Einar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-nar
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Einar is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “lone warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Einar mean?
Old Norse: from Old Norse Einarr
“lone warrior”
Einar Thambarskelfir was a powerful Norwegian chieftain and famed archer around the year 1000.
Is Einar a girl's or a boy's name?
Einar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Einar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Einar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Einar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Einar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 2 | #5,314 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Einar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Einar, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1915, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
2025 had more boys named Einar than any year since 1916.
Half of all the boys named Einar in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Einar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,273 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,047 |
| 1918 | 45 | #996 |
| 1917 | 43 | #997 |
| 1916 | 48 | #917 |
| 1915 | 60 | #776 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 35 | #806 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
Names like Einar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oscar Arthur Ellis Archie Leo Louie Ollie Edward Henry Chester Rupert Otis
Names related to Einar
More Old Norse names
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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, “Einar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/einar, updated 20 October 2026.