Donagh vs Lewis
Donagh and Lewiscompared 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 Lewis #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland.
Donagh and Lewis over time
Donagh and Lewis appear together in 1 published list, across 41 years of shared records. Lewis held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Donagh in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
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 Lewis changed places 8 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1969 and 2025, ending at #146 and #432.
- Closest over the longest run
Across 41 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donagh and Lewis averaged 53.9 places apart, ending at #146 and #432.
- Longest-running competitions
Donagh and Lewis were both ranked in Republic of Ireland · Boys for 41 years, from 1969 to 2025, ending at #146 and #432.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in Republic of Ireland · Boys within 2 years — Donagh #125 in 2017, Lewis #125 in 2017.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Boys41 shared years, 1969–2025
Donagh held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Lewis in 24.
Highest recorded here: Donagh #125 in 2017, Lewis #125 in 2017.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Donagh #146, Lewis #432.
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 | Lewis |
|---|---|---|
| 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, GB-SCT, IE, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #146 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Boys #432 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 80/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Donagh and Lewis 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
Lewis
Popularity journey
First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #10 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys