Dymphna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dymphna: Recorded since 1966, its highest recorded position is #236, and it was last ranked in 1986.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#236highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1966–1986

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1966	#236
1967	#315
1968	#307
1969	#322
1970	#326
1971	#349
1972	#352
1973	#374
1974	#428
1976	#429
1977	#518
1978	#388
1979	#523
1980	#483
1982	#523
1986	#521

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 21 years from 1966 to 1986.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1966–1986 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #236 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1986
Highest recorded position: #236 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1966–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1986
Most recently recorded at #521 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1986.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dymphna 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 Dymphna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	26	4 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	44	9 of 10	5
1980s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Dymphna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 1986. Highest recorded position: #236 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Dymphna'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
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	9	High	Verified

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See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1966 and 1986, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #236, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#521position in 1986, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 1966Under 25 births →

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.

Dylan · #7, 55y
Dylon · #188, 21y
Dympna · #109, 29y
Ea · #179, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ågot · #235, 19y
Oddleif · #237, 20y
Sigfrid · #238, 17y
Criona · #232, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bernice · #236, 58y
Derval · #236, 23y
Olwyn · #236, 53y
Ciaron · #235, 19y

Dymphna was ranked #236 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Dymphna 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 Dymphna without appearing here.

Dymphna moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 1977 they stood at #429 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #388 and #469.

Moved ahead of Dymphna

Jenny Compare
In 1976 they stood at #429 and #497 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #518 and #311.
Dianne Compare
In 1981 they stood at #483 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #369.
Belinda Compare
In 1966 they stood at #236 and #256 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1967 that had become #315 and #179.
Ashley Compare
In 1978 they stood at #388 and #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #523 and #391.

Moved the opposite way to Dymphna

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 while Aisling went from #100 to #18.
Amanda Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 while Amanda went from #97 to #15.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 while Andrea went from #185 to #63.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 while Aoife went from #189 to #12.

Moved the same way as Dymphna

Alice Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 and Alice from #73 to #158.
Angela Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 and Angela from #32 to #113.
Ann Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 and Ann from #4 to #28.
Anna Compare
Between 1966 and 1986 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dymphna went from #236 to #521 and Anna from #36 to #61.

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Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 1986. Highest recorded position: #236 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dymphna

Dymphna at a glance

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Popularity journey

Dymphna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Dymphna at a glance

Dymphna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Dymphna moved ahead of

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