Cadhla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cadhla: Recorded since 1994, its highest recorded position is #53, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#53highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2008	#5545
2021	#3519
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#3695

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 27 of the 32 years from 1994 to 2025.

In 2024: #80 among girls in Northern Ireland, #116 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3695 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #53 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2003–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #89 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cadhla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1994, and has registered 512 births with the name.

Cadhla 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.

Cadhla'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	#502 (1994)	#87 (2023)	#89 (2025)	27 of 32	512 (1994–2025)	58 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#284 (2003)	#53 (2023)	#80 (2024)	22 of 22	364 (2003–2024)	39 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#5061 (2006)	#3519 (2021)	#3695 (2024)	6 of 19	26 (2006–2024)	6 (2021)

Cadhla 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 Cadhla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	69	8 of 10	9
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	278	6 of 10	46

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 46 births a year.

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

Cadhla 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 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Cadhla'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#80	26	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#53	39	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#85	25	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#86	26	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#138	17	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#143	16	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#129	18	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#123	20	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#99	25	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#139	14	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#124	19	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#162	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	55	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	41	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	58	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	48	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	46	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	30	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	21	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	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 1994 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #53, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 12 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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Cadi · #776, 28y
Cadie · #1325, 24y

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.

Amaia · #51, 27y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y
Sheryl · #50, 33y
Lauryn · #45, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Tia · #53, 31y
Ezekiel · #54, 30y
Kingston · #54, 23y
Abby · #55, 33y

Cadhla was ranked #53 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Cadhla 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 Cadhla without appearing here.

Cadhla moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.
Denise Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Cadhla

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #377 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #437 and #240.
Bonnie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #348 and #373 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #383 and #291.
Elsie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #129 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #137 and #59.
Maya Compare
In 1997 they stood at #496 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #425.

Moved the opposite way to Cadhla

Alison Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 while Alison went from #50 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 while Amanda went from #59 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 while Angela went from #212 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 while Ann went from #88 to #443.

Moved the same way as Cadhla

Abigail Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 and Abigail from #220 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 and Alice from #92 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 and Anna from #49 to #26.
Cara Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cadhla went from #502 to #89 and Cara from #227 to #52.

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 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #53 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cadhla

Cadhla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cadhla across 3 official records

Cadhla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cadhla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cadhla

Cadhla and the names beside it

Cadhla moved ahead of

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Cadhla at a glance

Cadhla across 3 official records

Cadhla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cadhla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cadhla

Cadhla and the names beside it

Cadhla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cadhla

Moved the opposite way to Cadhla

Moved the same way as Cadhla