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How popular is the name Mairead?
Births per year, rank history and how many Maireads are alive today.
Mairead (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 39 babies were given the name, the 645th most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 15% of its peak. Common short forms of Mairead include Maja, Peggy and Meg.
The Mairead you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Maireads born in England and Wales are between 19 and 32, and there are at least 500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mairead - on average, only one in every 630 such rooms contains a Mairead.
How many babies are named Mairead each year?
Where does Mairead rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mairead most popular?
Mairead peaked in 2000, when 39 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mairead?
At least 500 people named Mairead born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mairead?
Most living Maireads are between 19 and 32; the most common age is about 26.
Is Mairead becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.