Eireann

Alice Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 while Alice went from #70 to #41.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 while Alma went from #534 to #226.
Amelia Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 while Amelia went from #429 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 while Annie went from #187 to #33.

Moved the same way as Eireann

Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 and Aimee from #76 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 and Aisling from #17 to #180.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 and Alexandra from #98 to #141.
Alison Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eireann went from #534 to #885 and Alison from #46 to #213.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eireann

Eireann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eireann across 3 official records

Eireann by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Eireann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Eireann and the names beside it

Eireann moved ahead of

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Eireann at a glance

Eireann across 3 official records

Eireann by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Eireann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Eireann

Eireann and the names beside it

Eireann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eireann

Moved the opposite way to Eireann

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