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Aoife

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Aoife is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 84 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
840.01% of girls
Peak year
2018117 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1985
2,093people given the name
Babies named Aoife, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,093 girls have been named Aoife in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 117 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2018, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 41%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Aoife
1980s23
1990s201
2000s503
2010s862
2020s504

In 2018, its biggest year

Aoife was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2018 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Aoife

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.