Feilim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Feilim: Recorded since 1980, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #264, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Feilim's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2016–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#421
2024	#404

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

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

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 38 years from 1980 to 2017.

In 2016: #421 among boys in Northern Ireland, #541 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1980–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #264 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1980–2017
Highest recorded position: #264 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1980 (recorded 1980–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Feilim appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1980, and has registered 58 births with the name.

Feilim 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.

Feilim'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	#264 (1980)	#264 (1980)	#547 (2017)	12 of 38	58 (1980–2017)	7 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#421 (2016)	#404 (2024)	#404 (2024)	2 of 9	6 (2016–2024)	3 (2016)

Feilim 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 Feilim in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	8	2 of 10	4
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s 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 →

Feilim 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 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Feilim'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
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	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 1980 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 36 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
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#404position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
36 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Feidhlim · #263, 31y
Feigy · #1819, 22y
Felicia · #210, 38y
Felicity · #88, 51y

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.

Darron · #260, 15y
Scot · #271, 14y
Allister · #272, 17y
Aloysius · #256, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Madelene · #264, 28y
Anisa · #266, 40y
Henrikke · #267, 34y
Lori · #269, 33y

Feilim was ranked #264 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1980. 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.

Feilim 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 Feilim without appearing here.

Feilim moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #711.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #459 and #421 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #541 and #713.
Glenn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #616 and #401 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #459 and #615.
Jakob Compare
In 2011 they stood at #720 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #718.

Moved ahead of Feilim

Ben Compare
In 1983 they stood at #264 and #288 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1984 that had become #318 and #181.
Jacob Compare
In 1994 they stood at #264 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #334 and #198.
Alex Compare
In 1983 they stood at #264 and #288 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1984 that had become #318 and #197.
Cooper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #529 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #611.

Moved the opposite way to Feilim

Aaron Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 while Aaron went from #104 to #31.
Adam Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 while Adam went from #101 to #9.
Alex Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 while Alex went from #288 to #12.
Alexander Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 while Alexander went from #135 to #39.

Moved the same way as Feilim

Adrian Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 and Adrian from #60 to #169.
Alan Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 and Alan from #9 to #120.
Alfred Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 and Alfred from #264 to #418.
Andrew Compare
Between 1980 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Feilim went from #264 to #547 and Andrew from #30 to #76.

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 1980 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #264 in Republic of Ireland in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Feilim

Feilim at a glance

What stands out in Feilim's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Feilim across 2 official records

Feilim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Feilim appears in

Popularity data

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Feilim at a glance

What stands out in Feilim's record

Feilim across 2 official records

Feilim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Feilim appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Feilim

Feilim and the names beside it

Feilim moved ahead of

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