NameTides

Eilidh

Eilidh was the #8,362 girls' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Eilidh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eilidh 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Eilidh 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#8,362 (12)#1,454 (21)#28 (119)#334 (4)#608 (5)#2,475 (8)
2024#8,946 (11)#1,262 (26)#38 (91)—#631 (5)—
2023#6,680 (17)#1,008 (34)#26 (122)#302 (5)#856 (3)#2,900 (6)
2022#8,032 (13)#1,180 (28)#22 (146)#305 (5)#905 (3)#2,315 (8)
2021#8,024 (13)#1,195 (28)#20 (160)#266 (6)#661 (5)#3,280 (5)
2020#7,212 (15)#992 (34)#24 (141)#228 (7)#700 (4)—
2019#6,414 (18)#881 (41)#22 (162)——#2,872 (6)
2018#7,409 (15)#826 (45)#19 (179)#238 (7)#734 (4)—
2017#7,442 (15)#899 (42)#21 (178)—#873 (3)#1,584 (14)
2016#9,411 (11)#994 (36)#21 (184)#276 (6)#868 (3)#2,040 (10)
2015#8,447 (13)#1,007 (35)#22 (208)—#751 (4)#2,179 (9)
2014#10,129 (10)#920 (40)#19 (224)—#876 (3)#1,901 (11)
2013#16,547 (5)#1,075 (33)#23 (201)#440 (3)#660 (5)#2,376 (8)
2012#16,869 (5)#1,184 (28)#26 (188)#451 (3)#768 (4)#3,334 (5)
2011#12,153 (8)#1,225 (26)#27 (212)#277 (6)#937 (3)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #6,414.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 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 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Eilidh is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 94,000 to 1 in 210,000.

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
EilidhCanadaGirls#2,4758
EilidhEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
EilidhIrelandGirls#6085
EilidhNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
EilidhScotlandGirls#28119
EilidhUSGirls#8,36212