Donnacha

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donnacha: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #46 in 2022, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#46highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Donnacha's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 106 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#2512
2018	#1786
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#2493
2022	#3048
2023	#4107
2024	#2263

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1965 to 2025.

In 2024: #65 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #93 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2263 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #207 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #46 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #64 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnacha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 2,324 births with the name.

Donnacha 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.

Donnacha'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	#207 (1965)	#46 (2022)	#64 (2025)	61 of 61	2,324 (1965–2025)	140 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#3589 (2007)	#1786 (2018)	#2263 (2024)	16 of 18	89 (2007–2024)	13 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#89 (2021)	#93 (2024)	16 of 16	246 (2009–2024)	32 (2021)

Donnacha 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 Donnacha in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	23	5 of 10	5
1970s	75	10 of 10	8
1980s	94	10 of 10	9
1990s	83	10 of 10	8
2000s	338	10 of 10	34
2010s	1,047	10 of 10	105
2020sbusiest	664	6 of 10	111

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 111 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births fell by 40, from 140 to 100.

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

Donnacha 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Donnacha'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	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#93	25	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#92	27	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#138	18	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#89	32	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#111	24	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#146	17	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#151	16	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#134	21	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#245	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	86	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	88	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	100	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	140	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	122	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	128	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	121	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	116	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	136	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	101	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	112	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	92	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#84	91	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	106	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	100	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	72	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	66	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	76	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	57	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	45	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	23	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	24	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	14	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #46, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 140 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 44 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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Donnchadh · #212, 54y

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.

Fergal · #46, 57y
Eugene · #47, 61y
Emer · #43, 62y
Janelle · #50, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Damian · #46, 62y
Fergal · #46, 57y
Mairead · #46, 61y
Alva · #47, 47y

Donnacha was ranked #46 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. 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.

Donnacha 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 Donnacha without appearing here.

Donnacha moved ahead of

Madison Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4805 and #3987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1786 and #4749.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4805 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Donnacha

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1786 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #134 and #151 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #229 and #94.

Moved the opposite way to Donnacha

Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 while Alfred went from #167 to #286.
Barry Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 while Barry went from #77 to #402.
Bruce Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 while Bruce went from #222 to #676.
Colin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 while Colin went from #86 to #348.

Moved the same way as Donnacha

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 and Aaron from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 and Adam from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 and Alexander from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnacha went from #207 to #64 and Benjamin from #148 to #83.

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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Donnacha

Donnacha at a glance

What stands out in Donnacha's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donnacha across 3 official records

Donnacha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnacha appears in

Popularity data

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Donnacha at a glance

What stands out in Donnacha's record

Donnacha across 3 official records

Donnacha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnacha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Donnacha

Donnacha and the names beside it

Donnacha moved ahead of

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