Eabha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #445 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Eabha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. In 2025 it ranked 445th for girls in the UK (99 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Eabha mean?
Hebrew: Irish form of Eve (Éabha)
“life, living”
The Irish form of Eve, the first woman in the Book of Genesis.
Is Eabha a girl's or a boy's name?
Eabha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eabha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 445th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 99 about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 99 girls in the UK were named Eabha, making it the 445th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 489th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 113 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Eabha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Eabha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,000 girls in the UK were given Eabha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #9, up from #445 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 13th in Northern Ireland.
Eabha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #445 |
| 2024 | 113 | #422 |
| 2023 | 110 | #418 |
| 2022 | 103 | #454 |
| 2021 | 103 | #463 |
| 2020 | 90 | #489 |
| 2019 | 45 | #878 |
| 2018 | 55 | #774 |
| 2017 | 54 | #799 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 47 | #868 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 49 | #846 |
| 2011 | 50 | #798 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Eabha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Eabha, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had the most girls named Eabha of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Eabha in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,018 girls in the US were given Eabha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Eabha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Eabha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Prisha, Eira, Raya, Arya, Kiara, Orla, Eva, Anaya, Aisha, Sienna, Hana
Other spellings of Eabha
Names related to Eabha
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eabha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eabha, updated 20 October 2026.