Daire vs Rodger
Daire and Rodgercompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
In 1992, Daire was ranked #121 and Rodger #298 among boys in Republic of Ireland.
Daire and Rodger over time
Daire and Rodger appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Daire held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Rodger in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Rodger reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Daire in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Boys15 shared years, 1965–1992
Daire held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Rodger in 1.
Highest recorded here: Daire #121 in 1992, Rodger #217 in 1971.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1992: Daire #121, Rodger #298.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Daire | Rodger |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE | IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #244 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #298 (1992) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Daire and Rodger both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Daire
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #40 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Rodger
Popularity journey
First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–1992
Highest recorded position: #217 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1965–1992).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent1992
Most recently recorded at #298 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1992.
Republic of Ireland · Boys