Donnchadh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Donnchadh: Recorded since 1969, it reached #212 in 1978, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Donnchadh's record

Moved 158 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2006–2023

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#341
2012	#346
2014	#315
2015	#314
2016	#320
2017	#363
2019	#312
2021	#433
2023	#249

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2023: #249 among boys in Northern Ireland, #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #270 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2025
Highest recorded position: #212 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1969–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnchadh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 486 births with the name.

Donnchadh 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.

Donnchadh'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	#270 (1969)	#212 (1978)	#348 (2025)	54 of 57	486 (1969–2025)	25 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#249 (2023)	#249 (2023)	9 of 18	41 (2006–2023)	7 (2023)

Donnchadh 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 Donnchadh in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	49	8 of 10	6
1980s	53	9 of 10	6
1990s	62	10 of 10	6
2000s	87	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	170	10 of 10	17
2020s	61	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Donnchadh 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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Donnchadh'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
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	18	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#221	25	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	23	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	8	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	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 37 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.

Carsten · #214, 57y
Myra · #207, 49y
Freda · #218, 50y
Mandy · #220, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Jerry · #213, 43y
Abina · #214, 20y
Dana · #210, 51y
Flannan · #214, 12y

Donnchadh was ranked #212 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1978. 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.

Donnchadh 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 Donnchadh without appearing here.

Donnchadh moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #348 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #348 and #829.
Glenn Compare
In 2007 they stood at #309 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #252 and #472.
Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #375 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #302 and #518.

Moved ahead of Donnchadh

Shea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #269 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #370 and #199.
Hudson Compare
In 2020 they stood at #261 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #390 and #249.
Logan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #322 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #295 and #158.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #269 and #318 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #370 and #244.

Moved the opposite way to Donnchadh

Ben Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #212 to #348 while Ben went from #283 to #40.
Jesse Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #212 to #348 while Jesse went from #326 to #141.
Lucas Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #218 to #348 while Lucas went from #324 to #64.
Jacob Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #241 to #348 while Jacob went from #321 to #62.

Moved the same way as Donnchadh

Gary Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #270 to #394 and Gary from #67 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #270 to #394 and Kenneth from #28 to #785.
Phillip Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #270 to #394 and Phillip from #163 to #785.
Craig Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Donnchadh went from #270 to #584 and Craig from #216 to #516.

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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Donnchadh

Donnchadh at a glance

What stands out in Donnchadh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donnchadh across 2 official records

Donnchadh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnchadh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Donnchadh at a glance

What stands out in Donnchadh's record

Donnchadh across 2 official records

Donnchadh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Donnchadh 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 Donnchadh

Donnchadh and the names beside it

Donnchadh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Donnchadh

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