UK girl's name
Dearbhla
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2014. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Dearbhla is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Dearbhla popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2014 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5691, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1999, with 4 births.
This profile covers 23 England and Wales registrations across 7 recorded years from 1997 to 2014. The figures come from ONS England and Wales 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 75% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 359 living people in the UK are called Dearbhla. 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 2015 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Dearbhla ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales in 2014, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1999, when 4 girls were registered as Dearbhla.
- • Dearbhla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #253 in 2024.
- • About 359 living people in the UK are estimated to have Dearbhla as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5691
2014
Births in 2014
3
Latest year
Peak year
1999
4 births
Estimated living
359
2026
Popularity
Dearbhla over time
The chart below shows babies named Dearbhla registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2014. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Dearbhla, the clearest high point is 1999. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2014, compared with 4 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dearbhla by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Dearbhla 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5784 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | #4378 | 7 | 2 |
| 1990s | #3632 | 10 | 3 |
Geography
Where Dearbhla is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Dearbhla. 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.
Dearbhla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #253 in 2024.
Across the UK
Dearbhla in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#253 in 2024
28 years of NISRA records, 338 total registered
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FAQ
Dearbhla: questions and answers
How popular is the name Dearbhla in the UK right now?
In 2014, Dearbhla was ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Dearbhla most popular?
The peak year on record was 1999, with 4 babies registered as Dearbhla in England and Wales.
How many people are called Dearbhla in the UK?
A total of 23 babies have been registered as Dearbhla across the 7 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 338 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Dearbhla most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Dearbhla ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #253 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.