Maire

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maire: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #113, and it stood at #391 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#113highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
2000	#3247
2020	#5493

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 52 of the 53 years from 1964 to 2016.

In 2013: #370 among girls in Northern Ireland, #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #113 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2016
Highest recorded position: #113 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #391 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Maire appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,171 births with the name.

Maire 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.

Maire'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	#113 (1964)	#113 (1964)	#868 (2016)	52 of 53	1,171 (1964–2016)	50 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2683 (1996)	#5493 (2020)	4 of 25	17 (1996–2020)	5 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#311 (2011)	#391 (2023)	4 of 18	15 (2006–2023)	5 (2011)

Maire 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 Maire in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	222	6 of 10	37
1970s	306	10 of 10	31
1980s	356	10 of 10	36
1990s	167	10 of 10	17
2000s	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	38	6 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1978 and 1979, when recorded births rose by 25, from 25 to 50.

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

Maire 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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #113 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Maire'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	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	15	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	16	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	28	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	31	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	22	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	38	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	41	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	29	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	28	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	32	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	46	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	41	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	47	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	50	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	34	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	30	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	25	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	23	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	31	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	26	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	36	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	34	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	33	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	34	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	31	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	42	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	48	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 1964 and 2023, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #113, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 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.

Maira · #358, 29y
Mairah · #1603, 14y
Mairead · #46, 61y
Mairi · #431, 26y

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.

Colum · #115, 49y
Eanna · #115, 57y
Fiachra · #115, 58y
Veronika · #111, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aleksandra · #113, 63y
Jeanett · #113, 37y
Anine · #112, 55y
Garreth · #112, 39y

Maire was ranked #113 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Maire 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 Maire without appearing here.

Maire moved ahead of

Lorraine Compare
In 2014 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #462 and #896.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #362 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #370 and #677.
Deirdre Compare
In 2013 they stood at #894 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #584 and #876.
Denise Compare
In 2013 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #584 and #876.

Moved ahead of Maire

Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #465 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #246.
Emilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #465 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #286.
Ivy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #465 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #304.
Bailey Compare
In 2015 they stood at #462 and #532 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #868 and #359.

Moved the opposite way to Maire

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 while Ada went from #372 to #166.
Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 while Aisling went from #154 to #77.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 while Alexandra went from #222 to #91.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 while Alice went from #57 to #34.

Moved the same way as Maire

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 and Alma from #327 to #515.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 and Amanda from #118 to #419.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 and Angela from #24 to #515.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Maire went from #113 to #868 and Anita from #130 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #113 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Maire

Maire at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maire across 3 official records

Maire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maire appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Maire

Maire and the names beside it

Maire moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maire

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Maire at a glance

Maire across 3 official records

Maire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Maire appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Maire

Maire and the names beside it

Maire moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maire

Moved the opposite way to Maire

Moved the same way as Maire