UK girl's name
Fodhla
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.
Fodhla is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Fodhla popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5891, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2024, with 3 births.
This profile covers 3 England and Wales registrations across 1 recorded years from 2024 to 2024. 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.
Fodhla is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 40 living people in the UK are called Fodhla. 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
- • Fodhla ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2024, when 3 girls were registered as Fodhla.
- • Fodhla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
- • About 40 living people in the UK are estimated to have Fodhla as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5891
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2024
3 births
Estimated living
40
2026
Decades
Fodhla by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Fodhla 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 | #5891 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Fodhla is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Fodhla. 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.
Fodhla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
Across the UK
Fodhla in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#288 in 2024
6 years of NISRA records, 37 total registered
Related
Names similar to Fodhla
- Freya 50,564
- Florence 32,908
- Francesca 18,752
- Faith 14,325
- Fatima 11,112
- Faye 8,999
- Felicity 8,554
- Frankie 6,977
- Ffion 6,115
- Flora 3,499
- Frances 3,417
- Fatimah 3,065
FAQ
Fodhla: questions and answers
How popular is the name Fodhla in the UK right now?
In 2024, Fodhla was ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Fodhla most popular?
The peak year on record was 2024, with 3 babies registered as Fodhla in England and Wales.
How many people are called Fodhla in the UK?
A total of 3 babies have been registered as Fodhla across the 1 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 37 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Fodhla most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Fodhla ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #288 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.