Majella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Majella: Recorded since 1964, it reached #78 in 1967, and it was last ranked in 2009.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#78highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1999

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900

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 36 of the 46 years from 1964 to 2009.

In 1999: #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3900 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #95 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 recorded1964–2009
Highest recorded position: #78 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Majella 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 Majella in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	442	6 of 10	74
1970s	713	10 of 10	71
1980s	290	10 of 10	29
1990s	64	9 of 10	7
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1967 and 1968, when recorded births fell by 38, from 90 to 52.

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

Majella 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 2009. Highest recorded position: #78 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Majella'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
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	16	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	20	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	29	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	26	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	43	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	41	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	49	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	55	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	56	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	54	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	65	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	80	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	75	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	79	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	77	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	91	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	81	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	88	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	52	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	90	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	68	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	79	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	65	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 2009, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #78, first reached in 1967.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, 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.

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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Majid · #1027, 29y
Majka · #555, 11y

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.

Matilde · #76, 40y
Warwick · #75, 37y
Giuseppe · #85, 36y
Mervyn · #85, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Jodi · #78, 40y
Adeline · #77, 45y
Conall · #77, 60y
Diarmuid · #77, 62y

Majella was ranked #78 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. 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.

Majella 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 Majella without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Majella

Heidi Compare
In 2008 they stood at #316 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #893 and #124.
Matilda Compare
In 2008 they stood at #262 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #893 and #224.
Ada Compare
In 2008 they stood at #157 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #893 and #410.
Ava Compare
In 1997 they stood at #316 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #88.

Moved the opposite way to Majella

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 while Aisling went from #154 to #45.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 while Alexandra went from #222 to #78.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 while Amelia went from #300 to #39.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 while Anna went from #34 to #16.

Moved the same way as Majella

Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 and Amanda from #118 to #263.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 and Angela from #24 to #299.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 and Anita from #130 to #539.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Majella went from #95 to #893 and Ann from #4 to #239.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #78 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Majella

Majella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Majella by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Majella at a glance

Majella by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Majella and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Majella

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