Orlaigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Orlaigh: Recorded since 1988, it reached #254 in 2008, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#5876
2013	#3536
2018	#3518
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 26 years from 1988 to 2013.

In 2013: #440 among girls in Northern Ireland, #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3536 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1988–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1988
First recorded at #492 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2013
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 1997–2013).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Orlaigh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1988, and has registered 31 births with the name.

Orlaigh 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.

Orlaigh'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	#492 (1988)	#457 (1991)	#894 (2013)	10 of 26	31 (1988–2013)	4 (1991)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#254 (2008)	#440 (2013)	10 of 17	37 (1997–2013)	7 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#5876 (2012)	#3518 (2018)	#5687 (2023)	7 of 12	29 (2012–2023)	6 (2013)

Orlaigh 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 Orlaigh in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	24	6 of 10	4
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Orlaigh 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 1988 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #254 in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Orlaigh'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	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 1988 and 2023, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,687position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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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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.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Miran · #254, 26y
Saibh · #254, 24y
Benas · #253, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Hiba · #254, 40y
Deane · #255, 12y
Leanna · #253, 41y
Chantel · #252, 25y

Orlaigh was ranked #254 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2008. 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.

Orlaigh 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 Orlaigh without appearing here.

Orlaigh moved ahead of

Karen Compare
In 2007 they stood at #372 and #273 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #254 and #439.
Paula Compare
In 2007 they stood at #372 and #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #254 and #370.
Siobhán Compare
In 2007 they stood at #278 and #278 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #254 and #370.
Anne Compare
In 2009 they stood at #419 and #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #366 and #430.

Moved ahead of Orlaigh

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1977.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #2499.
Paige Compare
In 1994 they stood at #457 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #516 and #272.

Moved the opposite way to Orlaigh

Abigail Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 while Abigail went from #359 to #54.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 while Alexandra went from #222 to #90.
Alice Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 while Alice went from #122 to #52.
Anna Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 while Anna went from #69 to #12.

Moved the same way as Orlaigh

Aisling Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 and Aisling from #16 to #51.
Alison Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 and Alison from #58 to #139.
Amanda Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 and Amanda from #23 to #254.
Amy Compare
Between 1988 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlaigh went from #492 to #894 and Amy from #14 to #26.

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 3 regions, from 1988 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #254 in Northern Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Orlaigh

Orlaigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orlaigh across 3 official records

Orlaigh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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Orlaigh at a glance

Orlaigh across 3 official records

Orlaigh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Orlaigh

Orlaigh and the names beside it

Orlaigh moved ahead of

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