Dervilla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dervilla: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #202, and it was last ranked in 1993.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#202highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dervilla's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1993

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#274
1965	#202
1966	#344
1967	#288
1968	#258
1969	#393
1970	#307
1971	#383
1972	#471
1973	#449
1974	#374
1975	#379
1976	#429
1977	#429
1978	#388
1979	#523
1980	#542
1993	#516

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 30 years from 1964 to 1993.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1993 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1993
Highest recorded position: #202 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–1993).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1993
Most recently recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1993.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dervilla 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 Dervilla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	43	6 of 10	7
1970s	49	10 of 10	5
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Dervilla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1993. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Dervilla'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
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	14	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1964 and 1993, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #202, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

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.

Derry · #253, 31y
Derval · #236, 23y
Dervla · #161, 49y
Derya · #2407, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aashild · #202, 20y
Alvhild · #202, 15y
Ethna · #202, 21y
Nerijus · #202, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Dora · #202, 43y
Ethna · #202, 21y
Padraigh · #202, 30y
Brona · #203, 49y

Dervilla was ranked #202 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. 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.

Dervilla 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 Dervilla without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Dervilla

Shauna Compare
In 1971 they stood at #383 and #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #471 and #269.
Andrea Compare
In 1965 they stood at #202 and #215 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1966 that had become #344 and #185.
Cheryl Compare
In 1971 they stood at #383 and #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #471 and #312.
Kate Compare
In 1975 they stood at #379 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #429 and #271.

Moved the opposite way to Dervilla

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 while Aisling went from #154 to #11.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 while Alison went from #146 to #41.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 while Amanda went from #118 to #53.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 while Aoife went from #206 to #5.

Moved the same way as Dervilla

Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 and Angela from #24 to #190.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 and Ann from #4 to #64.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 and Anna from #34 to #57.
Anne Compare
Between 1964 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dervilla went from #274 to #516 and Anne from #5 to #59.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1993. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dervilla

Dervilla at a glance

What stands out in Dervilla's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dervilla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dervilla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Dervilla and the names beside it

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Dervilla at a glance

What stands out in Dervilla's record

Dervilla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dervilla 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 Dervilla

Dervilla and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Dervilla

Moved the opposite way to Dervilla

Moved the same way as Dervilla