UK girl's name
Eala
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Eala is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Eala popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2000, with 14 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2024, with 14 births.
This profile covers 31 England and Wales registrations across 5 recorded years from 2019 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Eala is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 71 living people in the UK are called Eala. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Eala ranked #2000 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 14 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2024, when 14 girls were registered as Eala.
- • Eala ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #105 in 2024.
- • About 71 living people in the UK are estimated to have Eala as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2000
2024
Births in 2024
14
Latest year
Peak year
2024
14 births
Estimated living
71
2026
Popularity
Eala over time
The chart below shows babies named Eala registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2019 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Eala, the clearest high point is 2024. The latest England and Wales figure is 14 births in 2024, compared with 14 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Eala by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Eala was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3839 | 28 | 4 |
| 2010s | #5591 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Eala is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Eala. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Eala ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #105 in 2024.
Across the UK
Eala in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#105 in 2024
5 years of NISRA records, 40 total registered
Related
Names similar to Eala
- Emily 121,621
- Ella 69,101
- Ellie 63,522
- Evie 52,944
- Emma 50,755
- Eleanor 40,576
- Elizabeth 39,225
- Erin 34,816
- Eva 29,738
- Evelyn 26,911
- Elsie 23,671
- Emilia 22,167
FAQ
Eala: questions and answers
How popular is the name Eala in the UK right now?
In 2024, Eala was ranked #2000 for girls in England and Wales, with 14 births registered.
When was Eala most popular?
The peak year on record was 2024, with 14 babies registered as Eala in England and Wales.
How many people are called Eala in the UK?
A total of 31 babies have been registered as Eala across the 5 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 40 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Eala most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Eala ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #105 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.