Ailbhe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ailbhe: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #44, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
2003	#3099
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2015	#2705
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#2340
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#1692
2022	#2058
2023	#2063
2024	#1819

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 59 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #65 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #97 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #1819 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #44 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #50 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailbhe appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,412 births with the name.

Ailbhe across 4 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.

Ailbhe'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	#372 (1964)	#44 (2023)	#50 (2025)	59 of 62	2,412 (1964–2025)	118 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1692 (2021)	#1819 (2024)	17 of 29	127 (1996–2024)	17 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#97 (2024)	#97 (2024)	11 of 18	96 (2007–2024)	21 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#4678 (2010)	#4678 (2010)	#4812 (2017)	2 of 8	6 (2010–2017)	3 (2010)

Ailbhe 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 Ailbhe in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	111	10 of 10	11
1980s	243	10 of 10	24
1990s	365	10 of 10	37
2000s	495	10 of 10	50
2010s	625	10 of 10	63
2020sbusiest	562	6 of 10	94

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 94 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births rose by 40, from 78 to 118.

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

Ailbhe 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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Ailbhe'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#97	21	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#142	14	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#162	12	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#166	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	95	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	83	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	118	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	78	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	98	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	90	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	78	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	67	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	62	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	64	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	58	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	69	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	68	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	48	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	62	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	58	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	48	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	54	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	52	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	54	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	53	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	43	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	52	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	43	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	38	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	36	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	23	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	51	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	49	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	53	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	29	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	32	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	36	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	29	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	32	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	30	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	27	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	26	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	22	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	30	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	22	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	20	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	19	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	20	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 118 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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.

Ailah · #2449, 13y
Ailbe · #265, 20y
Aileen · #81, 62y
Ailin · #298, 52y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Lance · #43, 64y
Roslyn · #43, 62y
Mairead · #46, 61y
Rowan · #41, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Brage · #43, 57y
Clare · #45, 62y
Emer · #43, 62y
Sanna · #45, 49y

Ailbhe was ranked #44 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Ailbhe 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 Ailbhe without appearing here.

Ailbhe moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Lynette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Ailbhe

Harper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3099 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #858.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2233.
Ava Compare
In 1997 they stood at #102 and #213 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #152 and #88.
Ella Compare
In 1997 they stood at #102 and #176 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #152 and #94.

Moved the opposite way to Ailbhe

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 while Audrey went from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 while Eileen went from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 while Ida went from #372 to #885.
Martina Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 while Martina went from #18 to #325.

Moved the same way as Ailbhe

Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 and Emma from #245 to #28.
Hannah Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 and Hannah from #91 to #21.
Kate Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 and Kate from #300 to #52.
Lucy Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ailbhe went from #372 to #50 and Lucy from #154 to #16.

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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ailbhe

Ailbhe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ailbhe across 4 official records

Ailbhe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailbhe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ailbhe at a glance

Ailbhe across 4 official records

Ailbhe by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ailbhe 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 Ailbhe

Ailbhe and the names beside it

Ailbhe moved ahead of

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