Eamon
Boy · Irish
Big in Northern Ireland
Eamon is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).
What does Eamon mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish Éamonn, Éamann [in turn from Old English Ēadmund (“prosperity protector”)], variant of Edmund; variant forms Eamonn, Eamann, Eaman.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Eamon a girl's or a boy's name?
Eamon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 102 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eamon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Eamon, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 46 boys.
Half of all the boys named Eamon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Eamon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Eamon 11
- Eamonn 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales and 314th in Northern Ireland.
Eamon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 32 | #896 |
| 2006 | 31 | #880 |
| 2005 | 39 | #730 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 31 | #654 |
| 1999 | 33 | #611 |
| 1998 | 46 | #492 |
| 1997 | 38 | #535 |
| 1996 | 29 | #615 |
How popular is Eamon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,644among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Eamon, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 182 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Eamon in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 boys in the US were given Eamon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,228, up from #1,644 for this spelling alone.
- Eamon 102
- Eamonn 36
Eamon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,644 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,503 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,424 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,218 |
| 2018 | 157 | #1,199 |
| 2017 | 182 | #1,078 |
| 2016 | 182 | #1,080 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,271 |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,300 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,304 |
| 2011 | 155 | #1,155 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,358 |
| 2009 | 161 | #1,138 |
| 2008 | 160 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 125 | #1,316 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,208 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,285 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,295 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,411 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,248 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,711 |
| 1993 | 45 | #1,845 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,415 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
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