Aodh

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aodh: 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
24times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#191highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2003–2019

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#299
2008	#328
2019	#418

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

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

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2019: #418 among boys in Northern Ireland, #646 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aodh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 94 births with the name.

Aodh 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.

Aodh'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	#191 (1964)	#191 (1964)	#829 (2025)	21 of 62	94 (1964–2025)	9 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#299 (2003)	#418 (2019)	3 of 17	10 (2003–2019)	4 (2008)

Aodh 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 Aodh in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	1 of 10	6
1980s	10	3 of 10	3
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	44	8 of 10	6
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #191 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Aodh'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
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	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.

Where Aodh is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Aodh, between 1964 and 2025, in 21 of those 62 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	21	#191 in 1964
Northern Ireland	2003–2019	3	#299 in 2003

Its high point came 39 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1964) than in Northern Ireland (2003).

No registrar recorded it for 15 years after 1964; it appears again in 1980.

Aodh was ranked #191 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Columbanus#191
Daire#191
Dennis#191
Feargal#191
Aengus#204
Bruce#204
Conal#204
Humphrey#204

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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #191 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Aodh

Aodh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aodh across 2 official records

Aodh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Popularity data

Where Aodh is officially recorded

Names published alongside Aodh

Aodh at a glance

Aodh across 2 official records

Aodh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Names published alongside Aodh