Ceili

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ceili: Recorded since 1993, it reached #384 in 2006, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#384highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2006–2012

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#384
2012	#451

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

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

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 25 years from 1993 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2017 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2012
Highest recorded position: #384 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2006–2012).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ceili appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1993, and has registered 37 births with the name.

Ceili 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.

Ceili'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	#516 (1993)	#516 (1993)	#734 (2017)	11 of 25	37 (1993–2017)	4 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#384 (2006)	#451 (2012)	2 of 7	6 (2006–2012)	3 (2006)

Ceili 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 Ceili in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	24	7 of 10	3
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Ceili 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 1993 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Ceili'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
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	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 1993 and 2017, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #384, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 13 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#734position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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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Ceejay · #1398, 27y
Ceire · #365, 18y
Celene · #300, 13y

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.

Tyana · #384, 16y
Meriel · #385, 16y
Venessa · #383, 15y
Cabhan · #387, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ashlyn · #384, 29y
Morven · #384, 19y
Rea · #384, 28y
Subhan · #384, 29y

Ceili was ranked #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Ceili 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 Ceili without appearing here.

Ceili moved ahead of

Deborah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #893 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #734 and #873.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #893 and #582 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #734 and #873.
Jenny Compare
In 2016 they stood at #893 and #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #734 and #873.
Marianne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #893 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #734 and #873.

Moved the opposite way to Ceili

Abigail Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 while Abigail went from #234 to #62.
Alice Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 while Alice went from #78 to #35.
Amelia Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 while Amelia went from #300 to #3.
Anna Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 while Anna went from #57 to #12.

Moved the same way as Ceili

Aimee Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 and Aimee from #108 to #172.
Aisling Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 and Aisling from #11 to #86.
Alison Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 and Alison from #41 to #145.
Amanda Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ceili went from #516 to #734 and Amanda from #53 to #471.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1993 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #384 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ceili

Ceili at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ceili across 2 official records

Ceili by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ceili appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ceili at a glance

Ceili across 2 official records

Ceili by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ceili 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 Ceili

Ceili and the names beside it

Ceili moved ahead of

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