Girls' name · since 1979
Eira
878 babies named Eira in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,753 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 878
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Eira is the #1753 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 878 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Eira recorded 878 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #1753 nationally today, ahead of 90% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #8,202 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,753 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 878 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eira ranks #8,202 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,753 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 878 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,753 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 878
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eira's 878 recorded births place it above 88.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Eira compares
878 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eira's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 878 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 116 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eira's full recorded timeline at 2011, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 116 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 116
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Eira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (474 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Eira's strongest decade.
474 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Eira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 51
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
321 births
- 2020s
2020s
474 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 474 births (54% of all-time use).
How Eira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eira's total volume
Eira by state
Where Eira concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 69 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 46 | 5.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 45 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 21 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Washington | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 11 | 1.3% |
69 of 878 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Eira appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eira's data
- California records the most Eiras (69 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.