Aodan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aodan: Recorded since 1973, its highest recorded position is #254, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2000

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 45 years from 1973 to 2017.

In 2015: #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, #503 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2017
Highest recorded position: #254 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1973–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aodan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 80 births with the name.

Aodan 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.

Aodan'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 · Boys	#254 (1973)	#254 (1973)	#710 (2017)	19 of 45	80 (1973–2017)	8 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#282 (2006)	#282 (2006)	#415 (2015)	4 of 10	14 (2006–2015)	4 (2006)

Aodan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Aodan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	1 of 10	6
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	35	7 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Aodan 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 1973 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Aodan'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	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	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 1973 and 2017, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 33 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.

Aobh · #332, 11y
Aobha · #317, 14y
Aodh · #191, 21y
Aodhan · #52, 45y

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.

Orlaigh · #254, 21y
Saibh · #254, 24y
Benas · #253, 22y
Brea · #253, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Glynn · #254, 13y
Kris · #254, 39y
Pierre · #254, 35y
Roma · #254, 30y

Aodan was ranked #254 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1973. 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.

Aodan 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 Aodan without appearing here.

Aodan moved ahead of

Marius Compare
In 2013 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #428 and #715.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2014 they stood at #711 and #711 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #503 and #699.
Phillip Compare
In 2013 they stood at #623 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #428 and #609.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #601 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #532 and #701.

Moved ahead of Aodan

Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #448 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #302.
Filip Compare
In 2005 they stood at #375 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #203.
Bruce Compare
In 2016 they stood at #503 and #554 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #710 and #443.
Jan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #375 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #247.

Moved the opposite way to Aodan

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 while Aaron went from #157 to #31.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 while Adam went from #143 to #9.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 while Alex went from #268 to #12.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 while Alexander went from #145 to #39.

Moved the same way as Aodan

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 and Adrian from #43 to #169.
Alan Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 and Alan from #10 to #120.
Alfred Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 and Alfred from #254 to #418.
Andrew Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodan went from #254 to #710 and Andrew from #38 to #76.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1973 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Aodan

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Popularity journey

Aodan across 2 official records

Aodan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Aodan across 2 official records

Aodan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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