# Aoife (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aoife/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈi.fə/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,181 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,181 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,799, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been anglicised as Eva or Eve.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,727 |
| 2012 | 73 | 2,498 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,729 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,417 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2,014 |
| 2016 | 104 | 1,931 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,876 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,748 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,988 |
| 2020 | 108 | 1,820 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,862 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,783 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2,126 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,233 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 166 | 297 |
| 2012 | 246 | 205 |
| 2013 | 277 | 192 |
| 2014 | 256 | 209 |
| 2015 | 325 | 167 |
| 2016 | 293 | 186 |
| 2017 | 263 | 198 |
| 2018 | 289 | 182 |
| 2019 | 259 | 189 |
| 2020 | 293 | 172 |
| 2021 | 269 | 190 |
| 2022 | 265 | 191 |
| 2023 | 251 | 198 |
| 2024 | 216 | 220 |
| 2025 | 265 | 192 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.