Iarla

maleStatistical record

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

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

Iarla: Recorded since 1981, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #135 in 2021, and it stood at #149 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#135highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Iarla's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2015

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#4747

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2024: #153 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #239 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1981–2025
Highest recorded position: #135 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1981–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #149 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Iarla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 541 births with the name.

Iarla across 2 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.

Iarla'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 · Boys	#322 (1981)	#135 (2021)	#149 (2025)	27 of 45	541 (1981–2025)	47 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#239 (2024)	#239 (2024)	8 of 10	35 (2015–2024)	8 (2024)

Iarla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Iarla in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	42	8 of 10	5
2010s	259	10 of 10	26
2020sbusiest	230	6 of 10	38

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 38 births a year.

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

Iarla 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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Iarla'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
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#239	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	35	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	33	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	36	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	44	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	47	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	35	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	38	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	35	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	35	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	35	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	29	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	24	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	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 1981 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #135, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 34 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.

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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.

Aoibh · #135, 28y
Ayra · #134, 24y
Jordon · #133, 30y
Saffron · #133, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Siun · #132, 28y
Noor · #131, 41y
Kira · #140, 39y
Kornelia · #130, 32y

Iarla was ranked #135 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Iarla 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 Iarla without appearing here.

Iarla moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2016 they stood at #629 and #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #169 and #710.
Kenneth Compare
In 2011 they stood at #387 and #387 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #279 and #718.
Ciaran Compare
In 2017 they stood at #169 and #78 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #165 and #520.
Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #629 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #387 and #730.

Moved ahead of Iarla

Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #384 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #241.
Callum Compare
In 1997 they stood at #302 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1998 that had become #369 and #99.
Finn Compare
In 1997 they stood at #302 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1998 that had become #369 and #145.
Alfie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #347 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #500 and #305.

Moved the opposite way to Iarla

Adrian Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 while Adrian went from #62 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 while Alan went from #11 to #232.
Andreas Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 while Andreas went from #322 to #829.
Andrew Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 while Andrew went from #26 to #106.

Moved the same way as Iarla

Adam Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 and Adam from #88 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 and Alex from #206 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 and Alexander from #133 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Iarla went from #322 to #149 and Arthur from #202 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Iarla

Iarla at a glance

What stands out in Iarla's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Iarla across 2 official records

Iarla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Iarla at a glance

What stands out in Iarla's record

Iarla across 2 official records

Iarla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Iarla

Iarla and the names beside it

Iarla moved ahead of

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