Dearbhaile

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dearbhaile: Recorded since 1976, it reached #229 in 1998, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2017

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#241
1998	#229
2003	#284
2010	#283
2011	#444
2017	#296

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 16 of the 38 years from 1976 to 2013.

In 1997: #241 among girls in Northern Ireland, #496 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1976–2017 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2017
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2017).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #296 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2017.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Dearbhaile 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 1976, and has registered 76 births with the name.

Dearbhaile 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.

Dearbhaile'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	#429 (1976)	#338 (1991)	#660 (2013)	16 of 38	76 (1976–2013)	8 (1991)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#229 (1998)	#296 (2017)	6 of 21	30 (1997–2017)	6 (1997)

Dearbhaile 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 Dearbhaile in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	17	4 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Dearbhaile 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 1976 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Dearbhaile'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
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	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 1976 and 2017, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 21 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#296position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
21 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1991Under 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.

Deanna · #207, 32y
Dearbhail · #174, 29y
Dearbhla · #90, 57y
Debbie · #31, 66y

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.

Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y
Deirbhile · #229, 22y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y
Korben · #227, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Joacim · #229, 31y
Torje · #230, 52y
Dominika · #226, 47y
Krystian · #232, 50y

Dearbhaile was ranked #229 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Dearbhaile 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 Dearbhaile without appearing here.

Dearbhaile moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #862 and #501 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #894.
Bernadette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #862 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #894.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #862 and #546 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #894.
Donna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #862 and #750 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #894.

Moved ahead of Dearbhaile

Shania Compare
In 1998 they stood at #496 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #528 and #165.
Megan Compare
In 1985 they stood at #476 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #458 and #211.
Taylor Compare
In 1994 they stood at #356 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #451 and #211.
Madison Compare
In 2002 they stood at #229 and #301 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #284 and #79.

Moved the opposite way to Dearbhaile

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 while Abigail went from #271 to #54.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 while Alexandra went from #263 to #90.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 while Alice went from #138 to #52.
Amelia Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 while Amelia went from #429 to #5.

Moved the same way as Dearbhaile

Alison Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 and Alison from #73 to #139.
Alma Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 and Alma from #229 to #660.
Amanda Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 and Amanda from #43 to #254.
Andrea Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dearbhaile went from #429 to #660 and Andrea from #83 to #185.

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 1976 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Dearbhaile at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dearbhaile across 2 official records

Dearbhaile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Dearbhaile at a glance

Dearbhaile across 2 official records

Dearbhaile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dearbhaile

Dearbhaile and the names beside it

Dearbhaile moved ahead of

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