Eira
Girl · AY-ra · Welsh
Eira is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “snow”. In 2025 it ranked 394th for girls in the UK (119 babies) and 1,747th for girls in the US (116 babies).
What does Eira mean?
Welsh: Welsh word name
“snow”
The Welsh word for snow.
- Say it
- AY-ra
Is Eira a girl's or a boy's name?
Eira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 119 girls in the UK and 116 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #394among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 119 girls in the UK were named Eira, making it the 394th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 436th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 140 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the UK were given Eira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #355, up from #394 for this spelling alone.
- Eira 119
- Aayra 18
- Eirah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 379th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Eira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #394 |
| 2024 | 115 | #414 |
| 2023 | 140 | #348 |
| 2022 | 120 | #398 |
| 2021 | 138 | #369 |
| 2020 | 107 | #436 |
| 2019 | 95 | #482 |
| 2018 | 130 | #382 |
| 2017 | 99 | #488 |
| 2016 | 88 | #535 |
| 2015 | 81 | #574 |
| 2014 | 58 | #737 |
| 2013 | 50 | #816 |
| 2012 | 42 | #945 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Eira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,747among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 116about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were named Eira, making it the 1,747th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had the most girls named Eira of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Eira in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 girls in the US were given Eira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #1,747 for this spelling alone.
- Eira 116
- Aayra 24
Eira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,747 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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