Fun Facts About the Name Eamonn
- More than 1 thousand babies named Eamonn: U.S. records list 1,340 babies given the name Eamonn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Eamonn Mean?
Eamonn is the Irish form of the name Edmund, which descends from the Old English Eadmund. That older name joins two elements: ead, meaning "wealth," "fortune," or "prosperity," and mund, meaning "protector," "guardian," or "hand." The literal sense is something like "prosperity-protector," customarily rendered in English as "wealthy protector." The Irish form keeps the basic two-syllable shape but does not retain the medial d of Edmund; the spellings Éamonn and the shorter Éamon are both in use.
Eamonn Name History & Origins
The name came into Irish use in the medieval period from the English and Norman French form Edmund, which was carried to Ireland by settlers after the twelfth-century Norman invasion. Gaelicized in Irish speech and writing, it appears as Éamonn, with Éamon as a shorter variant. The parent name was well established in Britain before that: Eadmund is recorded as an Old English personal name, and St. Edmund, king of East Anglia, who was killed by a Danish army in 869, became the focus of a wide medieval cult that kept the name in circulation.
In modern Ireland Éamonn is usually anglicized as Eamon or Eamonn, and only occasionally as Edmund. It has been borne by figures in Irish public life, among them the statesman Éamon de Valera and the 1916 Rising leader Éamonn Ceannt. The name is also found in Irish emigrant communities in Britain, North America, and Australia.
How Popular is the Name Eamonn?
Eamonn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #1,665 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,261 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2024 | #6,235 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,299 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #3,794 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,838 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #4,175 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,824 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #4,121 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #3,464 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #3,382 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #3,250 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #3,555 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #4,364 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #2,971 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #3,451 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #3,090 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2009 | #3,851 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #3,363 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #2,658 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #3,244 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #2,914 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,558 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #2,631 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #3,034 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #2,821 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #3,451 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #2,745 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #2,729 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1997 | #2,780 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1996 | #2,773 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #3,045 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #3,503 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #2,529 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #3,254 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #3,701 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #2,989 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1989 | #4,346 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #2,999 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #2,075 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1986 | #2,924 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #2,629 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #2,186 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1982 | #3,163 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #2,936 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #2,646 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #2,404 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #3,110 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1977 | #3,082 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #3,804 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,986 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #3,726 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #4,300 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,636 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,371 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #3,747 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #4,226 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1961 | #4,231 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #4,111 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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