Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mairtin

Gender

Male

Origin

Gaelic
Warring

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mairtin

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1990 (rank #229, 7 births); most recent 2021 (rank #530, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
20203
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #273, 6 births); most recent 2022 (rank #414, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
20204
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence