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UK boy's name

Aodh

Aodh is a boy's name in the UK records.

We estimate that about 10 living people in the UK are called Aodh. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.

Key insights

  • • Aodh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #418 in 2019.
  • • About 10 living people in the UK are estimated to have Aodh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

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Births in -

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Estimated living

10

2026

Geography

Where Aodh is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Aodh. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Aodh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #418 in 2019.

Northern Ireland
3

Across the UK

Aodh in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#418 in 2019

3 years of NISRA records, 10 total registered

Notable bearers

Famous people named Aodh

  • Aodh De Blácam

    politician; author; journalist

    journalist, writer, editor

    1890-1951

  • Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil

    poet; Catholic priest; theologian; university teacher

    Irish Franciscan Archbishop of Armagh (1571–1626)

    1571-1626

Related

Names similar to Aodh

FAQ

Aodh: questions and answers

Where is Aodh most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Aodh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #418 in 2019. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.