Liadan

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Liadan: Recorded since 1994, its highest recorded position is #397, reached in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#397highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2020

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#397

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

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

What the data shows

Trend unknownNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 24 years from 1994 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1994–2020 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Liadan 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 Liadan in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	33	8 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, 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 →

Liadan 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 1994 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Liadan'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
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	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 1994 and 2020, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #397, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, 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 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.

Amelia-Grace · #397, 20y
Ara · #397, 19y
Domantas · #397, 17y
Maisie-Mae · #397, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aneesa · #397, 29y
Fae · #397, 30y
Harriette · #397, 29y
Lizzie · #397, 30y

Liadan was ranked #397 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Liadan 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 Liadan without appearing here.

Liadan moved ahead of

Deborah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #876 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #876 and #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Jenny Compare
In 2016 they stood at #868 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.
Marianne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #868 and #868 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #471 and #873.

Moved ahead of Liadan

Elsie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #398 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #842 and #431.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #512 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #287.
Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #510 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #560 and #371.
Bonnie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #417 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #512 and #406.

Moved the same way as Liadan

Courtney Compare
Between 1994 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liadan went from #502 to #868 and Courtney from #240 to #750.
Geraldine Compare
Between 1994 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liadan went from #502 to #868 and Geraldine from #198 to #750.
Judith Compare
Between 1994 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liadan went from #502 to #868 and Judith from #411 to #661.
Pauline Compare
Between 1994 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liadan went from #502 to #868 and Pauline from #297 to #868.

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 1994 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #397 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Liadan

Liadan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liadan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Liadan appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Liadan at a glance

Liadan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Liadan moved ahead of

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