NameTides

Eoghan

Eoghan was the #5,045 boys' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales.

Eoghan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eoghan as a boy’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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Eoghan as a boy’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.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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#5,045 (19)#2,440 (9)#495 (6)#169 (13)#132 (41)—
2024#5,067 (19)#3,689 (5)#619 (4)#99 (24)#109 (51)#2,710 (6)
2023#4,886 (20)#2,814 (7)#482 (6)#118 (21)#115 (49)—
2022#3,995 (27)#3,450 (5)—#115 (22)#127 (48)—
2021#4,494 (22)#1,984 (11)#401 (8)#113 (25)#102 (62)#2,491 (6)
2020#4,540 (21)#1,723 (13)—#111 (24)#79 (81)—
2019#7,643 (10)#2,728 (7)#516 (5)#133 (19)#108 (63)—
2018#5,106 (18)#2,693 (7)#704 (3)#128 (19)#77 (88)—
2017#4,594 (21)#1,923 (12)#442 (7)#83 (37)#66 (110)—
2016#4,327 (23)#1,627 (15)#331 (11)#108 (28)#68 (101)#2,718 (5)
2015#3,684 (29)#1,673 (14)#529 (5)#100 (30)#71 (109)—
2014#4,014 (25)#1,486 (16)#533 (5)#96 (33)#56 (142)—
2013#5,404 (16)#1,116 (23)#399 (8)#94 (34)#62 (132)#1,926 (8)
2012#4,533 (21)#1,270 (20)#500 (5)#85 (38)#53 (166)#2,158 (7)
2011#5,675 (15)#1,398 (17)#421 (7)#83 (41)#55 (164)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #3,684.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 640common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 580common

Next year

On its recent trend, Eoghan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 99,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 82,000 to 1 in 120,000.

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
EoghanCanadaBoys—too few
EoghanEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
EoghanIrelandBoys#13241
EóghanIrelandBoys—too few
EoghanNorthern IrelandBoys#16913
EoghanScotlandBoys#4956
EoghanUSBoys#5,04519