Aife

femaleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
4times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#528highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2021	#5581

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 England and Wales in 2 of the 21 years from 2001 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2002
Highest recorded position: #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1999–2002).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Aife appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 2 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 6 births with the name.

Aife 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.

Aife'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#3998 (2001)	#5581 (2021)	2 of 21	6 (2001–2021)	3 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#528 (1999)	#528 (1999)	#620 (2002)	2 of 4	6 (1999–2002)	3 (1999)

Aife appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Aife'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified

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

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

Aife was ranked #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1999. 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.

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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 1999 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #528 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Aife at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aife across 2 official records

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Popularity data

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Aife at a glance

Aife across 2 official records

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