Names that came back more than once

Names absent from one published list for 4 or more years on at least two separate occasions, each time returning.

Absence means absence from the published list — a registrar printing a top-100 drops a name at #101 — so each gap is a fact about the list rather than about the births. Only closed gaps count; a name that simply stopped being listed has not come back.

60 names, selected from the 2,573 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

• Levi

  Absent and recorded again 5 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Pauline

  Absent and recorded again 5 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1946–2023.

• Francis

  Absent and recorded again 4 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1960–2025.

• Teresa

  Absent and recorded again 4 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1946–2016.

• Amelia

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1967–2025.

• Andreas

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1966–2025.

• Belinda

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1960–2013.

• Bernadette

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Northern Ireland, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Cheryl

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1965–2017.

• Colin

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Daithi

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1973–2025.

• Darragh

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1970–2007.

• Elsie

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Fiona

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1963–2025.

• Harald

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in England and Wales, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jude

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2023.

• Kelly

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1967–2019.

• Kim

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1971–2005.

• Lachlan

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Northern Ireland, across a record running 1998–2024.

• Lara

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1968–2025.

• Lucy

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Marcus

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in New Zealand, across a record running 1971–2014.

• Marilyn

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1969–2023.

• Mila

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1981–2025.

• Mona

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1965–2025.

• Oda

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1949–2025.

• Oscar

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1969–2025.

• Solveig

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among girls in England and Wales, across a record running 1996–2021.

• Tobias

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1965–2025.

• Ulrik

  Absent and recorded again 3 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1946–2025.

• Ada

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Alfred

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Ashleigh

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1971–2021.

• Aurora

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1953–2025.

• Barbara

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1946–2015.

• Benjamin

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1950–2025.

• Bruce

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Catherine

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1947–2018.

• Cathrine

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1951–2020.

• Christian

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in New South Wales, Australia, across a record running 1971–2022.

• Christina

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in New South Wales, Australia, across a record running 1962–2003.

• Ciaran

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1969–1984.

• Claire

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in New Zealand, across a record running 1954–2013.

• Daisy

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1979–2025.

• Deborah

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1953–2025.

• Elias

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Norway, across a record running 1945–2025.

• Ezra

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 2001–2025.

• Freddie

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in England and Wales, across a record running 1996–2024.

• Hanne

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in England and Wales, across a record running 1998–2019.

• Hans

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1965–1980.

• Hennie

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Norway, across a record running 1955–2025.

• Henry

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in New Zealand, across a record running 1954–2023.

• Ida

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Ingrid

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2023.

• Isaac

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Isabella

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2025.

• Ivy

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1972–2025.

• Jakob

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among boys in Northern Ireland, across a record running 2003–2022.

• Jan

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–1997.

• Janet

  Absent and recorded again 2 separate times among girls in Republic of Ireland, across a record running 1964–2018.