boys:
115 births since 1996
#4471 (2nd percentile)
overall:
115 births since 1996
#7624 (1st percentile)
The name Eann is the #7,624 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 115 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,471 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 115 births since 1996.
Eann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for boys in 1996). Birth data for Eann is available in 17 out of the 27 years between 1996 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Eann reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #895) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eann".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Eann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Eann is pronounced as EE-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is een, at 25.0% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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