Eabha

Eabha was the #7,491 girls' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales.

Eabha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eabha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Eabha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#7,491 (14)#1,315 (24)#780 (3)#13 (72)#413 (9)—
2024#8,946 (11)#1,262 (26)#431 (7)#13 (80)#275 (15)—
2023#13,462 (6)#1,169 (28)#749 (3)#15 (79)#339 (11)—
2022#8,542 (12)#1,180 (28)—#18 (74)#357 (11)—
2021#12,206 (7)#1,069 (32)#652 (4)#25 (67)#336 (12)—
2020#7,969 (13)#1,313 (24)—#28 (64)#375 (10)#3,251 (5)
2019—#2,458 (10)—#70 (33)#296 (15)—
2018—#2,674 (9)—#51 (44)#436 (9)#3,286 (5)
2017—#2,201 (12)—#56 (40)#50 (125)—
2016#16,215 (5)#4,096 (5)—#61 (39)#45 (133)—
2015—#2,070 (13)#806 (3)#81 (31)#52 (126)—
2014—#3,514 (6)—#89 (26)#60 (115)—
2013—#2,313 (11)—#79 (31)#52 (130)—
2012#16,869 (5)#2,338 (11)—#71 (36)#62 (109)—
2011—#2,893 (8)—#59 (41)#64 (121)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #7,491.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2006.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 100very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eabha is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 100,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 58,000 to 1 in 190,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EabhaCanadaGirls—too few
EabhaEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
ÉabhaIrelandGirls#2294
EabhaIrelandGirls#4139
ÈabhaIrelandGirls#8853
EábhaIrelandGirls—too few
EabhaNorthern IrelandGirls#1372
EabhaScotlandGirls#7803
EabhaUSGirls#7,49114