Aoibh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aoibh: Recorded every year since 1998, its highest recorded position is #135, and it stood at #189 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#135highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aoibh's record

Moved 251 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2021	#5581

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1998 to 2025.

In 2024: #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, #209 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #425 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #135 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2000–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #189 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 485 births with the name.

Aoibh 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.

Aoibh'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	#425 (1998)	#148 (2023)	#189 (2025)	28 of 28	485 (1998–2025)	33 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#248 (2000)	#135 (2023)	#192 (2024)	23 of 25	193 (2000–2024)	15 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2011)	#5581 (2021)	#5581 (2021)	2 of 11	6 (2011–2021)	3 (2011)

Aoibh 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 Aoibh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	124	10 of 10	12
2010s	183	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	167	6 of 10	28

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Aoibh 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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Aoibh'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	23	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	21	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	32	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	33	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	33	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	25	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	20	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	13	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	18	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	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 1998 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #135, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 13 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.

Aodh · #191, 21y
Aodhan · #52, 45y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y
Aoibheann · #50, 54y

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.

Iarla · #135, 27y
Ayra · #134, 24y
Jordon · #133, 30y
Saffron · #133, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aila · #135, 27y
Zack · #135, 30y
Ella-Rose · #136, 30y
Fia · #136, 28y

Aoibh was ranked #135 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Aoibh 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 Aoibh without appearing here.

Aoibh moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #439 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #333 and #910.
Suzanne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #373 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #311 and #750.
Denise Compare
In 2003 they stood at #439 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #439 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.

Moved ahead of Aoibh

Ada Compare
In 2015 they stood at #223 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #276 and #137.
Layla Compare
In 2009 they stood at #190 and #282 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #237 and #120.
Mila Compare
In 2012 they stood at #229 and #268 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #284 and #167.
Evie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #242 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #277 and #166.

Moved the opposite way to Aoibh

Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 while Aimee went from #88 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 while Aisling went from #21 to #180.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 while Alexandra went from #67 to #141.
Alison Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 while Alison went from #45 to #213.

Moved the same way as Aoibh

Alice Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 and Alice from #90 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 and Amelia from #252 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 and Annie from #159 to #33.
Ava Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibh went from #425 to #189 and Ava from #88 to #26.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #135 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Aoibh

Aoibh at a glance

What stands out in Aoibh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aoibh across 3 official records

Aoibh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aoibh

Aoibh and the names beside it

Aoibh moved ahead of

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Aoibh at a glance

What stands out in Aoibh's record

Aoibh across 3 official records

Aoibh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aoibh

Aoibh and the names beside it

Aoibh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoibh

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