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Naimh

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 49

Northern Ireland

#366

1998 births

Naimh is a girl's name. In 2001 it was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #447. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in Ireland in 1998, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in Ireland.
  • First appears in birth records in 1968.

Naimh over time

Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2001, not a full ten years.

11
'60 '70 '90 '00
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Births named Naimh by decade in Ireland
Decade Births
1960s 4
1970s 9
1990s 10
2000s (to 2001) 11

How popular is Naimh?

In 2001, Naimh was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #447 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Naimh is used

Northern Ireland #366 3 in 1998
Ireland #447 5 in 2001
England & Wales #4,490 3 in 2003

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.

Names that peaked alongside Naimh

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

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

Sibling names for Naimh

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

Common questions about Naimh

How popular is the name Naimh?

In 2001, Naimh was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #447 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Naimh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Naimh most popular?

Naimh peaked in 1998, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.