Muireann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Muireann: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #87 in 2011, and it stood at #196 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Muireann's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 157 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#4763

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #171 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #253 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #297 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #87 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #196 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Muireann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 1,674 births with the name.

Muireann 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.

Muireann'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	#297 (1965)	#87 (2011)	#196 (2025)	61 of 61	1,674 (1965–2025)	81 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#278 (2005)	#181 (2021)	#253 (2024)	17 of 20	107 (2005–2024)	11 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#3912 (2000)	#4763 (2017)	6 of 18	19 (2000–2017)	4 (2017)

Muireann 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 Muireann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	29	5 of 10	6
1970s	108	10 of 10	11
1980s	194	10 of 10	19
1990s	244	10 of 10	24
2000s	447	10 of 10	45
2010sbusiest	507	10 of 10	51
2020s	145	6 of 10	24

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births fell by 31, from 81 to 50.

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

Muireann 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Muireann'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
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#181	11	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	26	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	19	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	26	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	26	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	33	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	35	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	48	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	57	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	43	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	55	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	50	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	81	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	56	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	61	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	71	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	67	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	40	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	45	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	40	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	27	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	23	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	42	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	31	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	26	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	24	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	36	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	41	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	28	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	18	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	19	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	18	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	24	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	28	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	10	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	22	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	22	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	20	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 2011.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 81 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 40 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.

Antoinette · #87, 56y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Cornelia · #90, 63y
Dearbhla · #90, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anastasia · #87, 62y
Antoinette · #87, 56y
Chris · #87, 59y
Felicity · #88, 51y

Muireann was ranked #87 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Muireann 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 Muireann without appearing here.

Muireann moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.
Belinda Compare
In 1984 they stood at #308 and #236 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #203 and #456.
Monica Compare
In 1991 they stood at #284 and #207 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #213 and #456.
Renee Compare
In 1972 they stood at #380 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #271 and #508.

Moved ahead of Muireann

Ivy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #370 and #167.
Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #370 and #178.
Thea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #451 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #370 and #178.
Evelyn Compare
In 2013 they stood at #370 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #314 and #156.

Moved the opposite way to Muireann

Donna Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #297 to #171 while Donna went from #152 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #297 to #171 while Katrina went from #325 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #297 to #171 while Kim went from #221 to #736.
Marie Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #297 to #171 while Marie went from #29 to #556.

Moved the same way as Muireann

Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #380 to #196 and Caoimhe from #380 to #31.
Cara Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #380 to #196 and Cara from #344 to #52.
Jessica Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #380 to #196 and Jessica from #380 to #141.
Kate Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muireann went from #380 to #196 and Kate from #380 to #52.

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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #87 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Muireann

Muireann at a glance

What stands out in Muireann's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Muireann across 3 official records

Muireann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Muireann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Muireann

Muireann and the names beside it

Muireann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Muireann

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Moved the same way as Muireann

Muireann at a glance

What stands out in Muireann's record

Muireann across 3 official records

Muireann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Muireann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Muireann

Muireann and the names beside it

Muireann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Muireann

Moved the opposite way to Muireann

Moved the same way as Muireann