Aoibhe

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aoibhe: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aoibhe: Recorded every year since 1995, it reached #55 in 2006, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#55highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2020	#2300
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1995 to 2025.

In 2024: #150 among girls in Northern Ireland, #156 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1995–2025
Highest recorded position: #55 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1995–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibhe appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1995, and has registered 1,607 births with the name.

Aoibhe across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aoibhe's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#55 (2006)	#304 (2025)	31 of 31	1,607 (1995–2025)	127 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#103 (2017)	#150 (2024)	22 of 22	318 (2003–2024)	23 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#5061 (2006)	#2300 (2020)	#4192 (2024)	17 of 19	77 (2006–2024)	11 (2020)

Aoibhe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aoibhe in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	5 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	775	10 of 10	78
2010s	603	10 of 10	60
2020s	187	6 of 10	31

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 78 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2009 and 2010, when recorded births fell by 29, from 118 to 89.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Aoibhe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #55 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Aoibhe's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#152	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#123	19	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#140	14	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#145	15	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#103	22	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#108	23	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#107	23	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#134	18	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#109	21	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#115	20	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#120	20	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#184	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	29	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	34	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	34	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	41	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	36	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	39	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	39	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	48	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	54	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	56	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	42	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	67	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	88	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	81	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	89	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	118	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	127	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	118	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	120	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	95	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	75	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	53	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	36	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	22	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	19	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1995 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #55, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 127 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aodhan · #52, 45y
Aoibh · #135, 28y
Aoibheann · #50, 54y
Aoibhin · #68, 36y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cadhla · #53, 28y
Amaia · #51, 27y
Sheryl · #50, 33y
Indiana · #63, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abby · #55, 33y
Elodie · #55, 30y
Zion · #55, 30y
Ebony · #56, 32y

Aoibhe was ranked #55 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aoibhe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aoibhe without appearing here.

Aoibhe moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5765 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Aoibhe

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Aoibhe

Alison Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 while Alison went from #44 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 while Amanda went from #70 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 while Angela went from #167 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 while Ann went from #83 to #443.

Moved the same way as Aoibhe

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 and Abigail from #211 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 and Alice from #76 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 and Anna from #47 to #26.
Cara Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhe went from #516 to #304 and Cara from #167 to #52.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #55 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aoibhe

Aoibhe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aoibhe across 3 official records

Aoibhe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibhe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Aoibhe and the names beside it

Aoibhe moved ahead of

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Aoibhe at a glance

Aoibhe across 3 official records

Aoibhe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibhe appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aoibhe

Aoibhe and the names beside it

Aoibhe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoibhe

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