Eidan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-dun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,132 for boys
Eidan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 1,132nd for boys in the US (187 babies).
What does Eidan mean?
Irish: spelling of Aidan, from Irish Aodhán
“little fire”
Saint Aidan, an Irish monk from Iona, founded the monastery of Lindisfarne in 635.
Is Eidan a girl's or a boy's name?
Eidan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 187 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eidan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 boys.
Eidan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Eidan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,132among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 187about 1 in 9,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 121% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 187 boys in the US were named Eidan, making it the 1,132nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Eidan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Eidan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Eidan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,132 for this spelling alone.
Eidan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #1,132 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,820 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Names like Eidan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Finn Conan Callan Rowan Declan Kayden Keegan Aiden Lochlan Kian Caelan
Other spellings of Eidan
Aiden Ayden Aidan Adan Eiden Aden Eyden Aydin Eydan Aydan Adin
Names related to Eidan
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin Sloane
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, “Eidan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eidan, updated 20 October 2026.