Aengus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aengus: Recorded since 1964, it reached #200 in 1973, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#200highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2011	#4647
2016	#4810
2018	#3959
2020	#4608
2024	#3254

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 50 years from 1964 to 2013.

In 1997: #303 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2337 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #204 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 recorded1964–2013
Highest recorded position: #200 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1964–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aengus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 149 births with the name.

Aengus 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.

Aengus'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	#204 (1964)	#200 (1973)	#711 (2013)	30 of 50	149 (1964–2013)	11 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#1821 (1998)	#3254 (2024)	9 of 28	35 (1997–2024)	6 (1998)

Aengus 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 Aengus 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
1970sbusiest	60	9 of 10	7
1980s	38	8 of 10	5
1990s	20	5 of 10	4
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Aengus 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #200 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Aengus'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	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	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	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #200, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 16 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
16separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 1973Under 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

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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.

Catherina · #198, 36y
Dora · #202, 43y
Kerstin · #198, 43y
Bill · #203, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Olve · #201, 46y
Catherina · #198, 36y
Dervilla · #202, 18y
Dora · #202, 43y

Aengus was ranked #200 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1973. 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.

Aengus 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 Aengus without appearing here.

Aengus moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4608 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Aengus

Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Gustav Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1821 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #3300.
Henrik Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Aengus

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 while Alexander went from #116 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 while Benjamin went from #139 to #68.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Aengus

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 and Adrian from #65 to #161.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 and Alan from #29 to #76.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 and Alfred from #134 to #383.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aengus went from #204 to #711 and Andrew from #34 to #60.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #200 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aengus

Aengus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aengus across 2 official records

Aengus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aengus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Aengus at a glance

Aengus across 2 official records

Aengus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aengus 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 Aengus

Aengus and the names beside it

Aengus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aengus

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