Liadh

Liadh was the #196 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (22 babies).

Liadh as a girl’s name

  • Ireland
Liadh as a girl’s name, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52197019801990200020102020Ireland
Liadh as a girl’s name, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52198020002020
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
YearIreland
2025#196 (22)
2024#232 (18)
2023#279 (14)
2022#357 (11)
2021#299 (14)
2020#294 (14)
2019#325 (13)
2018#361 (12)
2017#365 (11)
2016#359 (12)
2015#494 (8)
2014#373 (12)
2013#587 (6)
2012#768 (4)
2011#612 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #196.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 960 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Liadh is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 860 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 620 to 1 in 1,200.

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
LiadhIrelandGirls#19622
LíadhIrelandGirls#38110
LiadhNorthern IrelandGirls—too few