Noirin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Noirin: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 14 years, it reached #262 in 1977, and it was last ranked in 2014.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#262highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Noirin's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1965–2014

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1965	#385
1967	#315
1969	#393
1970	#326
1972	#471
1973	#508
1974	#490
1977	#262
1978	#331
1980	#370
1981	#386
1982	#333
1983	#401
1984	#308
1985	#362
1986	#388
1987	#362
1988	#381
1990	#517
1994	#374
1995	#516
1996	#534
1997	#576
1999	#392
2014	#876

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 50 years from 1965 to 2014.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1965–2014 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2014
Highest recorded position: #262 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1965–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2014
Most recently recorded at #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Noirin 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 Noirin 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	38	6 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	64	9 of 10	7
1990s	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Noirin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1965 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #262 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Noirin'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
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	10	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1965 and 2014, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #262, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

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 →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#876position in 2014, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 1977Under 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Rolandas · #262, 27y
Dafydd · #261, 28y
Hermione · #265, 29y
Lyder · #265, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bernadine · #262, 19y
Blanaid · #262, 19y
Cathleen · #262, 23y
Corinna · #262, 34y

Noirin was ranked #262 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. 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.

Noirin 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 Noirin without appearing here.

Noirin moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1976 they stood at #490 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #262 and #468.
Karin Compare
In 1976 they stood at #508 and #449 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #262 and #468.
Janet Compare
In 1998 they stood at #576 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.
Geraldine Compare
In 1998 they stood at #576 and #263 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #439.

Moved ahead of Noirin

Layla Compare
In 2013 they stood at #392 and #528 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #51.
Rosie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #392 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #106.
Jenna Compare
In 2013 they stood at #392 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #253.
Cassandra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #392 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #584.

Moved the opposite way to Noirin

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 while Aisling went from #121 to #55.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 while Alexandra went from #227 to #83.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 while Amelia went from #325 to #7.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 while Amy went from #262 to #30.

Moved the same way as Noirin

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 and Alma from #262 to #661.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 and Amanda from #129 to #291.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 and Angela from #21 to #427.
Ann Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noirin went from #385 to #876 and Ann from #5 to #264.

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1965 to 2014. Highest recorded position: #262 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Noirin

Noirin at a glance

What stands out in Noirin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Noirin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Noirin at a glance

What stands out in Noirin's record

Noirin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Noirin 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 Noirin

Noirin and the names beside it

Noirin moved ahead of

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