Eira
Feminine · “snow”
Eira is snow in Welsh — eira, the ordinary word — and it is separately a Norse name from a goddess of healing.
How old is the name Eira?
Eira first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Eira is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Eira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eira most popular?
Eira peaked in 2025, reaching #1747 nationally. Today it ranks #1747, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From eira to Eira
The story of Eira
Eir is listed among the Norse goddesses as the best of physicians. Separately, eira is the Welsh for snow and became a girls' name in Wales in the twentieth century — Eirwen, 'white snow', is a related compound. Both routes brought it to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
snow; mercy, healing
Two routes. The Welsh eira, 'snow', an ordinary modern word. Or the Old Norse Eir, a goddess of healing named in the Prose Edda, from a word meaning 'mercy' or 'help'. Both are genuine and neither is dominant for the modern name.
How the name formed
- eira
- Eira
Related forms: Eira · Eir · Eira
Pronouncing Eira
AY-rah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Welsh says it the same way; some English speakers say EYE-rah.
Nicknames for Eira
Moderate
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
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 2025116 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1747reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +52.6%116 in 2025, from 76
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.
Eira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eira in Welsh — same name
- Eir in Norse — related form
- Eira in Swedish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Eiras among us
people named Eira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,856 born in 2025 was named Eira
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 Olyvia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Olyvia climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Olyvia's path sketches the road Eira is walking now.
Eira is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eira is headed
Eira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The snow meaning is concrete and eira is an ordinary living Welsh word.
- A Norse goddess of healing gives it a second and equally good route.
- Four letters, two syllables, and never misheard.
- The origin is genuinely split between Welsh and Norse.
- The first vowel splits between two English readings.
- Ira and Eira are close enough to cause confusion.
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Feminine · #1747 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Eiras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Eira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eira in 2025?
- Eira ranks #1747 among US girl names in 2025, with 116 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eira?
- About 1 in every 13,856 US girls born in 2025 was named Eira — 116 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eira with classmates?
- Eira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Eira
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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