Girls' name · since 1973
Eowyn
1,882 babies named Eowyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,882
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eowyn currently ranks #1471 among girls' names in America, with 1,882 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eowyn has been recorded 1,882 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #1471 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #4,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,471 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,882 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eowyn ranks #4,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,471 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,882 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,471 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,882
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eowyn's 1,882 recorded births place it above 93.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Eowyn compares
1,882 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Eowyn's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eowyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,882 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 146 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eowyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eowyn splits its recorded history at 2007: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 146 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eowyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 146
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Eowyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (742 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Eowyn's strongest decade.
742 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Eowyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 34
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
404 births
- 2010s
2010s
742 births
- 2020s
2020s
657 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 742 births (39% of all-time use).
How Eowyn 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 Eowyn's total volume
Eowyn by state
Where Eowyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 136 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 116 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Washington | | 65 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 39 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 36 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 24 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.1% |
136 of 1,882 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Eowyn appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eowyn's data
- Eowyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (742 total births) through the 2020s (657) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Eowyns (136 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.
Keep exploring Eowyn
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Eowyn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eowyn: 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 (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Eowyn 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.