Is Aoife a boy or girl name?

Aoife is a girl’s name. Of the 2,181 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Aoife

Recorded 1985–2025 · United States

Aoife was most popular in 2018, when 117 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,189 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,861, with 88 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,181 people named Aoife.

Aoife over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aoife’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aoife a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aoife is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,181 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aoife

Where Aoife is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org