girls:
686 births since 1979
#5030 (12th percentile)
overall:
686 births since 1979
#7053 (9th percentile)
The name Eira is the #7,053 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 686 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,030 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 686 births since 1979.
Eira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for girls in 1979). Birth data for Eira is available in 27 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023. 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 girls, Eira reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #883) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 45 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2004, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Eira ranks #884 for girls (6.7% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 87.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Eira".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Eira", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ira..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Eira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.5% confident that Eira is pronounced as AI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-ruh, at 35.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like AY1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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