Aoibheann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aoibheann: Recorded since 1971, it reached #50 in 2015, and it stood at #180 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
102times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#50highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#3005
2011	#3185
2012	#4171
2013	#2460
2014	#3160
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2019	#1940
2020	#2843
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 55 years from 1971 to 2025.

In 2024: #93 among girls in Northern Ireland, #145 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #50 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2015 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #180 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibheann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 1,968 births with the name.

Aoibheann 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.

Aoibheann'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	#466 (1971)	#59 (2012)	#180 (2025)	54 of 55	1,968 (1971–2025)	115 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#50 (2015)	#93 (2024)	28 of 28	609 (1997–2024)	44 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#1940 (2019)	#4843 (2024)	20 of 23	108 (2002–2024)	14 (2019)

Aoibheann 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 Aoibheann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	39	8 of 10	5
1980s	80	10 of 10	8
1990s	171	10 of 10	17
2000s	547	10 of 10	55
2010sbusiest	891	10 of 10	89
2020s	240	6 of 10	40

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 89 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 35, from 67 to 102.

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

Aoibheann 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 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #50 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Aoibheann'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#93	22	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#76	27	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#81	27	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#88	24	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#138	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#108	23	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#77	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#59	40	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#50	44	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#84	28	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#129	17	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#109	22	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#106	23	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#82	31	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#90	27	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#78	30	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#84	24	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#101	20	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#97	19	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#127	16	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#138	14	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	32	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	40	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	42	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	47	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	53	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	74	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	76	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	95	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	82	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	78	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	88	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	85	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	115	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	106	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	92	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	88	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	102	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	67	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	78	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	51	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	37	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	40	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	23	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	30	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	31	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	26	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	20	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	22	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	23	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	18	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	16	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	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

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1971 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #50, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 31 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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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.

Janelle · #50, 56y
Celina · #51, 57y
Charlene · #52, 49y
Cliodhna · #52, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Arran · #51, 40y
Jarrod · #51, 37y
Kiara · #49, 48y
Aodhan · #52, 45y

Aoibheann was ranked #50 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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.

Aoibheann 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 Aoibheann without appearing here.

Aoibheann moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Kari Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Aoibheann

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Aoibheann

Angela Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 while Angela went from #39 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 while Ann went from #6 to #443.
Audrey Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 while Audrey went from #48 to #885.
Bernadette Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 while Bernadette went from #24 to #718.

Moved the same way as Aoibheann

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 and Alexandra from #257 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 and Alice from #124 to #41.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 and Amy from #277 to #138.
Anna Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibheann went from #466 to #180 and Anna from #52 to #26.

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 3 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #50 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aoibheann

Aoibheann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aoibheann across 3 official records

Aoibheann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibheann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Aoibheann

Aoibheann and the names beside it

Aoibheann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoibheann

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Moved the same way as Aoibheann

Aoibheann at a glance

Aoibheann across 3 official records

Aoibheann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibheann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Aoibheann

Aoibheann and the names beside it

Aoibheann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoibheann

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