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Aoife

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

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

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #167 to #436.200020052010201520202025#167#436
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#436
1997#362
1998#354
1999#323
2000#313
2001#323
2002#344
2003#351
2004#317
2005#332
2006#316
2007#263
2008#298
2009#253
2010#296
2011#297
2012#205
2013#192
2014#209
2015#167
2016#186
2017#198
2018#182
2019#189
2020#172
2021#190
2022#191
2023#198
2024#220
2025#192

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 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #34 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1964

    First recorded at #206 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1964–2025

    Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1964–2025).

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Aoife'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#192265HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#220216HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#198251HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#191265HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#190269HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#172293HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#189259HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#182289HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#198263HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#186293HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#167325HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#209256HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#192277HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#205246HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#297166HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#296160HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#253189HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#298157HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#263185HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#316139HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#332121HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#317127HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#351107HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#344102HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#323110HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#313110HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#323103HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#35495HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#36290HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#43671HighVerified
2024Northern Irelandfemale#497HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandfemale#894HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandfemale#6113HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandfemale#7122HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandfemale#1688HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#12111HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#11118HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#14110HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#11128HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandfemale#8147HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#12132HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandfemale#7163HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandfemale#10153HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#15146HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandfemale#11155HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#12152HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandfemale#15154HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#17133HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#14143HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#12156HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandfemale#15145HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandfemale#12161HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandfemale#21120HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#16124HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandfemale#19113HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandfemale#16131HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandfemale#19120HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#17117HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#34121HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#45107HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#31148HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#30158HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#32159HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#24179HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#16229HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#17240HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#17256HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#15300HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#13321HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#10364HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#6424HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#11426HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#13399HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#10425HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#9459HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#8518HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#7527HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#4546HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#5492HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#5534HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#3571HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#2585HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#2601HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#1633HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#2612HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandfemale#4529HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#2727HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#5584HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#3621HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandfemale#6524HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandfemale#5575HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#4570HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#4576HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#7529HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#10437HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#10471HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandfemale#9492HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#12465HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#9526HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#16420HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#10489HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#14466HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#15471HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#28344HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#21379HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#31290HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#36252HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandfemale#46186HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#56157HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#58162HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#67137HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#80104HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandfemale#12258HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandfemale#12353HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandfemale#13644HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandfemale#18123HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandfemale#18918HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandfemale#18917HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandfemale#17520HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandfemale#20613HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#8749HighVerified

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

Where Aoife is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Aoife, between 1964 and 2025. 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.

Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1964Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1966Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1967Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1968Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1969Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2000England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2015Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2024ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419642025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Republic of Ireland1964–202562#1 in 2000
England and Wales1996–202530#167 in 2015
Northern Ireland1997–202428#4 in 2024
Scotland20241#87 in 2024

Its high point came 24 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2000) than in Northern Ireland (2024).

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What is known about Aoife

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1964–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.