Eowyn
Eowyn was given to 146 girls in 2025, #1,471 among girls’ names; 1,882 Americans have been recorded with it since 1973 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,870 Americans named Eowyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 17.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eowyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Eowyn?
#1,471 among girls’ names, 2025
Eowyn rose from #2,567 in 2015 to #1,471 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 39.2 to 90.8 per million.
146 babies in 2025, the peak
Eowyn peaked in 2025, when 146 girls were given it, #1,471 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 109 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,471 | 90.8 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,843 | 67.3 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,785 | 71.0 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,026 | 58.5 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,819 | 67.6 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,224 | 50.1 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,145 | 51.8 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,346 | 45.9 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,981 | 57.9 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,372 | 44.6 |
Every recorded year (38)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 70 | #2,567 | 39.2 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,358 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,492 | 41.0 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,433 | 43.2 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,236 | 29.0 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,221 | 28.7 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,103 | 29.9 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,340 | 26.4 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,103 | 29.1 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,765 | 33.7 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,506 | 37.3 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,599 | 34.9 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,474 | 12.0 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,630 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,351 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,804 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,993 | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,883 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,587 | 3.4 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,552 | 3.9 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,756 | 3.0 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,887 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,403 | 4.2 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,292 | 4.4 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,865 | 4.6 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,494 | 5.9 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,293 | 4.1 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,813 | 3.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eowyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eowyn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 38 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eowyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eowyn, and how old are they?
1,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 1,882 Americans ever recorded as Eowyn. The median Eowyn alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 1,223 people named Eowyn (1,217 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,235 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 39 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 16 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 597 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,210 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eowyn born?
The states with the most babies named Eowyn are California, Texas and Michigan, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12 | #1,771 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 8 | #2,469 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 8 | #888 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,754 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 7 | #926 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,155 | 0.2× |
| Utah | 7 | #557 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 6 | #959 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,283 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,322 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eowyn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eowyn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eowyn and names like it
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- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Eowyn.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eowyn alive today were born 2013-2025.
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