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How popular is the name Eira?

Births per year, rank history and how many Eiras are alive today.

Eira (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 379th in 2025 with 112 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 140 babies were given the name, the 311th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 403 in 2024 before climbing back to the 379th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Eira is one spelling of a name also recorded as Aaira, Aira and Era; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Eira you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Eiras born in England and Wales are between 3 and 10, and there are at least 2,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Eira - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Eira.

How many babies are named Eira each year?

Includes all spellings: Eira, Aaira, Aira, Era. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0100200300200020201996: 71998: 41999: 42000: 62001: 122002: 102003: 102004: 102005: 202006: 142007: 172008: 252009: 412010: 442011: 412012: 632013: 892014: 1022015: 1262016: 1332017: 1482018: 2042019: 1722020: 1892021: 1942022: 2312023: 2962024: 3502025: 332actual

Where does the Eira spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0961998: ranked 3,1421999: ranked 3,2252000: ranked 2,4162001: ranked 2,7832002: ranked 2,5402003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 1,9342006: ranked 2,3202007: ranked 1,7412008: ranked 1,7182009: ranked 1,2872010: ranked 1,0932011: ranked 1,2252012: ranked 8872013: ranked 7722014: ranked 7152015: ranked 5492016: ranked 5092017: ranked 4642018: ranked 3682019: ranked 4482020: ranked 4062021: ranked 3612022: ranked 3612023: ranked 3112024: ranked 4032025: ranked 379

Where does the Aaira spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202009: ranked 5,5562010: ranked 2,8432011: ranked 2,4322012: ranked 3,6812013: ranked 1,4332014: ranked 1,0702015: ranked 1,4522016: ranked 1,2112017: ranked 1,1842018: ranked 6242019: ranked 7492020: ranked 6742021: ranked 1,0392022: ranked 6302023: ranked 5832024: ranked 3412025: ranked 509

Where does the Aira spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202005: ranked 4,7982008: ranked 5,5452009: ranked 3,0312010: ranked 5,7072011: ranked 4,0492012: ranked 2,9692013: ranked 2,1762014: ranked 2,6592015: ranked 1,9612016: ranked 1,9202017: ranked 2,3412018: ranked 2,6742019: ranked 1,7822020: ranked 1,6872021: ranked 1,2862022: ranked 7852023: ranked 5232024: ranked 4042025: ranked 340

Where does the Era spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202001: ranked 2,2262002: ranked 3,4092003: ranked 2,4362004: ranked 3,7252005: ranked 2,9702006: ranked 3,5482007: ranked 5,2012008: ranked 3,0052009: ranked 2,7592010: ranked 5,7072012: ranked 3,2852013: ranked 4,0502014: ranked 4,0032015: ranked 2,3282016: ranked 4,0962017: ranked 2,0902018: ranked 3,1782019: ranked 2,2862020: ranked 2,1632021: ranked 3,1922022: ranked 3,1492023: ranked 1,8632024: ranked 2,5752025: ranked 2,006

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Eira per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 350 in 2024
Eira: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Eira most popular?

Eira peaked in 2024, when 350 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Eira?

At least 2,900 people named Eira in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Eira?

Most living Eiras are between 3 and 10; the most common age is about 2.

Is Eira becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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