Mairin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mairin: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #310, and it was last ranked in 2001.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#310highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2001

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 35 years from 1964 to 1998.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2001 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 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 recorded1964–1998
Highest recorded position: #310 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1998
Most recently recorded at #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Mairin 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 Mairin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	12	3 of 10	4
1970s	13	3 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	38	8 of 10	5
1990s	13	4 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Mairin 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 1964 to 2001. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Mairin'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
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 1964 and 2001, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #310, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 37 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,998position in 2001, its most recent recorded year
37 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1983Under 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.

Mairead · #46, 61y
Mairi · #431, 26y
Mairtin · #229, 29y
Maisa · #1819, 22y

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.

Johannah · #310, 24y
Myrtle · #310, 18y
Asees · #309, 16y
Michalina · #309, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Johannah · #310, 24y
Myrtle · #310, 18y
Paulette · #310, 10y
Ide · #312, 36y

Mairin was ranked #310 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Mairin 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 Mairin without appearing here.

Mairin moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1980 they stood at #542 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #386 and #533.
Dianne Compare
In 1994 they stood at #445 and #445 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #451 and #516.
Marilyn Compare
In 1994 they stood at #459 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #451 and #516.

Moved ahead of Mairin

Danielle Compare
In 1978 they stood at #343 and #455 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #523 and #161.
Leanne Compare
In 1978 they stood at #343 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #523 and #170.
Phoebe Compare
In 1995 they stood at #451 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #279.
Shauna Compare
In 1968 they stood at #310 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1969 that had become #443 and #265.

Moved the opposite way to Mairin

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 while Aisling went from #154 to #21.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 while Alexandra went from #222 to #67.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 while Alison went from #146 to #45.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 while Aoife went from #206 to #4.

Moved the same way as Mairin

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 and Alice from #57 to #90.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 and Angela from #24 to #252.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 and Anita from #130 to #380.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mairin went from #327 to #498 and Ann from #4 to #152.

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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 1964 to 2001. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mairin

Mairin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mairin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Mairin at a glance

Mairin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Mairin moved ahead of

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