Deirbhile

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Deirbhile: Recorded since 1991, it reached #229 in 1998, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2015

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#241
1998	#229
1999	#259
2000	#282
2002	#252
2003	#284
2004	#372
2005	#377
2007	#301
2009	#309
2010	#366
2015	#426

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 21 of the 27 years from 1991 to 2017.

In 2010: #366 among girls in Northern Ireland, #663 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1991–2017 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #515 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2015
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #579 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Deirbhile appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 130 births with the name.

Deirbhile 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.

Deirbhile'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	#515 (1991)	#248 (1996)	#579 (2017)	21 of 27	130 (1991–2017)	14 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#229 (1998)	#426 (2015)	12 of 19	53 (1997–2015)	6 (1997)

Deirbhile 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 Deirbhile in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990sbusiest	53	8 of 10	7
2000s	61	10 of 10	6
2010s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Deirbhile 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 1991 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Deirbhile'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
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	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 1991 and 2017, ranked in 22 years of that period.

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

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 6 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.

Deio · #1498, 26y
Deion · #720, 11y
Deirdre · #7, 51y
Deividas · #249, 42y

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
Dearbhaile · #229, 21y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y
Korben · #227, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Beibhinn · #229, 30y
Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y
Conaill · #229, 11y
Corin · #229, 29y

Deirbhile 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.

Deirbhile 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 Deirbhile without appearing here.

Deirbhile moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2016 they stood at #695 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #663 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.
Jenny Compare
In 2016 they stood at #695 and #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.
Marianne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #695 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.

Moved ahead of Deirbhile

Fiadh Compare
In 2007 they stood at #404 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #341.
Elsie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #404 and #431 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #403.
Ivy Compare
In 2016 they stood at #695 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #137.
Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #404 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #430.

Moved the opposite way to Deirbhile

Freya Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #385 to #579 while Freya went from #516 to #29.
Layla Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #385 to #579 while Layla went from #516 to #45.
Sadie Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #385 to #579 while Sadie went from #516 to #22.
Taylor Compare
Between 1993 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #385 to #579 while Taylor went from #448 to #211.

Moved the same way as Deirbhile

Elisabeth Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #384 to #579 and Elisabeth from #516 to #873.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #241 to #426 and Aimee from #23 to #69.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #241 to #426 and Aisling from #70 to #188.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Deirbhile went from #241 to #426 and Alexandra from #45 to #101.

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 1991 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #229 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Deirbhile

Deirbhile at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Deirbhile across 2 official records

Deirbhile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Deirbhile appears in

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Deirbhile at a glance

Deirbhile across 2 official records

Deirbhile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Deirbhile 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 Deirbhile

Deirbhile and the names beside it

Deirbhile moved ahead of

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