Eirian

#9,973 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Bright, beautiful

Eirian has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 2024. In 2025 it ranked #9,973 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Eirian, 2025

1 in 474,000

Eirian over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eirian over time

In 2025, Eirian went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20142025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eirian: meaning, origin, and history

Bright, beautiful

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eirian means

Eirian means “bright, beautiful”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Eirian between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #6,264 in 2024.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Eirian between 2014 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2017; its best national rank was #14,628 in 2017.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Eirian?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,973; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Eirian 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eirian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eirians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eirian was born before 2024 — so the typical Eirian is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 21; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Eirian 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: −3,709; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2024 (14)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,264; 2024

Spellings of Eirian

Eirian is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 75.2% against Eirian's <0.01%.

Brian75.2%1,173,735
Adrian17.4%272,265
Dorian1.6%24,187
Darian1.1%17,041
Elian0.98%15,268
Erin0.61%9,478
Eithan0.56%8,754
Arian0.43%6,712

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Eirian around the world

Where Eirian 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
1996–1996
#2,863
in 1996

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Eirian by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,973
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,264; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 14 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: 7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #14,628; 2017
Peak year: 2017; 6 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Eirian

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

Rivian Rilian Illian Dalian Kirian Dahian Ayvian Lorian Kalian Tirian Ezrian Eiren Kasian Aurian Lahian Eiran Lukian Raian Eydrian Tadrian Ozian Azian Kerian Lirian

Sibling names for Eirian

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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