girl's name

Aoibhinn

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
  • Births on record 2,252

Northern Ireland

#225

2024 births

Aoibhinn is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Aoibhinn is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in Ireland in 2011, when 128 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in Ireland.
  • Today about 1 in 2,361 babies in Ireland is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1982.

Aoibhinn over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,012
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Aoibhinn by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1980s 30
1990s 103
2000s 506
2010s 1,012
2020s (to 2025) 253

How popular is Aoibhinn?

In 2025, Aoibhinn was given to 19 babies in Ireland, ranking #238 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Aoibhinn is used

Northern Ireland #225 8 in 2024
Ireland #238 30 in 2025
Scotland #1,000 3 in 2021
England & Wales #5,632 4 in 2022
United States #15,214 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.

How Aoibhinn is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Aoibhínn Aoibhínn is Aoibhinn written with a fada, used in Ireland, where it ranks #355. 127

Names that peaked alongside Aoibhinn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aoibhinn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aoibhinn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Aoibhinn in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Aoibhínn

Sibling names for Aoibhinn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aoibhinn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aoibhinn

How popular is the name Aoibhinn?

In 2025, Aoibhinn was given to 19 babies in Ireland, ranking #238 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Aoibhinn a girl's or a boy's name?

Aoibhinn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aoibhinn most popular?

Aoibhinn peaked in 2011, when 128 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Aoibhinn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aoibhinn currently ranks #225 in Ireland. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.