girl's name
Nóinín
- Origin Irish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 42
Ireland
#552
2025 births
Nóinín is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in Ireland, ranking #552. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Nóinín is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2024, when 6 babies were given the name.
- It is a recent arrival in the birth records in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 7,476 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2006.
Nóinín over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 |
| 2010s | 11 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 28 |
How popular is Nóinín?
In 2025, Nóinín was given to 6 babies in Ireland, ranking #552 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
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 Nóinín is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Noinin | Noinin is Nóinín without the fada, and the spelling recorded in Ireland, where it ranks #903. | 14 |
Names that peaked alongside Nóinín
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Nóinín also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nóinín over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Nóinín
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nóinín — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Nóinín
Is Nóinín a girl's or a boy's name?
Nóinín is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Nóinín most popular?
Nóinín peaked in 2024, when 6 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
Is Nóinín a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nóinín currently ranks #552 in Ireland. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.