Eilish
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
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Eilish is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Eilish mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Eilish a girl's or a boy's name?
Eilish is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eilish in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Eilish, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 80 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Eilish than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Eilish in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Eilish in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 42 | #657 |
| 1997 | 57 | #533 |
| 1996 | 80 | #430 |
How popular is Eilish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Eilish, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Eilish in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eilish in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Eilish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Niamh Eden Keira Fiadh Maeve Ellie Clodagh Hannah Rowan Aoife Orla Caoimhe
Names related to Eilish
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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, “Eilish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eilish, updated 20 October 2026.