# Caoimhe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caoimhe/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 355 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 355 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,113, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 16 | 7,504 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,657 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,791 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,057 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,603 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,532 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,371 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,856 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,874 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,291 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,117 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,170 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,397 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,550 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,275 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 64 | 639 |
| 2014 | 56 | 699 |
| 2015 | 57 | 702 |
| 2016 | 57 | 714 |
| 2017 | 42 | 899 |
| 2018 | 46 | 815 |
| 2019 | 46 | 806 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 36 | 957 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,169 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## 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.