# Niamh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/niamh/  
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 | 1,617 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,617 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20,575, 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 | 60 | 2,894 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,511 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,558 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,131 |
| 2015 | 35 | 4,206 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,506 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,051 |
| 2018 | 40 | 3,777 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,537 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,241 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,150 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4,019 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4,342 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,160 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,561 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 733 | 81 |
| 2012 | 672 | 84 |
| 2013 | 596 | 90 |
| 2014 | 554 | 103 |
| 2015 | 525 | 109 |
| 2016 | 525 | 109 |
| 2017 | 492 | 111 |
| 2018 | 406 | 128 |
| 2019 | 387 | 131 |
| 2020 | 366 | 136 |
| 2021 | 362 | 136 |
| 2022 | 300 | 169 |
| 2023 | 297 | 173 |
| 2024 | 251 | 193 |
| 2025 | 228 | 208 |

## People named Niamh

- Niamh Charles, English footballer
- Niamh Wilson, Canadian actress
- Niamh Emerson, British heptathlete

## 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.