Naomh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Naomh: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 17 years, it reached #286 in 2002, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#286highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Naomh's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2011

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#314
1998	#351
1999	#344
2001	#293
2002	#286
2011	#444

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

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

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 6 of the 15 years from 1997 to 2011.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2011 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2011
Highest recorded position: #286 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2011).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #444 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2011.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Naomh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 6 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 22 births with the name.

Naomh 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.

Naomh'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	#314 (1997)	#286 (2002)	#444 (2011)	6 of 15	21 (1997–2011)	4 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#374 (1973)	#523 (1979)	6 of 11	22 (1969–1979)	6 (1973)

Naomh 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 Naomh in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Naomh 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 1969 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #286 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Naomh'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
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	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 1969 and 2011, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #286, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
17 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#444position in 2011, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1973Under 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.

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Naomi · #34, 62y
Nara · #1302, 20y

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.

Florie · #288, 16y
Franz · #288, 10y
Marguerita · #288, 14y
Cairan · #290, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Marko · #286, 57y
Arvydas · #287, 25y
Kathrin · #285, 27y
Kathrina · #287, 24y

Naomh was ranked #286 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. 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.

Naomh 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 Naomh without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Naomh

Nina Compare
In 2010 they stood at #286 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #444 and #189.
Phoebe Compare
In 1997 they stood at #314 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #351 and #155.
Julia Compare
In 1997 they stood at #314 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #351 and #213.
Madison Compare
In 1997 they stood at #314 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #351 and #301.

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 1969 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #286 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Naomh

Naomh at a glance

What stands out in Naomh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Naomh across 2 official records

Naomh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Naomh 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 Naomh

Naomh and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Naomh

Naomh at a glance

What stands out in Naomh's record

Naomh across 2 official records

Naomh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Naomh 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 Naomh

Naomh and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Naomh