Eunan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Eunan: Recorded since 1964, it reached #147 in 2000, and it stood at #392 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#147highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Eunan's record

Moved 172 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1997–2020

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#169
1998	#190
2000	#147
2001	#181
2002	#204
2003	#229
2004	#235
2005	#192
2006	#282
2007	#276
2008	#266
2009	#224
2010	#387
2011	#261
2012	#247
2013	#398
2014	#243
2015	#415
2016	#358
2019	#254
2020	#392

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 24 of the 56 years from 1964 to 2019.

In 2019: #254 among boys in Northern Ireland, #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2020 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2020
Highest recorded position: #147 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #392 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Eunan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 121 births with the name.

Eunan 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.

Eunan'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	#181 (1964)	#181 (1964)	#764 (2019)	24 of 56	121 (1964–2019)	8 (1972)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#169 (1997)	#147 (2000)	#392 (2020)	21 of 24	128 (1997–2020)	11 (2000)

Eunan 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 Eunan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	39	6 of 10	7
1970s	40	7 of 10	6
1980s	22	5 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Eunan 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 2020. Highest recorded position: #147 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Eunan'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
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#224	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#192	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#204	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#181	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#147	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#169	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	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 1964 and 2020, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #147, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 33 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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Eunice · #268, 39y
Euphemia · #2350, 19y

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.

Jolanta · #151, 39y
Sanne · #143, 39y
Ambrose · #155, 46y
Jaroslaw · #139, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Manus · #147, 54y
Vemund · #147, 58y
Ivor · #146, 54y
Krister · #148, 46y

Eunan was ranked #147 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Eunan 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 Eunan without appearing here.

Eunan moved ahead of

Ian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #415 and #342 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #254 and #418.
Simon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #415 and #259 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #254 and #418.
Colin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #398 and #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #243 and #398.
Raymond Compare
In 2013 they stood at #398 and #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #243 and #346.

Moved ahead of Eunan

Roman Compare
In 2019 they stood at #254 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #392 and #139.
Christian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #243 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #187.
Arlo Compare
In 2014 they stood at #243 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #211.
Hayden Compare
In 2014 they stood at #243 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #211.

Moved the opposite way to Eunan

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 while Alexander went from #116 to #36.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 while Benjamin went from #139 to #75.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 while Daniel went from #19 to #5.

Moved the same way as Eunan

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 and Alfred from #134 to #646.
Bruce Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 and Bruce from #204 to #564.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 and Denis from #21 to #148.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Eunan went from #181 to #764 and Edward from #18 to #89.

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 1964 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #147 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Eunan

Eunan at a glance

What stands out in Eunan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eunan across 2 official records

Eunan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eunan appears in

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Eunan at a glance

What stands out in Eunan's record

Eunan across 2 official records

Eunan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Eunan 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 Eunan

Eunan and the names beside it

Eunan moved ahead of

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