Mallaidh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mallaidh: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #237, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#237highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2002–2023

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#339
2016	#440
2017	#296
2018	#434
2021	#446
2023	#237

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

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

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 6 of the 22 years from 2002 to 2023.

In 2023: #237 among girls in Northern Ireland, #625 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #339 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2023
Highest recorded position: #237 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Mallaidh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 6 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 24 births with the name.

Mallaidh across 2 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.

Mallaidh'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
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#237 (2023)	#237 (2023)	6 of 22	24 (2002–2023)	7 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#443 (2025)	#443 (2025)	6 of 19	28 (2007–2025)	8 (2025)

Mallaidh by decade in Northern 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 Mallaidh in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	11	3 of 10	4
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Mallaidh 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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #237 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Mallaidh'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	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	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 2002 and 2025, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #237, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 5 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#443position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
5 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2025Under 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.

Malka · #1023, 29y
Malky · #1325, 24y
Mallie · #2504, 12y
Mallory · #982, 27y

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.

Ciarrai · #238, 13y
Cillin · #235, 11y
Dillion · #241, 10y
Jordan-Lee · #241, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ariah · #238, 18y
Leland · #234, 20y
Leonel · #240, 21y
Isla-Rose · #241, 18y

Mallaidh was ranked #237 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Mallaidh 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 Mallaidh without appearing here.

Mallaidh moved ahead of

Melanie Compare
In 2024 they stood at #556 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #885.
May Compare
In 2024 they stood at #556 and #342 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #718.
Rita Compare
In 2024 they stood at #556 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #718.
Audrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #834 and #495 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #625 and #856.

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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #237 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Mallaidh

Mallaidh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mallaidh across 2 official records

Mallaidh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Mallaidh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Mallaidh

Mallaidh and the names beside it

Mallaidh moved ahead of

Mallaidh at a glance

Mallaidh across 2 official records

Mallaidh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Mallaidh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Mallaidh

Mallaidh and the names beside it

Mallaidh moved ahead of