Naoimh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Naoimh: Recorded since 1964, it reached #248 in 2003, and it was last ranked in 2015.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#248highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2015

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#271
1998	#351
2000	#348
2003	#248
2013	#440
2015	#426

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 36 years from 1964 to 1999.

In 1997: #271 among girls in Northern Ireland, #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2015 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2015
Highest recorded position: #248 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #426 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Naoimh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 112 births with the name.

Naoimh 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.

Naoimh'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	#327 (1964)	#262 (1973)	#392 (1999)	22 of 36	112 (1964–1999)	14 (1973)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#248 (2003)	#426 (2015)	6 of 19	22 (1997–2015)	5 (1997)

Naoimh 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 Naoimh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	64	9 of 10	7
1980s	23	6 of 10	4
1990s	17	5 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Naoimh 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #248 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Naoimh'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	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2015, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #248, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 33 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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Naoise · #88, 50y
Naomh · #286, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Trina · #248, 30y
Joann · #249, 29y
Rahul · #247, 29y
Caoilinn · #246, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Edele · #248, 15y
Egidijus · #248, 28y
Padhraig · #248, 13y
Ramunas · #248, 23y

Naoimh was ranked #248 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Naoimh 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 Naoimh without appearing here.

Naoimh moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 1976 they stood at #429 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #329 and #468.
Alma Compare
In 1998 they stood at #576 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.
Florence Compare
In 1998 they stood at #576 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.
Hanna Compare
In 1998 they stood at #576 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.

Moved ahead of Naoimh

Hayley Compare
In 1983 they stood at #369 and #467 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #280.
Melanie Compare
In 1970 they stood at #325 and #385 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #417 and #183.
Ashley Compare
In 1983 they stood at #369 and #399 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #298.
Zara Compare
In 1980 they stood at #302 and #522 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #533 and #335.

Moved the opposite way to Naoimh

Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #262 to #392 while Katie went from #508 to #13.
Leanne Compare
Between 1973 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #262 to #392 while Leanne went from #402 to #52.

Moved the same way as Naoimh

Barbara Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #327 to #576 and Barbara from #43 to #363.
Belinda Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #327 to #576 and Belinda from #186 to #363.
Carmel Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #327 to #576 and Carmel from #21 to #275.
Debra Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Naoimh went from #327 to #576 and Debra from #274 to #576.

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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #248 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Naoimh

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Naoimh across 2 official records

Naoimh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Naoimh at a glance

Naoimh across 2 official records

Naoimh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

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Names published alongside Naoimh

Naoimh and the names beside it

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