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.

Eoghain: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #224 in 1984, and it stood at #433 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#224highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eoghain's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2005–2021

View as table

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 →

Eoghain 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 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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2021, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #224, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#433position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1984Under 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.

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Eoghan · #39, 62y
Eoin · #14, 62y

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.

Bailie · #224, 26y
Finton · #222, 22y
Vernon · #222, 26y
Korben · #227, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Daria · #224, 47y
Elma · #224, 41y
Sadia · #225, 52y
Viktorija · #223, 44y

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.

Eoghain 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 Eoghain without appearing here.

Eoghain moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #303 and #303 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #518.
Rodney Compare
In 1983 they stood at #322 and #292 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1984 that had become #224 and #274.

Moved ahead of Eoghain

Luca Compare
In 2001 they stood at #303 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #393 and #174.
Kai Compare
In 2001 they stood at #303 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #393 and #226.
Daithi Compare
In 2001 they stood at #303 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #393 and #267.
Joshua Compare
In 1987 they stood at #283 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1988 that had become #319 and #201.

Moved the opposite way to Eoghain

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 while Aaron went from #157 to #12.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 while Adam went from #143 to #6.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 while Alex went from #268 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 while Alexander went from #145 to #56.

Moved the same way as Eoghain

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 and Adrian from #43 to #163.
Alan Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 and Alan from #10 to #65.
Anthony Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 and Anthony from #15 to #71.
Arthur Compare
Between 1973 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eoghain went from #290 to #629 and Arthur from #145 to #220.

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 stands out in Eoghain's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eoghain across 2 official records

Eoghain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eoghain appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Eoghain at a glance

What stands out in Eoghain's record

Eoghain across 2 official records

Eoghain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eoghain appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Eoghain

Eoghain and the names beside it

Eoghain moved ahead of

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