girl's name

Eibhlin

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
  • Births on record 748

Northern Ireland

#219

2024 births

Eibhlin is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Eibhlin is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in Ireland in 1984, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in Ireland.
  • Today about 1 in 8,971 babies in Ireland is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1964.

Eibhlin over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s 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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Births named Eibhlin by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1960s 24
1970s 53
1980s 107
1990s 72
2000s 73
2010s 110
2020s (to 2025) 70

How popular is Eibhlin?

In 2025, Eibhlin was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #650 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Eibhlin is used

Northern Ireland #219 8 in 2024
Ireland as Eibhlín #549 11 in 2025
England & Wales #3,502 7 in 2025
United States #16,882 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Eibhlin is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Eibhlín Eibhlín is a rare spelling of Eibhlin, written with a fada and recorded 58 times, mostly in Ireland. 58

Names that peaked alongside Eibhlin

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eibhlin also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eibhlin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Eibhlin in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Eibhlín

Sibling names for Eibhlin

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eibhlin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eibhlin

How popular is the name Eibhlin?

In 2025, Eibhlin was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #650 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Eibhlin a girl's or a boy's name?

Eibhlin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Eibhlin most popular?

Eibhlin peaked in 1984, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Eibhlin a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Eibhlin currently ranks #219 in Ireland. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.