Caragh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caragh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Caragh: Recorded since 1971, its highest recorded position is #80, reached in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1176
1998	#1259
1999	#1160
2000	#1313
2001	#1359
2002	#1372
2003	#2727
2004	#1952
2005	#2084
2006	#3548
2007	#2410
2008	#4524
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2013	#2460
2014	#5691
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2019	#4001
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 55 years from 1971 to 2025.

In 2024: #98 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #169 among girls in Northern Ireland, #431 among girls in Scotland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1971–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #466 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2025
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 1971–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caragh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 774 births with the name.

Caragh across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Caragh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#80 (2025)	#80 (2025)	44 of 55	774 (1971–2025)	61 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#1160 (1999)	#4192 (2024)	23 of 29	202 (1996–2024)	17 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#119 (2019)	#169 (2024)	28 of 28	301 (1997–2024)	20 (2011)

Caragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Caragh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	56	9 of 10	6
1980s	30	6 of 10	5
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	157	9 of 10	17
2010s	231	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	281	6 of 10	47

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 47 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Caragh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Caragh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#169	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#158	14	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#129	16	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#138	17	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#130	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#211	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#199	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#123	20	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#155	13	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#169	10	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	61	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	48	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	47	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	47	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	40	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	38	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	30	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	27	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	24	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	24	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	23	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	22	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	19	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	17	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1971 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 61 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 53 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cara · #19, 60y
Carey · #519, 21y
Cari · #919, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mateusz · #80, 48y
Tyrone · #84, 47y
Jolene · #75, 46y
Karol · #75, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Mateusz · #80, 48y
Haley · #81, 37y
Nathaniel · #79, 38y
Ruadhan · #81, 35y

Caragh was ranked #80 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Caragh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Caragh without appearing here.

Caragh moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Caragh

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2460 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Luca Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #2649 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2203.

Moved the opposite way to Caragh

Aisling Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 while Aisling went from #58 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 while Alison went from #76 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 while Amanda went from #56 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 while Angela went from #39 to #608.

Moved the same way as Caragh

Amelia Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 and Amelia from #466 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 and Annie from #269 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 and Aoife from #122 to #34.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caragh went from #466 to #80 and Caoimhe from #289 to #31.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Caragh

Caragh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caragh across 3 official records

Caragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caragh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Caragh and the names beside it

Caragh moved ahead of

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Caragh at a glance

Caragh across 3 official records

Caragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caragh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Caragh

Caragh and the names beside it

Caragh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Caragh

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