Oonagh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Oonagh: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #171 in 1967, and it stood at #407 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
103times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#171highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Oonagh's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2152
1998	#1979
1999	#1970
2000	#1594
2001	#1728
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#2085
2008	#2721
2009	#2759
2010	#4012
2011	#2636
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#2659
2015	#2945
2016	#2966
2017	#2502
2018	#1977
2019	#2040
2020	#3117
2021	#1962
2022	#1767
2023	#2346
2024	#2115

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 54 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2115 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #186 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Oonagh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 661 births with the name.

Oonagh 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.

Oonagh'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	#186 (1964)	#171 (1967)	#898 (2024)	54 of 61	661 (1964–2024)	37 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1594 (2000)	#2115 (2024)	28 of 29	246 (1996–2024)	16 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#172 (1997)	#407 (2024)	21 of 28	105 (1997–2024)	11 (1997)

Oonagh 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 Oonagh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	110	6 of 10	18
1970sbusiest	240	10 of 10	24
1980s	146	10 of 10	15
1990s	68	9 of 10	8
2000s	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	29	6 of 10	5
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Oonagh 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #171 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Oonagh'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	18	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	17	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	23	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	16	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	25	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	26	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	37	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	30	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	28	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	23	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	24	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	13	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	15	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	17	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #171, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

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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.

Julianne · #172, 62y
Blaithin · #169, 58y
Doris · #173, 58y
Renata · #169, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Cieran · #170, 31y
Derick · #170, 43y
Isa · #170, 42y
Triona · #170, 38y

Oonagh was ranked #171 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. 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.

Oonagh 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 Oonagh without appearing here.

Oonagh moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Oonagh

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Aria Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1728 and #1870 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2540.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2727 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Oonagh

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 while Ada went from #372 to #50.
Elsie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 while Elsie went from #327 to #73.
Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 while Emma went from #245 to #17.
Hannah Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 while Hannah went from #91 to #20.

Moved the same way as Oonagh

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 and Alison from #146 to #275.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 and Angela from #24 to #372.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 and Ann from #4 to #556.
Anne Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Oonagh went from #186 to #898 and Anne from #5 to #631.

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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #171 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oonagh

Oonagh at a glance

What stands out in Oonagh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oonagh across 3 official records

Oonagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Oonagh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Oonagh and the names beside it

Oonagh moved ahead of

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Oonagh at a glance

What stands out in Oonagh's record

Oonagh across 3 official records

Oonagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Oonagh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Oonagh

Oonagh and the names beside it

Oonagh moved ahead of

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