Aishling

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aishling: Recorded since 1965, it reached #93 in 1999, and it was last ranked in 2015.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#93highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2000

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#1979
1999	#3900
2000	#3912

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 48 of the 51 years from 1965 to 2015.

In 2000: #159 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #348 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3912 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #325 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 recorded1965–2015
Highest recorded position: #93 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1965–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #581 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2015.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aishling appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 1,341 births with the name.

Aishling 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.

Aishling'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	#325 (1965)	#93 (1999)	#581 (2015)	48 of 51	1,341 (1965–2015)	63 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1979 (1998)	#3912 (2000)	5 of 5	23 (1996–2000)	8 (1998)

Aishling 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 Aishling in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	16	3 of 10	5
1970s	211	10 of 10	21
1980s	416	10 of 10	42
1990sbusiest	458	10 of 10	46
2000s	203	10 of 10	20
2010s	37	5 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1994 and 1995, when recorded births fell by 30, from 60 to 30.

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

Aishling 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 2015. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Aishling'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
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	19	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	20	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	26	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	27	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	20	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	24	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	44	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	34	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	28	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	40	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	30	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	60	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	40	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	63	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	60	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	59	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	39	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	40	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	48	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	46	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	40	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	47	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	43	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	41	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	43	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	29	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	33	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	17	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	25	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	36	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	26	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	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 2015, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #93, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 63 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 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.

Aishah · #348, 29y
Aishat · #490, 25y
Aishwarya · #1965, 26y
Aisla · #2058, 19y

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.

Leonora · #92, 48y
Howard · #90, 53y
Laoise · #96, 50y
Maxine · #97, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Nellie · #93, 29y
Noeleen · #93, 32y
Winifred · #93, 61y
Yvette · #93, 56y

Aishling was ranked #93 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.

Aishling 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 Aishling without appearing here.

Aishling moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Christine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Joanne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Judith Compare
In 2014 they stood at #876 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.

Moved ahead of Aishling

Shania Compare
In 2013 they stood at #560 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #353.
Kylie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #393 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #536.
Cassandra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #393 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #584.
Kirsten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #560 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #584.

Moved the opposite way to Aishling

Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 while Alexandra went from #227 to #78.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 while Amelia went from #325 to #5.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 while Amy went from #262 to #36.
Anna Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 while Anna went from #30 to #14.

Moved the same way as Aishling

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 and Alma from #262 to #581.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 and Amanda from #129 to #306.
Andrea Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 and Andrea from #215 to #306.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aishling went from #325 to #581 and Angela from #21 to #581.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2015. Highest recorded position: #93 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Aishling

Aishling at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aishling across 2 official records

Aishling by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aishling appears in

Popularity data

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Aishling at a glance

Aishling across 2 official records

Aishling by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aishling appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Aishling

Aishling and the names beside it

Aishling moved ahead of

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