Nameling

Eivin

Boy · AY-vin · Old Norse

Eivin is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Eivin mean?

Old Norse: Norwegian and Faroese variant of Eivind, from Eyvindr

A Scandinavian variant of Eivind, from the Old Norse name Eyvindr, borne by the Viking-age skald Eyvindr skaldaspillir.

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AY-vin

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

Eivin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eivin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 78% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Eivin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eivin than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Eivin in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 325 boys in the US were given Eivin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #731, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.

2012Busiest: 67 in 20152025
Eivin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20246#10,930
20237#9,757
20228#8,983
202124#4,243
202014#5,976
201922#4,476
201845#2,707
201736#3,192
201653#2,412
201567#2,086
201448#2,540
201322#4,311
20125#12,267

Names like Eivin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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