Domhnall

maleStatistical record

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

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

Domhnall: Recorded since 1966, it reached #185 in 1985, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#185highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1997–2024

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#271
1999	#199
2000	#277
2016	#421
2019	#365
2020	#334
2021	#374
2022	#414
2024	#278

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 50 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland.

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: #185 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Domhnall appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 290 births with the name.

Domhnall 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.

Domhnall'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)	#185 (1985)	#577 (2025)	50 of 60	290 (1966–2025)	13 (1981)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#199 (1999)	#278 (2024)	9 of 28	37 (1997–2024)	7 (1999)

Domhnall 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 Domhnall in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	33	8 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	73	10 of 10	7
1990s	49	9 of 10	5
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	34	6 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Domhnall 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: #185 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Domhnall'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	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#199	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	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 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #185, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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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Dominica · #490, 22y

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.

Kilian · #184, 54y
Don · #187, 51y
Mattias · #189, 48y
Loretta · #180, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Basil · #185, 40y
Iain · #186, 53y
Kilian · #184, 54y
Radoslaw · #184, 41y

Domhnall was ranked #185 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. 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.

Domhnall 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 Domhnall without appearing here.

Domhnall moved ahead of

Andreas Compare
In 2023 they stood at #779 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #779 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #498 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #436 and #770.
Graham Compare
In 2017 they stood at #541 and #541 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #329 and #635.

Moved ahead of Domhnall

Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #199 and #241 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #421 and #59.
Erik Compare
In 2019 they stood at #402 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #637 and #280.
Elijah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #199 and #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #421 and #83.
Sebastian Compare
In 2015 they stood at #199 and #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #421 and #108.

Moved the opposite way to Domhnall

Aaron Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 while Aaron went from #171 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 while Adam went from #229 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 while Alexander went from #114 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 while Arthur went from #101 to #57.

Moved the same way as Domhnall

Adrian Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 and Adrian from #80 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 and Alan from #23 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 and Alfred from #159 to #286.
Andreas Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Domhnall went from #256 to #577 and Andreas from #229 to #829.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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: #185 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Domhnall

Domhnall at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Domhnall across 2 official records

Domhnall by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Domhnall appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Domhnall moved ahead of

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Domhnall at a glance

Domhnall across 2 official records

Domhnall by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Domhnall 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 Domhnall

Domhnall and the names beside it

Domhnall moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Domhnall

Moved the opposite way to Domhnall

Moved the same way as Domhnall