Eirinn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eirinn: Recorded every year since 1999, its highest recorded position is #102, and it stood at #127 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#102highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#1970
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2014	#2314
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#5581
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

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 24 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #127 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3695 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 #1970 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #102 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2000–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Eirinn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 141 births with the name.

Eirinn 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.

Eirinn'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	#1970 (1999)	#1970 (1999)	#3695 (2024)	24 of 26	141 (1999–2024)	11 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#184 (2000)	#102 (2023)	#127 (2024)	22 of 25	190 (2000–2024)	20 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#341 (2017)	#625 (2023)	17 of 22	101 (2002–2023)	12 (2017)

Eirinn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Eirinn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	1 of 10	8
2000s	41	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Eirinn 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: #102 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Eirinn'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#127	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#102	20	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#179	11	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	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	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #102, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 3 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.

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Eisa · #546, 26y

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.

Cuan · #102, 31y
Alesha · #104, 29y
Lilja · #104, 31y
Mirren · #106, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Esmae · #102, 29y
Flora · #102, 30y
Mara · #102, 30y
Caiden · #103, 29y

Eirinn was ranked #102 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Eirinn 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 Eirinn without appearing here.

Eirinn moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Eirinn

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3583 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1970 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Eirinn

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 while Ada went from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 while Alma went from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2770 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Eirinn

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 and Abigail from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 and Aisling from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eirinn went from #1970 to #3695 and Alex from #204 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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: #102 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eirinn

Eirinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eirinn across 3 official records

Eirinn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Eirinn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Eirinn and the names beside it

Eirinn moved ahead of

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Eirinn at a glance

Eirinn across 3 official records

Eirinn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Eirinn 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 Eirinn

Eirinn and the names beside it

Eirinn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eirinn

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Moved the same way as Eirinn