Aoibhin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aoibhin: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #68 in 2017, and it stood at #134 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#68highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aoibhin's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2024	#5891

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 31 of the 49 years from 1973 to 2021.

In 2024: #134 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2021
Highest recorded position: #68 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 1973–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aoibhin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 780 births with the name.

Aoibhin 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.

Aoibhin'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	#508 (1973)	#68 (2017)	#883 (2021)	31 of 49	780 (1973–2021)	94 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#134 (2024)	#134 (2024)	27 of 28	201 (1997–2024)	15 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#3519 (2021)	#5891 (2024)	7 of 17	26 (2008–2024)	6 (2021)

Aoibhin 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 Aoibhin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	93	8 of 10	12
2000s	325	10 of 10	33
2010sbusiest	349	9 of 10	39
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 57, from 37 to 94.

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

Aoibhin 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #68 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Aoibhin'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#207	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	94	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	37	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	37	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	30	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	37	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	29	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	46	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	37	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	50	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	38	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	37	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	49	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	29	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	34	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	18	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	13	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	18	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	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 1973 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #68, first reached in 2017.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 94 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 35 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.

Warwick · #75, 37y
Matilde · #76, 40y
Majella · #78, 37y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Jody · #67, 45y
Penny · #67, 31y
Alanna · #66, 48y
Remy · #70, 55y

Aoibhin was ranked #68 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Aoibhin 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 Aoibhin without appearing here.

Aoibhin moved ahead of

Chelsea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #370 and #370 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #134 and #407.
Kelly Compare
In 2020 they stood at #424 and #424 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #206 and #446.
Renee Compare
In 2020 they stood at #424 and #336 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #206 and #446.
Samantha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #424 and #424 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #206 and #446.

Moved ahead of Aoibhin

Aria Compare
In 2018 they stood at #68 and #81 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #65.
Mila Compare
In 2018 they stood at #68 and #104 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #72.
Lola Compare
In 2018 they stood at #68 and #125 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #123.
Maja Compare
In 2018 they stood at #68 and #122 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #123.

Moved the opposite way to Aoibhin

Abigail Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 while Abigail went from #374 to #93.
Ada Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 while Ada went from #508 to #45.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 while Alexandra went from #271 to #106.
Alice Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 while Alice went from #140 to #40.

Moved the same way as Aoibhin

Aisling Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 and Aisling from #44 to #136.
Alison Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 and Alison from #71 to #209.
Amanda Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 and Amanda from #37 to #322.
Angela Compare
Between 1973 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoibhin went from #508 to #883 and Angela from #53 to #517.

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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #68 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aoibhin

Aoibhin at a glance

What stands out in Aoibhin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aoibhin across 3 official records

Aoibhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibhin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Aoibhin

Aoibhin and the names beside it

Aoibhin moved ahead of

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Aoibhin at a glance

What stands out in Aoibhin's record

Aoibhin across 3 official records

Aoibhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoibhin 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 Aoibhin

Aoibhin and the names beside it

Aoibhin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoibhin

Moved the opposite way to Aoibhin

Moved the same way as Aoibhin