girl's name

Blathnaid

  • Origin Irish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
  • Births on record 722

Northern Ireland

#213

2024 births

Blathnaid is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 9 babies in Ireland, ranking #432. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Blathnaid is a name of Irish origin.
  • Peaked in Ireland in 2006, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1965.

Blathnaid over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2017, not a full ten years.

150
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Blathnaid by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1960s 6
1970s 67
1980s 73
1990s 78
2000s 150
2010s (to 2017) 127
2020s (to 2017) 93

How popular is Blathnaid?

In 2017, Blathnaid was given to 9 babies in Ireland, ranking #432 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Blathnaid is used

Northern Ireland #213 8 in 2024
Ireland as Bláthnaid #274 15 in 2025

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 Blathnaid is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Bláthnaid Bláthnaid is Blathnaid written with a fada, used in Ireland, where it ranks #274. 120

Names that peaked alongside Blathnaid

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

Parents who like Blathnaid also like

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

Blathnaid 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.
Bláthnaid

Sibling names for Blathnaid

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

Common questions about Blathnaid

How popular is the name Blathnaid?

In 2017, Blathnaid was given to 9 babies in Ireland, ranking #432 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

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

Blathnaid is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Blathnaid most popular?

Blathnaid peaked in 2006, when 25 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Blathnaid a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Blathnaid currently ranks #213 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.