Donagh vs Donncha
Donagh and Donnchacompared 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 2025, Donagh was ranked #146 and Donncha #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.
Donagh and Donncha over time
Donagh and Donncha appear together in 1 published list, across 54 years of shared records. Donagh held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Donncha in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Donncha reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Donagh 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.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Donagh and Donncha changed places 20 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1967 and 2025, ending at #146 and #468.
- Longest-running competitions
Donagh and Donncha were both ranked in Republic of Ireland · Boys for 54 years, from 1967 to 2025, ending at #146 and #468.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Boys54 shared years, 1967–2025
Donagh held the stronger position in 37 of those years, Donncha in 12.
Highest recorded here: Donagh #125 in 2017, Donncha #159 in 1969.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Donagh #146, Donncha #468.
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 | Donagh | Donncha |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | IE | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #146 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #468 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 80/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Donagh and Donncha both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Donagh
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #164 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #125 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #146 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Donncha
Popularity journey
First recorded1967
First recorded at #245 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1967–2025
Highest recorded position: #159 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1967–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys