Eira Girl
How popular is Eira?
#1,747 girl name in 2025
116 baby girls were named Eira in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
Eira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,747 for girls (▲ 642 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 116 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+252% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,294 in 2015, #2,416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (116 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,747 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eira family of names ranked #1,353 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eira | 116 | 92% |
| Eyra | 10 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eira is most popular
Babies named Eira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Eira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1980s | 16 | #9,304 |
| 1990s | 11 | #12,681 |
| 2000s | 51 | #10,125 |
| 2010s | 321 | #2,651 |
| 2020s | 474 | #1,747 |
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Questions
- Is Eira a boy or girl name?
- Eira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eira were girls.
- How popular is the name Eira?
- 116 baby girls were named Eira in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
- When was Eira most popular?
- Eira peaked in 2025, when 116 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,747 in 2025.
- How many people are named Eira?
- 878 babies have been named Eira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 874 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Eira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eira was most common in Minnesota, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.