Etain

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Etain: Recorded since 1969, its highest recorded position is #305, and it stood at #407 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2022	#5669

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 25 of the 54 years from 1969 to 2022.

In 2022: #305 among girls in Northern Ireland, #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5669 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #305 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2011–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Etain appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 112 births with the name.

Etain 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.

Etain'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	#443 (1969)	#370 (2004)	#905 (2022)	25 of 54	112 (1969–2022)	11 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#4373 (2003)	#5669 (2022)	2 of 20	6 (2003–2022)	3 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#444 (2011)	#305 (2022)	#407 (2024)	7 of 14	23 (2011–2024)	5 (2022)

Etain 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 Etain in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	16	5 of 10	3
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	29	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	47	8 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Etain 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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Etain'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	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 1969 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #305, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 42 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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Ethan · #4, 37y

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.

Denzel · #305, 30y
Divine · #305, 29y
Jun · #305, 28y
Malena · #305, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Ole-Kristian · #305, 39y
Petrina · #305, 24y
Gintaras · #307, 28y
Hillary · #307, 33y

Etain was ranked #305 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Etain 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 Etain without appearing here.

Etain moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #896.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #768 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #896.
Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #488 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #896.
Therese Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #896.

Moved ahead of Etain

Maja Compare
In 2006 they stood at #370 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #110.
Jodie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #402 and #431 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #585 and #208.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #488 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #398.
Aurora Compare
In 2011 they stood at #510 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #474.

Moved the opposite way to Etain

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 while Abigail went from #303 to #84.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 while Alexandra went from #303 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 while Alice went from #103 to #29.
Amelia Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 while Amelia went from #322 to #11.

Moved the same way as Etain

Alison Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 and Alison from #71 to #222.
Amanda Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 and Amanda from #58 to #747.
Andrea Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 and Andrea from #175 to #420.
Angela Compare
Between 1969 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Etain went from #443 to #905 and Angela from #36 to #389.

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 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Etain

Etain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Etain across 3 official records

Etain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Etain appears in

Popularity data

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Etain at a glance

Etain across 3 official records

Etain by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Etain appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Etain

Etain and the names beside it

Etain moved ahead of

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