Aine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AWN-ya
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Aine is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “radiance, brilliance”. In 2025 it ranked 1,085th for girls in the UK (33 babies) and 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Aine mean?
Irish
“radiance, brilliance”
In Irish myth Aine is a goddess of summer and sovereignty, linked to Knockainey hill in County Limerick.
Is Aine a girl's or a boy's name?
Aine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the UK and 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,085among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 8,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were named Aine, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 945th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 122 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Aine since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
Aine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 54 | #740 |
| 2021 | 48 | #825 |
| 2020 | 40 | #945 |
| 2019 | 43 | #909 |
| 2018 | 46 | #875 |
| 2017 | 53 | #805 |
| 2016 | 63 | #720 |
| 2015 | 49 | #844 |
| 2014 | 65 | #674 |
| 2013 | 63 | #701 |
| 2012 | 42 | #945 |
| 2011 | 60 | #714 |
| 2010 | 78 | #565 |
| 2009 | 61 | #663 |
| 2008 | 74 | #563 |
| 2007 | 98 | #453 |
| 2006 | 72 | #550 |
| 2005 | 88 | #466 |
| 2004 | 74 | #501 |
| 2003 | 88 | #439 |
| 2002 | 93 | #395 |
| 2001 | 88 | #406 |
| 2000 | 122 | #318 |
| 1999 | 93 | #387 |
| 1998 | 93 | #386 |
| 1997 | 97 | #389 |
| 1996 | 38 | #689 |
How popular is Aine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Aine, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aine than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Aine in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,696 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Aine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aine, updated 20 October 2026.