Bairbre

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bairbre: Recorded since 1967, it reached #321 in 1975, and it was last ranked in 1995.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#321highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1967–1995

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1967	#354
1968	#401
1969	#443
1970	#326
1971	#466
1973	#402
1974	#490
1975	#321
1976	#344
1977	#429
1978	#388
1979	#420
1980	#483
1981	#386
1982	#523
1983	#401
1986	#521
1988	#407
1995	#516

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 29 years from 1967 to 1995.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1967–1995 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–1995
Highest recorded position: #321 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1967–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1995.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bairbre 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 Bairbre in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	3 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	48	9 of 10	5
1980s	27	6 of 10	5
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Bairbre appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1967 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #321 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Bairbre'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
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1967 and 1995, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #321, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

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.

Bailey · #23, 30y
Bailie · #224, 26y
Bakary · #2857, 10y
Balazs · #629, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Evaldas · #320, 20y
Mary Kate · #319, 17y
Ceola · #325, 15y
Ingrida · #327, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Jamila · #322, 51y
Justina · #322, 28y
Alette · #323, 37y
Iryna · #319, 25y

Bairbre was ranked #321 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1975. 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.

Bairbre 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 Bairbre without appearing here.

Bairbre moved ahead of

Karin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #354 and #288 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1970 that had become #326 and #447.
Mona Compare
In 1978 they stood at #429 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #420 and #523.
Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #388 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #483 and #542.

Moved ahead of Bairbre

Megan Compare
In 1985 they stood at #401 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #521 and #211.
Cassandra Compare
In 1985 they stood at #401 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #521 and #227.
Lena Compare
In 1981 they stood at #386 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #286.
Caoimhe Compare
In 1970 they stood at #326 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #466 and #289.

Moved the opposite way to Bairbre

Aisling Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 while Aisling went from #107 to #15.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 while Alexandra went from #228 to #128.
Alison Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 while Alison went from #88 to #44.
Amy Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 while Amy went from #393 to #9.

Moved the same way as Bairbre

Angela Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 and Angela from #30 to #167.
Ann Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 and Ann from #4 to #83.
Anne Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 and Anne from #5 to #77.
Audrey Compare
Between 1967 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bairbre went from #354 to #516 and Audrey from #44 to #310.

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1967 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #321 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bairbre

Bairbre at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bairbre by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Bairbre at a glance

Bairbre by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Bairbre moved ahead of

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