Claragh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Claragh: Recorded since 2004, it reached #171 in 2021, and it stood at #192 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#171highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591

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 girls in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 20 years from 2004 to 2023.

In 2023: #328 among girls in Northern Ireland, #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #171 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2006–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #192 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Claragh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, with 12 ranked years and 66 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2004.

Claragh across 2 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.

Claragh'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	#677 (2004)	#586 (2021)	#727 (2023)	9 of 20	34 (2004–2023)	6 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#384 (2006)	#171 (2021)	#192 (2024)	12 of 19	66 (2006–2024)	12 (2021)

Claragh by decade in Northern 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 Claragh in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Claragh 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #171 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Claragh'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	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	#586	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #171, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 15 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

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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Clarence · #1545, 24y

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.

Fodhla · #178, 13y
Liyana · #164, 21y
Inaaya · #159, 21y
Blain · #186, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Rafferty · #172, 25y
Selmer · #172, 22y
Wilmer · #174, 18y
Eleah · #166, 19y

Claragh was ranked #171 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Claragh 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 Claragh without appearing here.

Claragh moved ahead of

Barbara Compare
In 2020 they stood at #907 and #560 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #586 and #883.
Geraldine Compare
In 2020 they stood at #907 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #586 and #883.
Judith Compare
In 2020 they stood at #907 and #907 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #586 and #883.
Leanne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #907 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #586 and #883.

Moved ahead of Claragh

Aurora Compare
In 2009 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #910 and #475.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #937 and #695.
Ida Compare
In 2021 they stood at #586 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #634 and #502.

Moved the opposite way to Claragh

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 while Abigail went from #41 to #80.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 while Aimee went from #19 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 while Alexandra went from #80 to #253.
Alyssa Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 while Alyssa went from #145 to #337.

Moved the same way as Claragh

Alice Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 and Alice from #101 to #57.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 and Amelia from #114 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 and Annie from #61 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Claragh went from #384 to #192 and Aoife from #14 to #4.

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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #171 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Claragh

Claragh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Claragh across 2 official records

Claragh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Claragh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Claragh moved ahead of

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Claragh at a glance

Claragh across 2 official records

Claragh by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Claragh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Claragh

Claragh and the names beside it

Claragh moved ahead of

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