Eileithyia
Eileithyia or Ilithyia was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Eileithyia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eileithyia or Ilithyia was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
Etymology
The Story of Eileithyia
Eileithyia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2018, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 10 births, good for #9,670 nationwide. About 67% of every Eileithyia on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Eileithyia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Eileithyia
Eileithyia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Eileithyia's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #9,670. Use the chart and map above to compare Eileithyia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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