Bairbre vs Mona
Bairbre and Monacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 1988, Bairbre was ranked #407 and Mona #492 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
Bairbre and Mona over time
Bairbre and Mona appear together in 1 published list, across 11 years of shared records. Mona held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Bairbre in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Republic of Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Bairbre #326 in 1970, Mona #282 in 1970.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 1968–1988
Bairbre held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Mona in 6.
Highest recorded here: Bairbre #326 in 1970, Mona #282 in 1970.
The order changed in 1979: Bairbre moved ahead. In 1978 they stood at #429 and #348; by 1979 that had become #420 and #523.
Most recent shared year, 1988: Bairbre #407, Mona #492.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Bairbre | Mona |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | IE | GB-ENW, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #516 (1995) | Norway · Girls #413 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Bairbre and Mona both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Bairbre
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–1995
Highest recorded position: #321 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1967–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1995.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Mona
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #98 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #9 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls