# Eira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eira/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 878 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 878 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,503, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 9,917 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,176 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,083 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,811 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,325 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,017 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,883 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,659 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,425 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,758 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,323 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,596 |
| 2024 | 76 | 2,395 |
| 2025 | 116 | 1,749 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 50 | 772 |
| 2014 | 55 | 715 |
| 2015 | 79 | 549 |
| 2016 | 85 | 509 |
| 2017 | 95 | 464 |
| 2018 | 123 | 368 |
| 2019 | 94 | 448 |
| 2020 | 105 | 406 |
| 2021 | 129 | 361 |
| 2022 | 118 | 361 |
| 2023 | 140 | 311 |
| 2024 | 107 | 403 |
| 2025 | 112 | 379 |

## People named Eira

- Anna Abreu, Finnish-Portuguese singer

## 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.