Blaithin
Girl · BLAW-heen · Irish
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Blaithin is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “little flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Blaithin mean?
Irish: from blath, 'flower', with the diminutive ending -in
“little flower”
Shares its root with Blathnat, a heroine of the Ulster Cycle of Irish legend.
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Is Blaithin a girl's or a boy's name?
Blaithin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Blaithin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Blaithin, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
2025 had the most girls named Blaithin of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Blaithin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 126th in Northern Ireland.
Blaithin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
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