girl's name
Éadha
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 75
Northern Ireland
#254
as Eadha, 2024
Éadha is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in Ireland, ranking #386. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2022, when 11 babies were given the name.
- It is a recent arrival in the birth records in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 4,486 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2019.
Éadha over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 3 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 45 |
How popular is Éadha?
In 2025, Éadha was given to 10 babies in Ireland, ranking #386 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Éadha is used
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
How Éadha is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Eadha | Eadha is a spelling of Éadha, used in Northern Ireland, where it ranks #254. | 27 |
Names that peaked alongside Éadha
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Éadha also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Éadha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Éadha
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Éadha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Éadha
Is Éadha a girl's or a boy's name?
Éadha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Éadha most popular?
Éadha peaked in 2022, when 11 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
Is Éadha a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Éadha currently ranks #254 in Ireland. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.