Meadhbh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meadhbh: Recorded since 1975, it reached #142 in 2006, and it stood at #381 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#142highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
2023	#5687

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 47 of the 51 years from 1975 to 2025.

In 2023: #495 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #503 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #142 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1975–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Meadhbh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 591 births with the name.

Meadhbh 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.

Meadhbh'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	#503 (1975)	#142 (2006)	#381 (2025)	47 of 51	591 (1975–2025)	36 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	3 of 28	9 (1996–2023)	3 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#278 (2005)	#355 (2017)	10 of 19	34 (1999–2017)	5 (2005)

Meadhbh 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 Meadhbh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	12	3 of 10	4
1980s	75	8 of 10	9
1990s	156	10 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	185	10 of 10	19
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020s	47	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Meadhbh 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 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Meadhbh'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	#5687	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	20	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	36	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	18	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	18	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	17	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	19	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	17	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	26	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	25	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	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 1975 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #142, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 24 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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Meagan · #295, 33y

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.

Clifford · #142, 51y
Diarmaid · #142, 50y
Beata · #141, 49y
Lindsey · #144, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Ewelina · #143, 33y
Paulina · #141, 51y
Sanne · #143, 39y
Lindsey · #144, 46y

Meadhbh was ranked #142 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Meadhbh 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 Meadhbh without appearing here.

Meadhbh moved ahead of

Tina Compare
In 2021 they stood at #834 and #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #357 and #905.
Aimee Compare
In 2024 they stood at #504 and #275 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #381 and #885.
Cassandra Compare
In 2024 they stood at #504 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #381 and #885.
Christine Compare
In 2024 they stood at #504 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #381 and #885.

Moved ahead of Meadhbh

Charlie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #395 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #834 and #315.
Maddison Compare
In 2014 they stood at #373 and #427 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #532 and #233.
Lola Compare
In 2006 they stood at #278 and #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #147.
Maisie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #291 and #341 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #410 and #172.

Moved the opposite way to Meadhbh

Daisy Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #267 to #381 while Daisy went from #456 to #43.
Jasmine Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #267 to #381 while Jasmine went from #421 to #189.
Phoebe Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #267 to #381 while Phoebe went from #519 to #97.
Georgia Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #250 to #381 while Georgia went from #332 to #91.

Moved the same way as Meadhbh

Denise Compare
Between 1975 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #503 to #834 and Denise from #35 to #834.
Kerry Compare
Between 1975 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #503 to #834 and Kerry from #232 to #834.
Sharon Compare
Between 1975 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #503 to #834 and Sharon from #8 to #834.
Chelsea Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Meadhbh went from #250 to #381 and Chelsea from #408 to #608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Meadhbh

Meadhbh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meadhbh across 3 official records

Meadhbh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Meadhbh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Meadhbh

Meadhbh and the names beside it

Meadhbh moved ahead of

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Meadhbh at a glance

Meadhbh across 3 official records

Meadhbh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Meadhbh 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 Meadhbh

Meadhbh and the names beside it

Meadhbh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meadhbh

Moved the opposite way to Meadhbh

Moved the same way as Meadhbh