Eoghan — #5120 US boys' name
488 babies named Eoghan in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Eoghan was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Eoghan in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eoghan
The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Eoghan between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eoghan currently holds the #5120 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eoghan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Eoghan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eoghan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eoghan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 488 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Eoghan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Eoghan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2015)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #5120 among boys.
488 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 29 births in a single year.
Eoghan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 199 births that decade — 41% of Eoghan's all-time total
Eoghan decade highlights
- Peak decade 199 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eoghan's strongest decade
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Eoghan by state
Where Eoghan concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 488 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.