Turlough

maleStatistical record

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

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

Turlough: Recorded since 1965, it reached #206 in 1969, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#206highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1998–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#240
1999	#210
2001	#218
2003	#299
2005	#307
2007	#315
2008	#378
2009	#390
2013	#398
2016	#358
2018	#319
2019	#312
2021	#374
2024	#305

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2025 · NISRA. 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: #206 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Turlough appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 213 births with the name.

Turlough 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.

Turlough'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)	#206 (1969)	#829 (2025)	44 of 61	213 (1965–2025)	11 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#210 (1999)	#305 (2024)	14 of 27	57 (1998–2024)	6 (1999)

Turlough 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 Turlough in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	16	3 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	51	9 of 10	6
1980s	15	4 of 10	4
1990s	21	6 of 10	4
2000s	47	10 of 10	5
2010s	42	7 of 10	6
2020s	21	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Turlough 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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #206 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Turlough'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	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified

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 2 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #206, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Myra · #207, 49y
Humphrey · #204, 43y
Brona · #203, 49y
Dora · #202, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Cahal · #206, 18y
Darin · #206, 26y
Rosarie · #206, 17y
Myra · #207, 49y

Turlough was ranked #206 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.

Turlough 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 Turlough without appearing here.

Turlough moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #342 and #629.
Jon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #342 and #629.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #604 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #354 and #611.
Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #572 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #582 and #785.

Moved ahead of Turlough

Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #584 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #468.
Cooper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #490 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #605 and #265.
Braxton Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #577.
Erik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #354 and #422 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #490 and #272.

Moved the opposite way to Turlough

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Turlough

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 and Andrew from #32 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Turlough went from #222 to #829 and Anthony from #12 to #135.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #206 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Turlough

Turlough at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Turlough across 2 official records

Turlough by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Turlough appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Turlough moved ahead of

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Turlough at a glance

Turlough across 2 official records

Turlough by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Turlough 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 Turlough

Turlough and the names beside it

Turlough moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Turlough

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