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Eamon
Pronounced /ˈeɪ̯.mən/
Rank in 2024
#1,503
Born in 2024
119
Peak year
2016 · #1084
Origin
Irish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 119 boys were named Eamon, about 1 in every 14,414.
- It peaked in 2016 with 182 babies, ranked #1084.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 4,641 boys have been named Eamon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Eamon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 21 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 86 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 307 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 719 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,857 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,641 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Irish Éamann (“Edmund”). Doublet of Edmund.
- A male given name from Irish Éamonn, Éamann [in turn from Old English Ēadmund (“prosperity protector”)], variant of Edmund; variant forms Eamonn, Eamann, Eaman.
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ̯.mən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Eamon, CC BY-SA 4.0.