Feilim

Féilim was the #402 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (9 babies).

Feilim as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Feilim as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020Ireland
Feilim as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for 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. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Feilim to 2017, Féilim from 2019. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#402 (9)
2024#404 (3)#275 (15)
2023—#362 (10)
2022—#429 (8)
2021—#498 (6)
2020—#459 (7)
2019—#764 (3)
2017—#547 (5)
2016#421 (3)#541 (5)
2015—#459 (7)
2014—#468 (7)
2013—#448 (7)
2012—#616 (4)
2010—#720 (3)
2008—#529 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2024 at #275.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2019.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,600 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Feilim is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 900 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FéilimIrelandBoys#4029
FeilimIrelandBoys—too few
FeilimNorthern IrelandBoys—too few