Donncha

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donncha: Recorded since 1967, its highest recorded position is #159, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#159highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Donncha's record

Moved 157 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#3865
2013	#4685
2017	#3040

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 59 years from 1967 to 2025.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1967–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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

Donncha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 589 births with the name.

Donncha 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.

Donncha'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	#245 (1967)	#159 (1969)	#468 (2025)	55 of 59	589 (1967–2025)	36 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#282 (2006)	#218 (2011)	#404 (2024)	16 of 19	77 (2006–2024)	9 (2011)
England and Wales · Boys	#3865 (2010)	#3040 (2017)	#3040 (2017)	3 of 8	13 (2010–2017)	6 (2017)

Donncha 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 Donncha in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	18	2 of 10	9
1970s	62	10 of 10	6
1980s	66	10 of 10	7
1990s	38	8 of 10	5
2000s	130	9 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	227	10 of 10	23
2020s	48	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Donncha 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 3 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #159 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Donncha'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
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	32	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	36	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	25	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	32	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	27	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	24	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	14	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1967 and 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #159, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 43 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Eilis · #158, 59y
Ruaidhri · #157, 51y
Benedict · #155, 51y
Juliette · #155, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Feargal · #159, 33y
Miceal · #159, 35y
Serena · #159, 61y
Eilis · #158, 59y

Donncha was ranked #159 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Donncha 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 Donncha without appearing here.

Donncha moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2008 they stood at #451 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #177 and #701.
Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #631 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #362 and #770.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.

Moved ahead of Donncha

Tadhg Compare
In 2015 they stood at #314 and #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #421 and #232.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #228 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #314 and #126.
Jonah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #210 and #253 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #329 and #150.
Jacob Compare
In 1992 they stood at #222 and #251 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1993 that had become #339 and #190.

Moved the opposite way to Donncha

Adam Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 while Adam went from #245 to #20.
Arthur Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 while Arthur went from #110 to #57.
Conor Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 while Conor went from #48 to #16.
Daniel Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 while Daniel went from #26 to #13.

Moved the same way as Donncha

Adrian Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 and Alan from #20 to #232.
Andreas Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 and Andreas from #265 to #829.
Barry Compare
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donncha went from #245 to #468 and Barry from #67 to #402.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1967 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #159 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Donncha

Donncha at a glance

What stands out in Donncha's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donncha across 3 official records

Donncha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Donncha at a glance

What stands out in Donncha's record

Donncha across 3 official records

Donncha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Donncha

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Donncha moved ahead of

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