Darach

maleStatistical record

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

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

Darach: Recorded since 1966, it reached #227 in 1977, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#227highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2001–2009

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#280
2006	#282
2009	#390

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 30 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #256 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #227 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Darach 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 1966, and has registered 116 births with the name.

Darach 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.

Darach'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	#256 (1966)	#227 (1977)	#829 (2025)	30 of 60	116 (1966–2025)	8 (1977)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#280 (2001)	#390 (2009)	3 of 9	10 (2001–2009)	4 (2006)

Darach 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 Darach in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	18	4 of 10	5
1980s	15	5 of 10	3
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	34	8 of 10	4
2020s	25	6 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Darach 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 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #227 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Darach'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
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

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 3 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #227, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 58 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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Daragh · #80, 62y
Darasimi · #3148, 11y

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.

Aleesha · #227, 29y
Chelsie · #227, 27y
Kristopher · #227, 37y
Alanah · #225, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Ramona · #227, 57y
Phyllis · #226, 34y
Rasa · #226, 30y
Samira · #228, 64y

Darach was ranked #227 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1977. 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.

Darach 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 Darach without appearing here.

Darach moved ahead of

Jon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #506 and #764.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Graeme Compare
In 2012 they stood at #623 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #711.
Jakob Compare
In 2017 they stood at #710 and #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #749.

Moved ahead of Darach

Brodie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #430.
Beau Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #457.
Teddy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #500.
Christian Compare
In 1971 they stood at #246 and #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #307 and #151.

Moved the opposite way to Darach

Aaron Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 while Aaron went from #171 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 while Adam went from #229 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 while Alexander went from #114 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 while Arthur went from #101 to #57.

Moved the same way as Darach

Adrian Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 and Adrian from #80 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 and Alan from #23 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 and Alfred from #159 to #286.
Andreas Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Darach went from #256 to #829 and Andreas from #229 to #829.

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 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #227 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Darach

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Popularity journey

Darach across 2 official records

Darach by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Darach across 2 official records

Darach by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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