UK girl's name
Meadbh
Meadbh is a girl's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 7 living people in the UK are called Meadbh. 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
- • Meadbh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #361 in 2018.
- • About 7 living people in the UK are estimated to have Meadbh 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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Peak year
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Estimated living
7
2026
Geography
Where Meadbh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Meadbh. 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.
Meadbh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #361 in 2018.
Across the UK
Meadbh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#361 in 2018
2 years of NISRA records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Meadbh
- Megan 70,884
- Mia 67,204
- Molly 47,734
- Millie 44,390
- Maisie 32,671
- Matilda 29,965
- Maya 26,445
- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Meadbh: questions and answers
Where is Meadbh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Meadbh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #361 in 2018. 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.