Daire

maleStatistical record

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

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

Daire: Recorded since 1964, it reached #40 in 2018, and it stood at #244 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
134times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#40highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Daire's record

Moved 196 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1996

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683

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 60 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2021: #446 among girls in Northern Ireland, #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #40 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Daire appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,028 births with the name.

Daire 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.

Daire'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	#191 (1964)	#88 (1997)	#244 (2025)	60 of 62	2,028 (1964–2025)	73 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#522 (1978)	#270 (1998)	#483 (2025)	25 of 48	116 (1978–2025)	9 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#2020 (1996)	#4991 (2023)	13 of 28	51 (1996–2023)	6 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#96 (1997)	#40 (2018)	#48 (2024)	28 of 28	993 (1997–2024)	68 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#291 (1999)	#446 (2021)	7 of 25	24 (1997–2021)	4 (1997)

Daire 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 Daire in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	19	4 of 10	5
1970s	113	10 of 10	11
1980s	208	10 of 10	21
1990s	385	10 of 10	39
2000sbusiest	582	10 of 10	58
2010s	584	10 of 10	58
2020s	137	6 of 10	23

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 58 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 36, from 62 to 26.

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

Daire 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Daire'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#48	47	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#63	38	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#53	50	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#53	53	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#75	39	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#63	50	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#40	68	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#56	53	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#74	45	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#102	29	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#75	42	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#111	27	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#88	37	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#98	31	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#118	26	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#102	31	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#81	44	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#95	35	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#100	28	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#85	34	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#90	30	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#106	24	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#85	30	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#123	17	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#98	25	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#115	18	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#117	18	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#96	24	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	24	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#183	27	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	35	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	62	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	59	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	71	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	64	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	56	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	72	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	66	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	73	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	70	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	73	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	52	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	63	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	66	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	63	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	59	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	41	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	50	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	45	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	32	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	38	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	67	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	61	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	32	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	35	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	29	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	39	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	25	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	27	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	22	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	28	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	18	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	25	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	20	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	21	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	31	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	16	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	20	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	14	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	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 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #40, first reached in 2018.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 73 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Daisie · #281, 29y

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.

Katrine · #40, 64y
Cornelius · #39, 62y
Joachim · #41, 63y
Nikolai · #41, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Kellie · #40, 54y
Michaela · #40, 57y
Simone · #40, 62y
Bianca · #39, 54y

Daire was ranked #40 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Daire 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 Daire without appearing here.

Daire moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #3990.
Nils Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #3990.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #3990.

Moved ahead of Daire

Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3039 and #569.
Tadhg Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2425 and #973.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Daire

Ronald Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Daire went from #191 to #102 while Ronald went from #89 to #718.
Garry Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Daire went from #191 to #108 while Garry went from #114 to #701.
Graeme Compare
Between 1972 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Daire went from #254 to #120 while Graeme went from #279 to #711.
Levi Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Daire went from #136 to #244 while Levi went from #235 to #83.

Moved the same way as Daire

Barbara Compare
Between 1978 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daire went from #522 to #856 and Barbara from #74 to #856.
Danielle Compare
Between 1978 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daire went from #522 to #856 and Danielle from #190 to #404.
Diane Compare
Between 1978 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daire went from #522 to #856 and Diane from #136 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1978 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Daire went from #522 to #856 and Ingrid from #266 to #856.

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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Daire

Daire at a glance

What stands out in Daire's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daire across 5 official records

Daire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Daire appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Daire and the names beside it

Daire moved ahead of

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Daire at a glance

What stands out in Daire's record

Daire across 5 official records

Daire by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Daire 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 Daire

Daire and the names beside it

Daire moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Daire

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