Aodhan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aodhan: Recorded since 1977, it reached #52 in 2020, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#52highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#2074
1999	#1850
2000	#1552
2001	#3134
2003	#2189
2004	#2304
2005	#2418
2006	#2282
2007	#2023
2008	#2097
2009	#2126
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2012	#2721
2013	#2216
2014	#2690
2015	#2707
2016	#2027
2018	#2693
2019	#1587
2020	#1935
2021	#2730
2022	#4001
2023	#2546
2024	#5119

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 49 years from 1977 to 2025.

In 2024: #108 among boys in Northern Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1977–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #333 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #52 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aodhan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 515 births with the name.

Aodhan across 3 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.

Aodhan'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	#333 (1977)	#171 (2014)	#829 (2025)	41 of 49	515 (1977–2025)	37 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1552 (2000)	#5119 (2024)	27 of 29	196 (1996–2024)	15 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#153 (1997)	#52 (2020)	#108 (2024)	28 of 28	947 (1997–2024)	56 (2009)

Aodhan 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 Aodhan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	10	3 of 10	3
1980s	42	7 of 10	6
1990s	66	9 of 10	7
2000s	160	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	226	9 of 10	25
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Aodhan 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 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #52 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Aodhan'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#108	21	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#79	32	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#85	31	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#53	53	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#52	52	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#67	47	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#67	46	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#87	35	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#68	47	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#72	47	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#65	46	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#93	35	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#66	50	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#74	47	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#80	42	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#61	56	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#110	28	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#108	29	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#95	30	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#137	16	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#90	30	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#132	17	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#92	27	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#127	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#113	20	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#112	19	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#122	17	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#153	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	28	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	24	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	25	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	37	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	33	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	30	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	24	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	27	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	18	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	19	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	15	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	16	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	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 1977 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #52, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 56 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 47 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.

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Aodh · #191, 21y
Aoibh · #135, 28y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y

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.

Arran · #51, 40y
Francesca · #53, 49y
Dion · #50, 46y
Alannah · #49, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Carly · #52, 46y
Charlene · #52, 49y
Arran · #51, 40y
Francesca · #53, 49y

Aodhan was ranked #52 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Aodhan 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 Aodhan without appearing here.

Aodhan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Malin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #3651.
Nicola Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Aodhan

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2707 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.

Moved the opposite way to Aodhan

Adam Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 while Adam went from #138 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 while Alexander went from #153 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 while Benjamin went from #166 to #83.
Cian Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 while Cian went from #112 to #33.

Moved the same way as Aodhan

Adrian Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 and Adrian from #49 to #348.
Daithi Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 and Daithi from #333 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 and Denis from #54 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aodhan went from #333 to #829 and Edward from #35 to #125.

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 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #52 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aodhan

Aodhan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aodhan across 3 official records

Aodhan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aodhan appears in

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Aodhan at a glance

Aodhan across 3 official records

Aodhan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aodhan appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Aodhan

Aodhan and the names beside it

Aodhan moved ahead of

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