Niamh
251
Babies in 2024
-55%
10-year change
2000
Peak · 1.20k
-15%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Niamh
Niamh peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (1,204 babies in 2000) and has remained in active use — 251 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Niamh reached its peak in 2000, when 1,204 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #40 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 251 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 20,347 girls have been officially registered with the name Niamh in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 4,465 girls were registered with the name, starting from 554 in 2014 and ending at 251 in 2024.