Eithne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Eithne: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #119, and it was last ranked in 2015.

2registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#119highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#2407
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2015	#3252

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 50 years from 1964 to 2013.

In 2000: #465 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3912 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #126 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 recorded1964–2013
Highest recorded position: #119 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #3252 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Eithne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 761 births with the name.

Eithne 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.

Eithne'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	#126 (1964)	#119 (1966)	#894 (2013)	39 of 50	761 (1964–2013)	48 (1966)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2407 (1998)	#3252 (2015)	12 of 20	50 (1996–2015)	7 (2015)

Eithne 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 Eithne in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	247	6 of 10	41
1970s	311	10 of 10	31
1980s	125	9 of 10	14
1990s	63	10 of 10	6
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 41 births a year.

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

Eithne 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Eithne'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	28	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	17	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	27	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	27	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	25	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	38	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	32	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	43	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	40	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	40	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	40	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	39	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	38	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	48	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	41	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	41	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2015, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #119, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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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Eivind · #35, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Colman · #125, 48y
Susann · #125, 43y
Breda · #131, 49y
Iren · #104, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Jerome · #119, 61y
Paschal · #119, 20y
Valentine · #119, 53y
Ita · #118, 41y

Eithne was ranked #119 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Eithne 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 Eithne without appearing here.

Eithne moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.
Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4798 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Eithne

Elsie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #331.
Marianne Compare
In 2012 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #587.
Emilie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #439.
Chloe Compare
In 1986 they stood at #227 and #263 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #417 and #160.

Moved the opposite way to Eithne

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 while Aisling went from #154 to #51.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 while Alexandra went from #222 to #90.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 while Amelia went from #300 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 while Anna went from #34 to #12.

Moved the same way as Eithne

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 and Alma from #327 to #660.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 and Amanda from #118 to #254.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 and Angela from #24 to #399.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eithne went from #126 to #894 and Anita from #130 to #540.

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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Eithne

Eithne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eithne across 2 official records

Eithne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eithne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Eithne at a glance

Eithne across 2 official records

Eithne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eithne 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 Eithne

Eithne and the names beside it

Eithne moved ahead of

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