NameTides

Ailbe

Ailbe was the #676 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (4 babies).

Ailbe as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Ailbe as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020IrelandScotland
Ailbe as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#762 (3)—#676 (4)
2024#4,271 (4)—#339 (4)#582 (5)
2023#4,992 (3)———
2022#3,049 (6)—#352 (4)#779 (3)
2021#4,789 (3)———
2020#3,848 (4)——#556 (5)
2019#1,506 (16)#516 (5)—#402 (9)
2018#1,235 (21)—#416 (3)#572 (5)
2017#1,124 (25)#733 (3)#279 (6)#710 (3)
2016#1,704 (14)——#713 (3)
2015#1,673 (14)——#699 (3)
2014#1,630 (14)———
2013#3,822 (4)——#605 (4)
2012#3,416 (5)———
2010#4,678 (3)——#720 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2019 at #402.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon