Cadhla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Cadhla is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies).
Where does Cadhla come from?
Irish
Is Cadhla a girl's or a boy's name?
Cadhla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cadhla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 102% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Cadhla, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cadhla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Cadhla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 77th in Northern Ireland.
Cadhla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
Names like Cadhla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Caoimhe Aoibheann Keira Orla Kiara Fiadh Eireann Eden Brianna Eira Clodagh
Other spellings of Cadhla
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cadhla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cadhla, updated 20 October 2026.