Aoife

femaleStatistical record

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.

Aoife: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #1 in 2000, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
120times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#1highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for
46names it appears alongside

What stands out in Aoife's record

Ranked inside the top 10 by 2 registrars, and #1 in 1 of them. Names by top-10 reach
Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 54 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 46 other names across 7 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
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

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 2024: #4 among girls in Northern Ireland, #45 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #87 among girls in Scotland, #220 among girls in England and Wales.

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

Popularity journey

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
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #34 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoife appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 22,063 births with the name.

Aoife 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.

Aoife'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	#206 (1964)	#1 (2000)	#34 (2025)	62 of 62	22,063 (1964–2025)	727 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#436 (1996)	#167 (2015)	#220 (2024)	29 of 29	5,534 (1996–2024)	325 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#17 (1997)	#4 (2024)	#4 (2024)	28 of 28	3,646 (1997–2024)	163 (2013)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Northern Ireland · Girls the name reached its highest position, #4, in 2024, when 97 births were registered with it. More were registered in 2013 — 163 — in a year it ranked #7.

Aoife 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 Aoife in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	135	6 of 10	23
1970s	1,778	10 of 10	178
1980s	4,581	10 of 10	458
1990sbusiest	5,847	10 of 10	585
2000s	5,466	10 of 10	547
2010s	3,384	10 of 10	338
2020s	872	6 of 10	145

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 585 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 198, from 727 to 529.

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

Aoife 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 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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#220	216	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#198	251	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#191	265	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#190	269	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#172	293	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#189	259	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#182	289	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#198	263	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#186	293	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#167	325	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#209	256	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#192	277	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#205	246	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#297	166	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#296	160	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#253	189	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#298	157	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#263	185	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#316	139	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#332	121	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#317	127	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#351	107	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#344	102	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#323	110	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#313	110	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#323	103	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#354	95	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#362	90	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#436	71	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#4	97	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#8	94	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#6	113	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#7	122	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#16	88	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#12	111	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#11	118	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#14	110	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#11	128	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#8	147	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#12	132	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#7	163	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#10	153	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#15	146	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#11	155	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#12	152	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#15	154	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#17	133	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#14	143	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#12	156	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#15	145	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#12	161	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#21	120	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#16	124	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#19	113	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#16	131	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#19	120	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#17	117	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#34	121	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	107	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	148	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#30	158	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#32	159	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#24	179	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	229	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	240	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	256	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	300	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#13	321	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	364	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#6	424	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#11	426	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#13	399	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	425	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#9	459	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#8	518	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#7	527	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#4	546	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#5	492	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#5	534	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#3	571	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#2	585	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#2	601	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#1	633	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#2	612	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#4	529	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#2	727	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#5	584	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#3	621	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#6	524	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#5	575	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#4	570	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#4	576	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#7	529	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	437	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	471	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#9	492	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#12	465	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#9	526	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	420	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#10	489	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	466	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	471	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#28	344	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#21	379	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	290	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#36	252	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	186	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	157	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	162	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	137	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	104	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	58	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	53	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	44	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	23	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	18	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	17	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	20	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	13	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#87	49	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 54 years, 54 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 727 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

2 registrars ranked it inside their own top 10. It reached #1 in 1 registrar's list.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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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Aoifa · #335, 10y
Aoileann · #377, 21y
Aoise · #343, 15y

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.

Ciara · #2, 62y
Sinead · #2, 61y
Cian · #6, 60y
Debra · #6, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Amelia · #1, 59y
Conor · #1, 62y
Emily · #1, 62y
Isabella · #1, 59y

Comparisons involving Aoife

Existing comparison pages where Aoife and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Aoife in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Aoife vs Nicole
In 1997 they stood at #17 and #16 in Northern Ireland · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2024 they were #4 and #407.
Aoife · Nicole · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Victoria
In 1997 they stood at #17 and #27 in Northern Ireland · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2023 they were #8 and #302.
Aoife · Victoria · 27 shared years, 1997–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Northern Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Heather
Over 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife rose about as far as Heather fell — from #206 and #167 in 1964 to #34 and #325 in 2025.
Aoife · Heather · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Aoife within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Aoife vs Anna
Across 28 shared years in Northern Ireland · Girls, Aoife and Anna averaged 4.5 places apart, ending at #4 and #19.
Aoife · Anna · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Emily vs Aoife
Across 28 shared years in Northern Ireland · Girls, Emily and Aoife averaged 7.4 places apart, ending at #5 and #4.
Emily · Aoife · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Lucy
Across 28 shared years in Northern Ireland · Girls, Aoife and Lucy averaged 7.7 places apart, ending at #4 and #38.
Aoife · Lucy · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Aoife and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Emma vs Aoife
In 2003, Emma moved ahead of Aoife in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #4 and #2 the year before became #1 and #3.
Emma · Aoife · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2003 Republic of Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Ciara
In 1999, Aoife moved ahead of Ciara in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #4 and #2 the year before became #2 and #4.
Aoife · Ciara · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1999 Republic of Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Niamh
In 1997, Aoife moved ahead of Niamh in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #5 and #3 the year before became #2 and #5.
Aoife · Niamh · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1997 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Aoife measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Aoife at its highest position.

Lisa vs Aoife
Over 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife rose about as far as Lisa fell — from #222 and #206 in 1964 to #443 and #34 in 2025.
Lisa · Aoife · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Maria
Over 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife rose about as far as Maria fell — from #206 and #33 in 1964 to #34 and #74 in 2025.
Aoife · Maria · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Aoife vs Stephanie
Over 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife rose about as far as Stephanie fell — from #206 and #140 in 1964 to #34 and #294 in 2025.
Aoife · Stephanie · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Aoife was ranked #1 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Aoife 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 Aoife without appearing here.

Aoife moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #313 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #323 and #871.
Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #351 and #299 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #317 and #581.
Kylie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #354 and #349 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #323 and #521.
Aimee Compare
In 2014 they stood at #209 and #207 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #167 and #352.

Moved ahead of Aoife

Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #351 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #317 and #155.
Maeve Compare
In 2019 they stood at #189 and #218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #172 and #94.
Lola Compare
In 2000 they stood at #313 and #353 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #323 and #251.
Willow Compare
In 2000 they stood at #313 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #323 and #251.

Moved the opposite way to Aoife

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 while Audrey went from #85 to #885.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 while Ida went from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 while Julia went from #42 to #118.
Martina Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 while Martina went from #18 to #325.

Moved the same way as Aoife

Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 and Emma from #245 to #28.
Hannah Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 and Hannah from #91 to #21.
Kate Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 and Kate from #300 to #52.
Lucy Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aoife went from #206 to #34 and Lucy from #154 to #16.

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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aoife

Aoife at a glance

What stands out in Aoife's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aoife across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Aoife by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoife appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Aoife

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Aoife

Aoife and the names beside it

Aoife moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoife

Moved the opposite way to Aoife

Moved the same way as Aoife

Aoife at a glance

What stands out in Aoife's record

Aoife across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Aoife by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aoife appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Aoife

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Aoife

Aoife and the names beside it

Aoife moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aoife

Moved the opposite way to Aoife

Moved the same way as Aoife