Eoghain

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#224highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2005–2021

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#307
2006	#341
2008	#328
2009	#390
2020	#392
2021	#433

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 35 years from 1973 to 2007.

In 2006: #341 among boys in Northern Ireland, #493 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2021 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2007
Highest recorded position: #224 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1973–2007).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Eoghain appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Eoghain 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.

Eoghain'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	#290 (1973)	#224 (1984)	#629 (2007)	19 of 35	77 (1973–2007)	7 (1984)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#307 (2005)	#433 (2021)	6 of 17	19 (2005–2021)	4 (2008)

Eoghain 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 Eoghain in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	16	4 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
1990s	20	5 of 10	4
2000s	18	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #224 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Eoghain'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
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified

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.

Where Eoghain is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Eoghain, between 1973 and 2021, in 23 of those 49 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1973–2007	19	#224 in 1984
Northern Ireland	2005–2021	6	#307 in 2005

Its high point came 21 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1984) than in Northern Ireland (2005).

No registrar recorded it for 10 years after 2009; it appears again in 2020.

Eoghain was ranked #224 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1984. 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.

Clifford#224
Donald#224
Jack#224
Joshua#224
Barrie#234
Christian#234
Clement#234
Domhnall#234

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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #224 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eoghain

Eoghain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eoghain across 2 official records

Eoghain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Popularity data

Where Eoghain is officially recorded

Names published alongside Eoghain

Eoghain at a glance

Eoghain across 2 official records

Eoghain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Names published alongside Eoghain