Dympna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dympna: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #109, and it was last ranked in 1994.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#109highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1994

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#109
1965	#111
1966	#139
1967	#168
1968	#161
1969	#172
1970	#189
1971	#239
1972	#200
1973	#271
1974	#209
1975	#211
1976	#209
1977	#348
1978	#331
1979	#346
1980	#293
1981	#351
1982	#369
1983	#401
1984	#252
1985	#362
1986	#422
1987	#488
1988	#407
1989	#445
1990	#446
1992	#523
1994	#502

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

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 31 years from 1964 to 1994.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1994 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #109 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1994
Highest recorded position: #109 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1994).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1994
Most recently recorded at #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1994.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dympna 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 Dympna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	226	6 of 10	38
1970s	171	10 of 10	17
1980s	73	10 of 10	7
1990s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 38 births a year.

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

Dympna 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 1964 to 1994. Highest recorded position: #109 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Dympna'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
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	13	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	22	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	24	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	15	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	24	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	29	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	30	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	23	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	35	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	56	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	53	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1964 and 1994, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #109, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 56 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Dylon · #188, 21y
Dymphna · #236, 16y
Ea · #179, 24y
Eabha · #13, 33y

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.

Vilje · #109, 24y
Falk · #107, 26y
Asbjørg · #105, 28y
Torbjørg · #114, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Conal · #109, 62y
Fabian · #110, 58y
Hubert · #108, 60y
Dominick · #111, 57y

Dympna was ranked #109 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Dympna 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 Dympna without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Dympna

Ashley Compare
In 1984 they stood at #252 and #298 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #362 and #159.
Jeanette Compare
In 1991 they stood at #446 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #523 and #338.
Kelly Compare
In 1976 they stood at #209 and #298 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #348 and #174.
Natasha Compare
In 1972 they stood at #200 and #220 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #271 and #101.

Moved the opposite way to Dympna

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 while Aisling went from #154 to #13.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 while Alexandra went from #222 to #130.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 while Alison went from #146 to #50.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 while Amanda went from #118 to #59.

Moved the same way as Dympna

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 and Alice from #57 to #92.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 and Angela from #24 to #212.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 and Anita from #130 to #198.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1994 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dympna went from #109 to #502 and Ann from #4 to #88.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1994. Highest recorded position: #109 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dympna

Dympna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dympna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dympna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Dympna and the names beside it

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Dympna at a glance

Dympna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dympna 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 Dympna

Dympna and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Dympna

Moved the opposite way to Dympna

Moved the same way as Dympna