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Eoin

Boy · OH-in · Hebrew

Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland

Eoin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 660th for boys in the UK (61 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).

What does Eoin mean?

Hebrew: Irish form of John

“God is gracious”

Irish form of John, which comes from the Hebrew Yochanan.

Say it
OH-in

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

Eoin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eoin in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#660among boys
Babies in 2025
61about 1 in 4,900 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 61 boys in the UK were named Eoin, making it the 660th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 421st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 179 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Eoin than any year since 1996.

Half of all the boys named Eoin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 446 boys in the UK were given Eoin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #660 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 86th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 179 in 20042025
Eoin in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202561#660
202475#569
202364#628
202283#521
202197#474
2020110#421
201999#460
201897#471
201797#474
201698#468
2015121#394
2014102#442
2013116#399
2012135#363
2011155#322
2010162#307
2009169#294
2008175#276
2007152#288
2006157#266
2005162#242
2004179#227
2003157#235
2002148#236
2001169#211
2000148#227
1999159#216
1998157#230
1997110#282
199644#470

How popular is Eoin in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,797among boys
Babies in 2025
45about 1 in 38,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Eoin, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,937th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Eoin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 7,279 boys in the US were given Eoin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #36, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.

1971Busiest: 75 in 20202025
Eoin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202545#2,797
202434#3,392
202352#2,540
202255#2,492
202157#2,372
202075#1,937
201956#2,393
201856#2,354
201745#2,714
201655#2,365
201558#2,275
201454#2,368
201351#2,423
201244#2,715
201152#2,402
201040#2,913
200947#2,622
200855#2,344
200756#2,304
200652#2,374
200547#2,429
200444#2,485
200363#1,867
200245#2,291
200155#1,956
200038#2,471
199942#2,196
199825#3,089
199728#2,746
199619#3,543
199521#3,186
199414#4,284
199319#3,362
199211#4,864
19918#5,934
199016#3,601
198911#4,521
19887#5,745
19876#6,083
19860–
19855#6,517
19846#5,557
19836#5,481
19820–
19817#4,959
19806#5,523
19795#6,054
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19746#4,632
19730–
19720–
19715#4,905

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