Blaithin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Blaithin: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #169, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#169highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Blaithin's record

Moved 175 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2013

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2013	#4739

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 51 of the 54 years from 1964 to 2017.

In 2017: #219 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #239 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 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 recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #169 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #169 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Blaithin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 515 births with the name.

Blaithin 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.

Blaithin'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	#327 (1964)	#219 (2017)	#219 (2017)	51 of 54	515 (1964–2017)	24 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#169 (2024)	#169 (2024)	25 of 27	160 (1998–2024)	11 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#4739 (2013)	2 of 18	7 (1996–2013)	4 (2013)

Blaithin 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 Blaithin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	34	6 of 10	6
1970s	53	9 of 10	6
1980s	54	8 of 10	7
1990s	89	10 of 10	9
2000s	139	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	146	8 of 10	18

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Blaithin 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #169 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Blaithin'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
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#169	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#175	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	15	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	24	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	21	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	18	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	14	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	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	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #169, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 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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Blake · #14, 44y

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.

Renata · #169, 59y
Roland · #169, 62y
Oonagh · #171, 61y
Julianne · #172, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Anett · #169, 33y
Conleth · #169, 37y
Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Blathnaid · #168, 55y

Blaithin was ranked #169 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Blaithin 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 Blaithin without appearing here.

Blaithin moved ahead of

Diane Compare
In 2003 they stood at #406 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #272 and #576.
Rita Compare
In 1999 they stood at #304 and #304 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #239 and #536.
Sharon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #348 and #241 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #251 and #546.
Debra Compare
In 1996 they stood at #450 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #304 and #576.

Moved ahead of Blaithin

Paige Compare
In 2001 they stood at #278 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #406 and #176.
Taylor Compare
In 1993 they stood at #356 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #450 and #220.
Nicole Compare
In 1981 they stood at #370 and #432 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #425 and #201.
Holly Compare
In 1984 they stood at #313 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #456 and #242.

Moved the opposite way to Blaithin

Stacey Compare
Between 1977 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #391 to #219 while Stacey went from #220 to #651.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #351 to #169 while Aimee went from #23 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #351 to #169 while Alexandra went from #54 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #351 to #169 while Amy went from #4 to #253.

Moved the same way as Blaithin

Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #449 to #219 and Katie from #508 to #28.
Chloe Compare
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #374 to #219 and Chloe from #490 to #10.
Jade Compare
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #374 to #219 and Jade from #490 to #241.
Aimee Compare
Between 1977 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blaithin went from #391 to #219 and Aimee from #429 to #172.

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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #169 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Blaithin

Blaithin at a glance

What stands out in Blaithin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blaithin across 3 official records

Blaithin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Blaithin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Blaithin at a glance

What stands out in Blaithin's record

Blaithin across 3 official records

Blaithin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Blaithin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Blaithin

Blaithin and the names beside it

Blaithin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Blaithin

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