UK girl's name
Aoibhe
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Aoibhe is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Aoibhe popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4192, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 11 births.
This profile covers 77 England and Wales registrations across 17 recorded years from 2006 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 45% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 399 living people in the UK are called Aoibhe. 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
- • Aoibhe ranked #4192 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 11 girls were registered as Aoibhe.
- • Aoibhe ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #150 in 2024.
- • About 399 living people in the UK are estimated to have Aoibhe as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4192
2024
Births in 2024
5
Latest year
Peak year
2020
11 births
Estimated living
399
2026
Popularity
Aoibhe over time
The chart below shows babies named Aoibhe registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Aoibhe, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2024, compared with 11 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aoibhe by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Aoibhe was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3604 | 32 | 5 |
| 2010s | #4768 | 33 | 8 |
| 2000s | #5341 | 12 | 4 |
Geography
Where Aoibhe is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Aoibhe. 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.
Aoibhe ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #150 in 2024.
Across the UK
Aoibhe in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#798 in 2016
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#150 in 2024
22 years of NISRA records, 318 total registered
Related
Names similar to Aoibhe
- Amelia 94,830
- Ava 54,556
- Amy 52,495
- Alice 46,815
- Abigail 45,658
- Amber 31,922
- Anna 27,802
- Alexandra 19,455
- Amelie 18,051
- Abbie 15,971
- Aimee 15,158
- Annabelle 15,120
FAQ
Aoibhe: questions and answers
How popular is the name Aoibhe in the UK right now?
In 2024, Aoibhe was ranked #4192 for girls in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Aoibhe most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 11 babies registered as Aoibhe in England and Wales.
How many people are called Aoibhe in the UK?
A total of 77 babies have been registered as Aoibhe across the 17 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland and 318 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Aoibhe most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Aoibhe ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #150 in 2024. 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.