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Eamonn

Boy · Irish

Eamonn is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).

What does Eamonn mean?

Irish: spelling of Eamon

A male given name from Irish Éamonn, Éamann [in turn from Old English Ēadmund (“prosperity protector”)], variant of Edmund; variant forms Eamonn, Eamann, Eaman.

Meaning borrowed from Eamon. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Eamonn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eamonn in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Eamonn, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 36 boys.

Half of all the boys named Eamonn 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 Eamonn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 36 in 19972025
Eamonn in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20247#3,003
20230–
202212#1,999
202112#1,969
20204#4,025
201914#1,756
20185#3,596
201712#2,037
201611#2,143
201511#2,127
201413#1,834
201314#1,715
201211#2,080
201111#2,011
201013#1,805
200916#1,507
200820#1,294
200725#1,065
200615#1,423
200525#972
200412#1,494
200315#1,205
200221#918
200122#845
200024#785
199930#654
199829#671
199736#556
199616#940

How popular is Eamonn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,239among boys
Babies in 2025
36about 1 in 47,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Eamonn, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.

2025 had more boys named Eamonn than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Eamonn in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 138 boys in the US were given Eamonn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,228, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.

1958Busiest: 46 in 20072025
Eamonn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202536#3,239
202414#6,194
202318#5,250
202229#3,772
202128#3,810
202024#4,137
201928#3,791
201825#4,090
201732#3,437
201633#3,357
201535#3,230
201430#3,530
201322#4,311
201239#2,952
201131#3,433
201037#3,071
200927#3,829
200833#3,342
200746#2,643
200633#3,225
200536#2,898
200426#3,530
200338#2,616
200230#3,018
200133#2,792
200024#3,417
199931#2,718
199830#2,708
199728#2,746
199627#2,742
199523#3,015
199419#3,463
199329#2,503
199220#3,213
199116#3,629
199021#2,946
198912#4,265
198818#2,956
198729#2,053
198617#2,888
198519#2,596
198424#2,158
198335#1,650
198214#3,107
198115#2,896
198018#2,616
197920#2,378
197813#3,069
197713#3,036
19769#3,722
19756#4,795
19740–
19730–
19728#3,620
19710–
19700–
19690–
19685#4,135
19670–
19666#3,535
19650–
19647#3,281
19636#3,645
19625#4,031
19615#4,063
19600–
19590–
19585#3,942

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