NameTides

Eimear

Eimear was the #92 girls' name in Northern Ireland in 2025 (23 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Eimear as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Eimear as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Eimear as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 IrelandIreland
2025—#3,705 (6)—#92 (23)#207 (21)
2024—#4,193 (5)—#110 (18)#294 (14)
2023—#2,928 (8)#749 (3)#79 (26)#237 (17)
2022—#4,646 (4)—#62 (34)#237 (18)
2021—#2,341 (11)#792 (3)#73 (30)#177 (27)
2020—#3,447 (6)—#69 (31)#157 (31)
2019—#3,541 (6)#765 (3)#61 (36)#141 (38)
2018—#1,887 (15)—#57 (41)#128 (43)
2017—#2,502 (10)—#62 (38)#105 (57)
2016—#3,214 (7)#585 (5)#77 (33)#121 (50)
2015—#4,736 (4)—#64 (38)#94 (67)
2014—#1,882 (15)—#46 (49)#112 (53)
2013—#2,649 (9)—#58 (39)#116 (52)
2012—#2,521 (10)—#45 (55)#80 (81)
2011—#2,893 (8)—#57 (43)#84 (89)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Northern Ireland in 2002 at #32.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the Northern Ireland records since the data begins in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 320 baby girls in the published Northern Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 320common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eimear is likely to keep falling in Northern Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 380 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 260 to 1 in 540.

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
EimearEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
EimearIrelandGirls#20721
ÉimearIrelandGirls—too few
EimearNorthern IrelandGirls#9223
EimearScotlandGirls—too few
EimearUSGirls—too few