Aoibh

Aoibh was the #189 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (23 babies).

Aoibh as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Aoibh as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.5197019801990200020102020Northern IrelandIreland
Aoibh as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.5198020002020
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 & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#146 (13)#189 (23)
2024—#192 (9)#209 (21)
2023—#135 (15)#148 (32)
2022—#218 (8)#157 (33)
2021#5,581 (3)#266 (6)#149 (33)
2020—#178 (10)#187 (25)
2019—#189 (10)#215 (23)
2018—#273 (6)#200 (25)
2017—#296 (5)#241 (20)
2016—#276 (6)#273 (17)
2015—#223 (8)#264 (19)
2014—#178 (11)#291 (17)
2013—#284 (6)#265 (19)
2012—#229 (8)#354 (14)
2011#5,785 (3)#168 (12)#340 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2023 at #148.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 920 baby girls in the published Ireland list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 560common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 920common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aoibh is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 780 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.