Aoife

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Aoife is an Irish and Gaelic feminine given name. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic aoibh, which means "beauty" or "radiance". It has been compared to the Gaulish name Esvios, which may be related to the tribal name Esuvii and the theonym Esus.

From Wikipedia

Aoife first appears in the data in 1985 and has been recorded in 39 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2018 with 117 babies (rank #1,746 that year). In 2024 it was given to 84 girls (rank #2,230). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Aoife

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aoife yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2,093
Total babies (all years)
39
Years in the data
117
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19856#9,381
19875#11,430
19885#11,942
19897#9,753
19909#8,542
19919#8,647
199210#8,108
199316#5,693
199424#4,253
199522#4,534
199625#4,192
199733#3,457
199829#3,923
199924#4,593
200031#3,993
200133#3,870
200244#3,203
200347#3,137
200446#3,268
200555#2,937
200651#3,225
200759#3,000
200868#2,694
200969#2,649
201063#2,784
201164#2,726
201273#2,498
201363#2,729
201475#2,417
201598#2,014
2016104#1,930
2017108#1,875
2018117#1,746
201997#1,986
2020108#1,817
2021107#1,861
2022115#1,783
202390#2,124
202484#2,230