Blathnaid

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Blathnaid: Recorded since 1965, it reached #168 in 2011, and it stood at #212 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#168highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1998–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#351
1999	#344
2000	#248
2002	#286
2003	#284
2004	#273
2005	#226
2006	#332
2007	#351
2008	#277
2009	#309
2010	#283
2011	#168
2012	#383
2013	#327
2014	#439
2015	#358
2016	#276
2017	#206
2018	#273
2020	#281
2021	#350
2022	#418
2023	#391
2024	#212

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 49 of the 53 years from 1965 to 2017.

In 2017: #206 among girls in Northern Ireland, #430 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 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 recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #168 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #212 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Blathnaid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 49 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 474 births with the name.

Blathnaid 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.

Blathnaid'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	#385 (1965)	#186 (2006)	#430 (2017)	49 of 53	474 (1965–2017)	25 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#168 (2011)	#212 (2024)	25 of 27	128 (1998–2024)	12 (2011)

Blathnaid 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 Blathnaid in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	2 of 10	3
1970s	67	9 of 10	7
1980s	73	10 of 10	7
1990s	78	10 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	150	10 of 10	15
2010s	100	8 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Blathnaid 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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #168 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Blathnaid'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	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	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	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	21	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	21	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	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	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	22	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

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 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #168, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 33 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Christel · #170, 54y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Sheena · #173, 54y
Darina · #174, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Anett · #169, 33y
Arturas · #167, 35y
Blaithin · #169, 58y

Blathnaid was ranked #168 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Blathnaid 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 Blathnaid without appearing here.

Blathnaid moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Kristine Compare
In 2000 they stood at #502 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #254 and #606.
Carol Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #576.

Moved ahead of Blathnaid

Maddison Compare
In 2014 they stood at #353 and #427 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #532 and #233.
Taylor Compare
In 1993 they stood at #320 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #502 and #220.
Violet Compare
In 2013 they stood at #327 and #370 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #439 and #191.
Erin Compare
In 1977 they stood at #348 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #522 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Blathnaid

Ada Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #218 to #430 while Ada went from #508 to #137.
Elsie Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #218 to #430 while Elsie went from #508 to #137.
Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #218 to #430 while Katie went from #508 to #28.
Kerry Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #443 to #246 while Kerry went from #322 to #747.

Moved the same way as Blathnaid

Renee Compare
Between 1973 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #218 to #532 and Renee from #508 to #751.
Courtney Compare
Between 1988 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #304 to #515 and Courtney from #407 to #750.
Aria Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #383 to #212 and Aria from #203 to #22.
Aurora Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Blathnaid went from #383 to #212 and Aurora from #383 to #93.

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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #168 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Blathnaid

Blathnaid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blathnaid across 2 official records

Blathnaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Blathnaid 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

Names published alongside Blathnaid

Blathnaid and the names beside it

Blathnaid moved ahead of

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Blathnaid at a glance

Blathnaid across 2 official records

Blathnaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Blathnaid 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 Blathnaid

Blathnaid and the names beside it

Blathnaid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Blathnaid

Moved the opposite way to Blathnaid

Moved the same way as Blathnaid