# Eilish (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eilish/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “elizabeth” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪlɪʃ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 356 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 356 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 294, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Eilís (“Elizabeth”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 18,444 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,518 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,766 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,909 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,270 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,294 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,353 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,563 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,881 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,854 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,116 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,557 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,498 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,021 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,626 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Eilish

- Eilish McColgan, British middle-distance runner

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.