Aobha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aobha: Recorded since 2000, it reached #317 in 2004, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#317highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2007

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#413

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

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

What the data shows

Trend unknownNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 19 years from 2000 to 2018.

In 2007: #413 among girls in Northern Ireland, #549 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2018 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #465 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2018
Highest recorded position: #317 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2000–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aobha 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 2000 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Aobha'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
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	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 2000 and 2018, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #317, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 7 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.

Anzal · #3318, 10y
Aobh · #332, 11y
Aodan · #254, 20y
Aodh · #191, 21y

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.

Thady · #317, 18y
Izhaan · #318, 11y
Lowell · #318, 14y
Orfhlaith · #314, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Davi · #317, 20y
Iyla · #317, 24y
Thady · #317, 18y
Xin · #316, 19y

Aobha was ranked #317 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Aobha 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 Aobha without appearing here.

Aobha moved ahead of

Elisabeth Compare
In 2011 they stood at #612 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #510 and #907.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2010 they stood at #758 and #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #612 and #937.
Diane Compare
In 2011 they stood at #758 and #663 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #510 and #768.
Donna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #510 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #894.

Moved ahead of Aobha

Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #430.
Rita Compare
In 2017 they stood at #660 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #896 and #474.
Mila Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #597.
Heidi Compare
In 2004 they stood at #317 and #370 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #523 and #263.

Moved the opposite way to Aobha

Alice Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 while Alice went from #74 to #33.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 while Amelia went from #269 to #5.
Anna Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 while Anna went from #28 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 while Annie went from #165 to #73.

Moved the same way as Aobha

Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 and Aimee from #106 to #319.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 and Aisling from #25 to #96.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 and Alex from #151 to #267.
Alison Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aobha went from #465 to #896 and Alison from #62 to #162.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2000 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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