Darragh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darragh: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #11 in 2019, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
126times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
27names it appears alongside

What stands out in Darragh's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 50 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 61 years. Longest shared records

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2021	#5581

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #26 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #51 among boys in Northern Ireland, #218 among boys in Scotland, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 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 recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #11 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #19 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darragh appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 12,744 births with the name.

Darragh across 5 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.

Darragh'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 · Boys	#222 (1965)	#11 (2019)	#19 (2025)	61 of 61	12,744 (1965–2025)	472 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#447 (1970)	#842 (2007)	4 of 38	13 (1970–2007)	4 (1996)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#522 (1997)	#1402 (2024)	29 of 29	740 (1996–2024)	44 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#88 (1997)	#20 (2021)	#51 (2024)	28 of 28	1,771 (1997–2024)	89 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#348 (2000)	2 of 4	8 (1997–2000)	5 (1997)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Republic of Ireland · Boys the name reached its highest position, #11, in 2019, when 315 births were registered with it. More were registered in 2007 — 472 — in a year it ranked #13.

Darragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Darragh in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	58	5 of 10	12
1970s	585	10 of 10	59
1980s	1,136	10 of 10	114
1990s	2,313	10 of 10	231
2000sbusiest	3,824	10 of 10	382
2010s	3,427	10 of 10	343
2020s	1,401	6 of 10	234

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 382 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 84, from 295 to 211.

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

Darragh 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Darragh'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	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1117	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#974	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#954	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#651	44	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#847	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#761	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#522	35	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#51	46	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#36	59	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#26	67	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#20	78	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#22	77	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#31	73	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#49	59	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#42	66	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#40	70	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#31	83	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#39	74	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#29	87	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#30	89	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#48	69	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#37	79	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#42	72	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#38	78	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#35	85	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#50	62	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#38	74	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#47	61	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#59	54	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#64	45	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#73	40	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#70	41	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#99	26	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#93	26	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#88	31	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#19	205	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#26	184	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#26	195	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#17	245	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#17	273	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#12	299	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#11	315	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	277	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#17	300	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#16	322	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	302	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	347	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#18	365	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#20	389	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#19	401	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#16	409	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#14	465	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#15	458	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#13	472	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#15	429	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#20	377	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#15	414	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#15	356	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#24	310	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#21	298	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	245	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	237	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#28	211	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	295	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	281	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	236	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	218	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	191	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#36	220	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	214	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	210	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	161	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	147	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	127	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	106	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	97	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	100	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	98	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	116	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	108	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	76	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	98	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	80	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	72	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	82	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	59	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	43	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	48	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	47	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	32	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	24	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	25	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#218	19	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 2019.

It held a top-100 place in 50 years, 50 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 472 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 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.

Darla · #184, 24y
Darlene · #432, 19y
Darran · #132, 35y
Darrel · #317, 20y

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.

Martina · #11, 66y
Tracy · #11, 64y
Bernadette · #12, 66y
Caoimhe · #12, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cameron · #11, 59y
Connor · #11, 61y
Tracy · #11, 64y
Caoimhe · #12, 57y

Comparisons involving Darragh

Existing comparison pages where Darragh and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Darragh in the same published list across at least 25 years.

George vs Darragh
Over 61 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as George fell — from #56 and #222 in 1965 to #112 and #19 in 2025.
George · Darragh · 61 shared years, 1965–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Darragh vs Jonathan
Over 61 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as Jonathan fell — from #222 and #137 in 1965 to #19 and #223 in 2025.
Darragh · Jonathan · 61 shared years, 1965–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Shane vs Darragh
Over 61 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as Shane fell — from #65 and #222 in 1965 to #152 and #19 in 2025.
Shane · Darragh · 61 shared years, 1965–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Darragh within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Darragh vs Shea
Across 28 shared years in Northern Ireland · Boys, Darragh and Shea averaged 13.0 places apart, ending at #51 and #51.
Darragh · Shea · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Darragh and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Freddie vs Darragh
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Freddie moved into the top 50 at #17 in 2024 as Darragh fell out of it to #51, having been #36 the year before.
Freddie · Darragh · 20 shared years, 2005–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Oisin vs Darragh
In Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh moved into the top 50 at #21 in 2018 as Oisin fell out of it to #247, having been #11 the year before.
Oisin · Darragh · 60 shared years, 1965–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Sean vs Darragh
In Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh moved into the top 50 at #21 in 2018 as Sean fell out of it to #74, having been #5 the year before.
Sean · Darragh · 61 shared years, 1965–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Darragh measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Darragh at its highest position.

Darragh vs Dean
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as Dean fell — from #256 and #229 in 1966 to #19 and #432 in 2025.
Darragh · Dean · 60 shared years, 1966–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Darragh vs Ross
Over 60 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as Ross fell — from #222 and #181 in 1965 to #19 and #329 in 2025.
Darragh · Ross · 60 shared years, 1965–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Craig vs Darragh
Over 58 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh rose about as far as Craig fell — from #250 and #222 in 1965 to #516 and #26 in 2023.
Craig · Darragh · 58 shared years, 1965–2023 · Mirrored each other
See the 2023 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Darragh was ranked #11 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2019. 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.

Darragh 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 Darragh without appearing here.

Darragh moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #2266.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #1986.
Gerard Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #1158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #1869.
Grant Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #1869.

Moved ahead of Darragh

Lachlan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #522 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #761 and #351.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #987 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #1132.
Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #522 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #761 and #502.
Markus Compare
In 2023 they stood at #987 and #1108 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #1162.

Moved the opposite way to Darragh

Bruce Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #222 to #19 while Bruce went from #222 to #676.
Derek Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #222 to #19 while Derek went from #30 to #432.
Gregory Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #222 to #19 while Gregory went from #80 to #829.
Jeremy Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #222 to #19 while Jeremy went from #170 to #432.

Moved the same way as Darragh

Tadhg Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #222 to #19 and Tadhg from #222 to #8.
Leon Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #127 to #19 and Leon from #207 to #73.
Dylan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #125 to #19 and Dylan from #246 to #69.
Evan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darragh went from #125 to #19 and Evan from #291 to #80.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darragh

Darragh at a glance

What stands out in Darragh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Darragh across 5 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Darragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darragh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Darragh

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Darragh

Darragh and the names beside it

Darragh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Darragh

Moved the opposite way to Darragh

Moved the same way as Darragh

Darragh at a glance

What stands out in Darragh's record

Darragh across 5 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Darragh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darragh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Darragh

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Darragh

Darragh and the names beside it

Darragh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Darragh

Moved the opposite way to Darragh

Moved the same way as Darragh