Aibhlinn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aibhlinn: Recorded since 2008, it reached #273 in 2018, and it stood at #905 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#273highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#3252
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2019	#3151

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 12 of the 15 years from 2008 to 2022.

In 2018: #273 among girls in Northern Ireland, #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2008–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2018
Highest recorded position: #273 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2009–2018).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aibhlinn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 59 births with the name.

Aibhlinn 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.

Aibhlinn'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	#862 (2008)	#430 (2017)	#905 (2022)	12 of 15	59 (2008–2022)	9 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#5556 (2009)	#3151 (2019)	#3151 (2019)	9 of 11	45 (2009–2019)	7 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#419 (2009)	#273 (2018)	#273 (2018)	5 of 10	19 (2009–2018)	6 (2018)

Aibhlinn 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 Aibhlinn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	50	9 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Aibhlinn 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 2008 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Aibhlinn'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	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 2008 and 2022, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #273, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 1 year 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.

Hoorain · #275, 16y
Vilte · #276, 18y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Kayce · #262, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Neala · #273, 19y
Kayson · #272, 21y
Hoorain · #275, 16y
Lylah · #275, 22y

Aibhlinn was ranked #273 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2018. 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.

Aibhlinn 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 Aibhlinn without appearing here.

Aibhlinn moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4063 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Aibhlinn

Cooper Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2966.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Aibhlinn

Ashleigh Compare
Between 2008 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aibhlinn went from #862 to #430 while Ashleigh went from #501 to #734.

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 2008 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #273 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Aibhlinn

Aibhlinn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aibhlinn across 3 official records

Aibhlinn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aibhlinn appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Aibhlinn at a glance

Aibhlinn across 3 official records

Aibhlinn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aibhlinn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Aibhlinn

Aibhlinn and the names beside it

Aibhlinn moved ahead of

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