Blanaid

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Blanaid: Recorded since 1965, its highest recorded position is #262, and it was last ranked in 2007.

3registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#262highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2006

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 42 years from 1965 to 2006.

In 2006: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5061 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2007 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #262 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2006
Highest recorded position: #262 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1965–2006).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2007.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Blanaid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 65 births with the name.

Blanaid across 2 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.

Blanaid'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	#262 (1965)	#262 (1965)	#764 (2006)	16 of 42	65 (1965–2006)	7 (1965)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#291 (1999)	#413 (2007)	5 of 11	16 (1997–2007)	4 (1999)

Blanaid 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 Blanaid in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	13	3 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
1980s	10	2 of 10	5
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Blanaid 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 1965 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #262 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Blanaid'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
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	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 1965 and 2007, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #262, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 41 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#413position in 2007, its most recent recorded year
41 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
7births registered in its largest year, 1965Under 25 births →

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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Blanca · #758, 19y
Blanche · #466, 12y

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.

Kayce · #262, 18y
Coran · #263, 20y
Minha · #261, 20y
Aronas · #264, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bernadine · #262, 19y
Cathleen · #262, 23y
Corinna · #262, 34y
Jana · #262, 58y

Blanaid was ranked #262 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. 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.

Blanaid 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 Blanaid without appearing here.

Blanaid moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1979 they stood at #497 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #432 and #542.
Cheryl Compare
In 2003 they stood at #516 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #677.
Tania Compare
In 2003 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #677.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #502 and #374 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #677.

Moved ahead of Blanaid

Robyn Compare
In 1993 they stood at #421 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #502 and #109.
Caitlin Compare
In 1993 they stood at #421 and #519 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #502 and #171.
Layla Compare
In 2003 they stood at #439 and #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #257.
Sophia Compare
In 1993 they stood at #421 and #519 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #502 and #190.

Moved the opposite way to Blanaid

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 while Aisling went from #121 to #28.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 while Alexandra went from #227 to #79.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 while Amelia went from #325 to #74.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 while Amy went from #262 to #11.

Moved the same way as Blanaid

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 and Alma from #262 to #764.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 and Angela from #21 to #303.
Anita Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 and Anita from #148 to #550.
Ann Compare
Between 1965 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blanaid went from #262 to #764 and Ann from #5 to #345.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1965 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #262 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Blanaid

Blanaid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blanaid across 2 official records

Blanaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Blanaid across 2 official records

Blanaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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