Orfhlaith

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Orfhlaith: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #314 in 1997, and it stood at #446 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#314highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Orfhlaith's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2021

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#314
1998	#351
2000	#348
2021	#446

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 Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 31 years from 1969 to 1999.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2021 · 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 recorded1997–2021
Highest recorded position: #314 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2021).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #446 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Orfhlaith appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 37 births with the name.

Orfhlaith 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.

Orfhlaith'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	#443 (1969)	#439 (1999)	#439 (1999)	11 of 31	37 (1969–1999)	4 (1980)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#314 (1997)	#446 (2021)	4 of 25	13 (1997–2021)	4 (1997)

Orfhlaith 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 Orfhlaith in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	14	4 of 10	4
1990s	14	4 of 10	4

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

Orfhlaith 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 2021. Highest recorded position: #314 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Orfhlaith'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
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	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 2021, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #314, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1980.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
20 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#446position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 1980Under 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

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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.

Braeden · #314, 20y
Aobha · #317, 14y
Darrel · #317, 20y
Davi · #317, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Angeline · #313, 49y
Ausra · #315, 27y
Eavan · #313, 32y
Jenifer · #315, 44y

Orfhlaith was ranked #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Orfhlaith 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 Orfhlaith without appearing here.

Orfhlaith moved ahead of

Alma Compare
In 1998 they stood at #456 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #439 and #528.
Florence Compare
In 1998 they stood at #516 and #352 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #439 and #528.
Janet Compare
In 1998 they stood at #516 and #384 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #439 and #528.
Marianne Compare
In 1998 they stood at #516 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #439 and #528.

Moved ahead of Orfhlaith

Jamie Compare
In 1983 they stood at #483 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #221.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1986 they stood at #459 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #488 and #310.
Meabh Compare
In 1983 they stood at #483 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #320.
Jodie Compare
In 1986 they stood at #459 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #488 and #386.

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 2021. Highest recorded position: #314 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Orfhlaith

Orfhlaith at a glance

What stands out in Orfhlaith's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orfhlaith across 2 official records

Orfhlaith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orfhlaith 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 Orfhlaith

Orfhlaith and the names beside it

Orfhlaith moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Orfhlaith

Orfhlaith at a glance

What stands out in Orfhlaith's record

Orfhlaith across 2 official records

Orfhlaith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orfhlaith 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 Orfhlaith

Orfhlaith and the names beside it

Orfhlaith moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Orfhlaith