Bea vs Meabh

Bea and Meabhcompared 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 2025, Bea was ranked #608 and Meabh #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Bea was ranked #1097 and Meabh #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Bea and Meabh over time

Bea and Meabh appear together in 2 published lists, across 29 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

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.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

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.

List by list

England and Wales · Girls18 shared years, 2002–2024
Bea held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Meabh in 1.
Highest recorded here: Bea #703 in 2019, Meabh #952 in 2024.
The order changed in 2024: Meabh moved ahead. In 2023 they stood at #813 and #1288; by 2024 that had become #1097 and #952.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Bea #1097, Meabh #952.
Republic of Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 2008–2025
Bea held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Meabh in 10.
Highest recorded here: Bea #372 in 2024, Meabh #82 in 2016.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Bea #608, Meabh #413.

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.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Other comparisons involving Meabh

Pairs where Meabh shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Meabh vs Taylor
Meabh and Taylor changed places 16 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1993 and 2025, ending at #413 and #443.
Meabh · Taylor · 33 shared years, 1993–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Meabh vs Lara
Meabh and Lara changed places 14 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1976 and 2025, ending at #413 and #102.
Meabh · Lara · 48 shared years, 1976–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Annie vs Meabh
Annie and Meabh changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1976 and 2025, ending at #33 and #413.
Annie · Meabh · 48 shared years, 1976–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Isla vs Meabh
Both reached their highest recorded position in Northern Ireland · Girls within 2 years — Isla #1 in 2023, Meabh #17 in 2024.
Isla · Meabh · 21 shared years, 2004–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Bea, Meabh
Field	Bea	Meabh
Record type	Official statistical record (evidence-only)	Editorially researched profile
Gender usage	female	female
Meaning	Not yet recorded	The modern Irish form of the older name Medb (Anglicised 'Maeve'), traditionally associated with the mythological warrior-queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle.
Origin	Not yet recorded	Irish
Pronunciation	Not yet recorded	/ˈmʲeːw/
Syllables	1	1
Common variants / nicknames	Not yet recorded	Not yet recorded
Recorded regional usage	GB-ENW, IE	GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE
Most recent popularity observation	Republic of Ireland · Girls #608 (2025)	Republic of Ireland · Girls #413 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)	Not yet recorded	90/100
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)	95/100	94/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)	60/100	100/100
Data Confidence	medium	medium

What the data shows

Meabh has a recorded origin (Irish); Bea does not have one recorded yet.
Bea and Meabh both have 1 syllable.
A meaning is recorded for Meabh; Bea doesn't have one written yet.
Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Bea

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2025
Highest recorded position: #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2008–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Meabh

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #392 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls