Feidhlim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Feidhlim: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #263 in 1991, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#263highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Feidhlim's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2002–2023

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#281
2023	#312

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2023: #312 among boys in Northern Ireland, #516 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1972–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1972–2025
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1991 (recorded 1972–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Feidhlim appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 201 births with the name.

Feidhlim 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.

Feidhlim'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 · Boys	#307 (1972)	#263 (1991)	#468 (2025)	31 of 54	201 (1972–2025)	17 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#281 (2002)	#312 (2023)	2 of 22	8 (2002–2023)	5 (2023)

Feidhlim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Feidhlim in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	9	3 of 10	3
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	55	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	39	5 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Feidhlim 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 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Feidhlim'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
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	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 1972 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #263, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 30 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.

Fearne · #295, 24y
Federico · #730, 29y
Feigy · #1819, 22y
Feilim · #264, 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.

Aminah · #263, 30y
Clarke · #262, 29y
Corinna · #262, 34y
Dhruv · #262, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Antoin · #263, 20y
Emina · #263, 38y
Imran · #263, 50y
Lianne · #263, 40y

Feidhlim was ranked #263 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1991. 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.

Feidhlim 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 Feidhlim without appearing here.

Feidhlim moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #518 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #366 and #730.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #516 and #396 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.
Harris Compare
In 2024 they stood at #516 and #436 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.

Moved ahead of Feidhlim

Hudson Compare
In 2016 they stood at #272 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #317.
Arlo Compare
In 2013 they stood at #338 and #352 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #609 and #364.
Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #338 and #479 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #609 and #364.
Brodie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #272 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #374.

Moved the opposite way to Feidhlim

Aaron Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 while Aaron went from #194 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 while Adam went from #158 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 while Alex went from #279 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 while Alexander went from #143 to #55.

Moved the same way as Feidhlim

Adrian Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 and Adrian from #50 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 and Alan from #11 to #232.
Andreas Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 and Andreas from #279 to #829.
Andrew Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feidhlim went from #307 to #468 and Andrew from #38 to #106.

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 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Republic of Ireland in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Feidhlim

Feidhlim at a glance

What stands out in Feidhlim's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Feidhlim across 2 official records

Feidhlim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Feidhlim appears in

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Feidhlim at a glance

What stands out in Feidhlim's record

Feidhlim across 2 official records

Feidhlim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Feidhlim appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Feidhlim

Feidhlim and the names beside it

Feidhlim moved ahead of

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