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Eghosa

#12,549 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Eghosa has been given to 50 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #12,549 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Eghosa, 2025

1 in 663,000

Eghosa over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Eghosa: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eghosa means

Eghosa is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Eghosa is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 50 boys were recorded with the name Eghosa between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2012; its best national rank was #9,236 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eghosa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,549
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eghosa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eghosa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eghosas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eghosa was born before 2012 — so the typical Eghosa is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
50
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Choose a decade

2010s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Eghosa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
71.4%
Peak was 2012 (7)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,236
1994

Eghosa around the world

Where Eghosa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2004–2004
    #506
    in 2004
  • France
    2016–2023
    #6,260
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2001–2001
    #581
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Eghosa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,549
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#9,236
1994
Peak year
2012
7 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
50
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Eghosa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Eghosa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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