Danann

maleStatistical record

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

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

Danann: Recorded since 2002, it reached #303 in 2013, and it stood at #312 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#303highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2002

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 17 years from 2006 to 2022.

In 2021: #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2023
Highest recorded position: #303 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2008–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #312 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Danann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 2006, and has registered 39 births with the name.

Danann 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.

Danann'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	#596 (2006)	#444 (2008)	#779 (2022)	10 of 17	39 (2006–2022)	7 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#303 (2013)	#312 (2023)	6 of 16	26 (2008–2023)	5 (2013)

Danann 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 Danann in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	16	5 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Danann 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 2002 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #303 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Danann'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
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	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 2002 and 2023, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #303, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 6 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#312position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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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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.

Borys · #302, 18y
Irha · #306, 15y
Lile · #298, 17y
Bertha · #295, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Borys · #302, 18y
Hendrix · #302, 21y
Karson · #304, 22y
Maitiu · #305, 14y

Danann was ranked #303 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2013. 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.

Danann 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 Danann without appearing here.

Danann moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #710 and #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #749.
Brendan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #433 and #433 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #312 and #395.
Darren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #433 and #374 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #312 and #395.
Filip Compare
In 2022 they stood at #433 and #211 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #312 and #395.

Moved ahead of Danann

Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #472 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #730 and #302.
Markus Compare
In 2021 they stood at #631 and #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #779 and #454.
Ezra Compare
In 2012 they stood at #444 and #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #711 and #448.
Harris Compare
In 2021 they stood at #631 and #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #779 and #572.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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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 2002 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #303 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Danann

Danann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Danann across 2 official records

Danann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Danann appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Danann moved ahead of

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Danann at a glance

Danann across 2 official records

Danann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Danann appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Danann and the names beside it

Danann moved ahead of

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