How Many People Are Named Aoife?
people named Aoife are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 158,014 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,181 babies named Aoife in Social Security records from 1985 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
117 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. In Irish legend Aoife was a warrior princess. In war against her sister Scathach, she was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn. Eventually she was reconciled with her sister and became the lover of Cúchulainn. This name is sometimes used as a Gaelic form of EVE or EVA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Aoife in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aoife alive today is about 12 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aoife first appears in the records in 1985 and was given most often in 2018, to 117 babies. In 2025, 88 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1985 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aoife has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,748, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #2,120.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,120 |
| Best rank | #1,748 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,228 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aoife alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aoife were born in New York than in any other state: about 263 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aoife was given 13 times as often in Massachusetts, 4.6 times in New York and 1.7 times in Illinois.
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