Maebh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maebh: Recorded since 1979, it reached #201 in 2009, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#201highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#2659
2015	#3252
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#2674
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#3519
2022	#2888
2023	#4056

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2023: #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4056 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #420 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1979–2025
Highest recorded position: #201 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 1979–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maebh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 469 births with the name.

Maebh 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.

Maebh'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	#420 (1979)	#201 (2009)	#483 (2025)	46 of 47	469 (1979–2025)	29 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#2659 (2014)	#4056 (2023)	18 of 20	96 (2004–2023)	9 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#203 (2006)	#361 (2018)	13 of 20	69 (1999–2018)	9 (2006)

Maebh 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 Maebh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	45	9 of 10	5
1990s	61	10 of 10	6
2000s	143	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	185	10 of 10	19
2020s	30	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Maebh 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 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #201 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Maebh'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	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	18	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	25	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	24	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	20	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	29	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	18	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	13	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	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 1979 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #201, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 25 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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Maelle · #3518, 13y

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.

Bartlomiej · #202, 47y
Terri · #204, 45y
Anas · #196, 42y
Tadeusz · #194, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Bartlomiej · #202, 47y
Elton · #200, 31y
Nerijus · #202, 21y
Breandan · #199, 13y

Maebh was ranked #201 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Maebh 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 Maebh without appearing here.

Maebh moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Kari Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Maebh

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Noah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to Maebh

Cheryl Compare
Between 1979 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #205 while Cheryl went from #253 to #873.
Pamela Compare
Between 1979 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #205 while Pamela went from #41 to #873.
Yvonne Compare
Between 1979 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #204 while Yvonne went from #40 to #868.
Carmel Compare
Between 1979 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #233 while Carmel went from #83 to #896.

Moved the same way as Maebh

Camilla Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #898 and Camilla from #363 to #556.
Danielle Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #898 and Danielle from #161 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #898 and Donna from #76 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1979 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maebh went from #420 to #898 and Katrina from #187 to #898.

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 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #201 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Maebh

Maebh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maebh across 3 official records

Maebh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maebh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Maebh moved ahead of

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Maebh at a glance

Maebh across 3 official records

Maebh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maebh 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 Maebh

Maebh and the names beside it

Maebh moved ahead of

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