Doireann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Doireann: Recorded since 1975, it reached #99 in 2019, and it stood at #189 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#99highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2020–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#333
2021	#350
2022	#201
2023	#264
2024	#407

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 50 of the 51 years from 1975 to 2025.

In 2024: #171 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #455 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2025
Highest recorded position: #99 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 1975–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #189 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Doireann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 1,358 births with the name.

Doireann 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.

Doireann'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	#455 (1975)	#99 (2019)	#189 (2025)	50 of 51	1,358 (1975–2025)	58 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#333 (2020)	#201 (2022)	#407 (2024)	5 of 5	26 (2020–2024)	9 (2022)

Doireann 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 Doireann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	25	4 of 10	6
1980s	158	10 of 10	16
1990s	163	10 of 10	16
2000s	287	10 of 10	29
2010sbusiest	518	10 of 10	52
2020s	207	6 of 10	35

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 52 births a year.

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

Doireann 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 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Doireann'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	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	23	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	26	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	28	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	48	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	37	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	45	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	57	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	50	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	50	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	46	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	41	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	55	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	54	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	58	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	58	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	46	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	45	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	49	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	29	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	22	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	18	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	23	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	16	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	19	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	27	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	22	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	19	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	20	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	16	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	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.

Where Doireann is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Doireann, between 1975 and 2025, in 50 of those 51 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1975–2025	50	#99 in 2019
Northern Ireland	2020–2024	5	#201 in 2022

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #99, first reached in 2019.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 45 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.

Sylvi · #94, 46y
Hilary · #106, 55y
Tadgh · #90, 55y
Mali · #82, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Szymon · #99, 50y
Annabel · #100, 35y
Clayton · #100, 36y
Dwayne · #98, 53y

Doireann was ranked #99 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. 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.

Evelyn#96
Daisy#99
Hanna#99
Megan#99
Lara#103
Mollie#104
Lilly#105
Luna#105

Doireann 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Doireann without appearing here.

Doireann moved ahead of

Roisin
In 2017 they stood at #119 and #37 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #114 and #474.
Monica
In 1993 they stood at #286 and #286 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #282 and #502.
Camilla
In 1980 they stood at #363 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #259 and #471.
Cheryl
In 1994 they stood at #282 and #255 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #242 and #451.

Moved ahead of Doireann

Chloe
In 1986 they stood at #217 and #263 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #272 and #160.
Ava
In 1997 they stood at #171 and #213 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #179 and #88.
Mia
In 1998 they stood at #179 and #241 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #245 and #158.
Ella
In 1997 they stood at #171 and #176 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #179 and #94.

Moved the opposite way to Doireann

Aisling
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 while Aisling went from #43 to #180.
Alison
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 while Alison went from #60 to #213.
Amanda
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 while Amanda went from #39 to #608.
Andrea
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 while Andrea went from #103 to #304.

Moved the same way as Doireann

Abigail
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 and Abigail from #282 to #115.
Alexandra
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 and Alexandra from #274 to #141.
Alice
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 and Alice from #125 to #41.
Amelia
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doireann went from #455 to #189 and Amelia from #455 to #12.

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 2 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Doireann

Doireann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Doireann across 2 official records

Doireann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Doireann appears in

Popularity data

Where Doireann is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Doireann and the names beside it

Doireann moved ahead of

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Doireann at a glance

Doireann across 2 official records

Doireann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Doireann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Doireann

Doireann and the names beside it

Doireann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Doireann

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