Bronagh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bronagh: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #60 in 1998, and it stood at #352 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
111times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Bronagh's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1176
1998	#1823
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#4171
2013	#2887
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2017	#3583
2019	#5591
2020	#3447
2022	#5669

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 every year from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #307 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #352 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bronagh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 1,033 births with the name.

Bronagh 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.

Bronagh'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	#325 (1965)	#126 (2004)	#352 (2025)	61 of 61	1,033 (1965–2025)	39 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#66 (1997)	#60 (1998)	#337 (2024)	25 of 28	378 (1997–2024)	39 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1176 (1997)	#5669 (2022)	24 of 27	138 (1996–2022)	16 (1997)

Bronagh 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 Bronagh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	28	5 of 10	6
1970s	127	10 of 10	13
1980s	145	10 of 10	15
1990s	247	10 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	267	10 of 10	27
2010s	171	10 of 10	17
2020s	48	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Bronagh 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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Bronagh'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#103	21	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#130	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#114	17	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#74	27	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#98	21	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#91	22	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#73	31	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#68	30	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#72	30	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#60	38	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#66	39	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	28	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	26	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	35	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	25	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	23	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	29	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	39	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	28	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	21	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	25	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	22	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	28	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	25	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	27	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	23	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	36	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	25	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	24	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	17	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	12	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	17	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	20	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	19	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	17	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	10	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	15	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	17	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 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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Bronte · #92, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Eamonn · #60, 61y
Theresa · #61, 61y
Angelica · #62, 57y
Catriona · #58, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Eamonn · #60, 61y
Enda · #60, 62y
Nathalie · #60, 57y
Noreen · #60, 61y

Bronagh was ranked #60 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Bronagh 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 Bronagh without appearing here.

Bronagh moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Bronagh

Meabh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3583 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2040.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Cameron Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3447 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3583 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.

Moved the opposite way to Bronagh

Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #245 to #352 while Katie went from #508 to #41.
Brooke Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #236 to #352 while Brooke went from #523 to #213.
Robyn Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #236 to #352 while Robyn went from #523 to #19.
Debra Compare
Between 1965 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #325 to #126 while Debra went from #297 to #677.

Moved the same way as Bronagh

Ingrid Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #325 to #555 and Ingrid from #282 to #856.
Jude Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #288 to #555 and Jude from #276 to #727.
Marilyn Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #393 to #555 and Marilyn from #443 to #856.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Bronagh went from #66 to #337 and Caoimhe from #30 to #70.

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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #60 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bronagh

Bronagh at a glance

What stands out in Bronagh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bronagh across 3 official records

Bronagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bronagh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bronagh

Bronagh and the names beside it

Bronagh moved ahead of

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Bronagh at a glance

What stands out in Bronagh's record

Bronagh across 3 official records

Bronagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bronagh 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 Bronagh

Bronagh and the names beside it

Bronagh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bronagh

Moved the opposite way to Bronagh

Moved the same way as Bronagh