How many Eilidhs are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Eilidh are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Eilidh in 2025?

Eilidh ranks #8362 among US girl names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Eilidh?

About 1 in every 133,939 US girls born in 2025 was named Eilidh — 12 in all.

Will my child share the name Eilidh with classmates?

Eilidh will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Eilidh

Feminine

#8362 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rareCharts in 1 more country12 girls in 2025

Eilidh entered the US charts in 1999, peaked at #6414 in 2019, ranks #8362 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Eilidh?

Eilidh first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Eilidh is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 300 people named Eilidh are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Eilidh most popular?

Eilidh peaked in 2019, reaching #6414 nationally. Today it ranks #8362, 1,948 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1999
Most girls named: 201918 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #6414reached in 2019
Change vs 2024: +9.1%12 in 2025, from 11

Eilidh sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2019, with 18 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Eilidh in other languages

Scotland · 119 babies, 2025#28

International figures from National Records of Scotland. Sources

Eilidhs among us

300

people named Eilidh are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 133,939 born in 2025 was named Eilidh

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Cyla test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eilidh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cyla climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cyla's path sketches the road Eilidh is walking now.

40%chance Eilidh will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Eilidh, aligned on its peakCyla· peak 2002not yet written

Eilidh today is about where Cyla stood in 2008 — 6 years past a #6392-sized peak. By 2023, Cyla had settled around #11021.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Eilidh sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Eilidh beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Eilidh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Eilidhthis name12#8362Lona12#8362Peggy12#8362Leda12#8362Margarette12#8362

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Eilidhs are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Eilidh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Eilidh in 2025?: Eilidh ranks #8362 among US girl names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Eilidh?: About 1 in every 133,939 US girls born in 2025 was named Eilidh — 12 in all.
Will my child share the name Eilidh with classmates?: Eilidh will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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