Laoise

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Laoise: Recorded since 1971, it reached #96 in 2021, and it stood at #124 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#96highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2000	#2746
2001	#3998
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2005	#2970
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2010	#5707

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 50 of the 55 years from 1971 to 2025.

In 2023: #130 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #328 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2025
Highest recorded position: #96 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1971–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #124 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Laoise appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 1,486 births with the name.

Laoise across 3 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.

Laoise'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	#466 (1971)	#96 (2021)	#124 (2025)	50 of 55	1,486 (1971–2025)	67 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#164 (2021)	#328 (2023)	22 of 27	142 (1997–2023)	13 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2301 (2002)	#5707 (2010)	12 of 15	50 (1996–2010)	7 (2002)

Laoise 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 Laoise in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	25	6 of 10	4
1980s	40	9 of 10	4
1990s	178	9 of 10	20
2000s	460	10 of 10	46
2010sbusiest	513	10 of 10	51
2020s	270	6 of 10	45

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

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

Laoise 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 3 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Laoise'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#174	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	38	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	48	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	36	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	45	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	57	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	46	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	41	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	40	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	45	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	37	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	58	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	52	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	67	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	66	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	61	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	46	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	40	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	56	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	44	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	51	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	42	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	45	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	52	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	50	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	37	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	43	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	36	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	22	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	36	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	27	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1971 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #96, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Dwayne · #98, 52y
Aishling · #93, 48y
Dariusz · #100, 54y
Kieron · #100, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Patryk · #96, 47y
Sasha · #95, 42y
Wade · #95, 33y
Dwayne · #98, 52y

Laoise was ranked #96 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Laoise 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 Laoise without appearing here.

Laoise moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4373 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #3970.
Alyssa Compare
In 1995 they stood at #457 and #457 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #174 and #534.
Rhonda Compare
In 1995 they stood at #457 and #457 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #174 and #534.

Moved ahead of Laoise

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.
Cecilie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2970 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #3860.
Jan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #3548.

Moved the opposite way to Laoise

Aisling Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 while Aisling went from #58 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 while Alison went from #76 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 while Amanda went from #56 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 while Andrea went from #90 to #304.

Moved the same way as Laoise

Amelia Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 and Amelia from #466 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 and Anna from #52 to #26.
Annie Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 and Annie from #269 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Laoise went from #466 to #124 and Aoife from #122 to #34.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Laoise

Laoise at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laoise across 3 official records

Laoise by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Laoise appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Laoise and the names beside it

Laoise moved ahead of

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Laoise at a glance

Laoise across 3 official records

Laoise by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Laoise 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 Laoise

Laoise and the names beside it

Laoise moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Laoise

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