Gearoid

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gearoid: Recorded since 1964, it reached #100 in 1988, and it stood at #395 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 1996

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 57 years from 1964 to 2020.

In 2014: #220 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #398 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2020
Highest recorded position: #100 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1964–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #395 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Gearoid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,688 births with the name.

Gearoid 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.

Gearoid'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	#164 (1964)	#100 (1988)	#741 (2020)	55 of 57	1,688 (1964–2020)	51 (1993)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#272 (1998)	#395 (2023)	6 of 26	18 (1998–2023)	3 (1998)

Gearoid 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 Gearoid in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	70	6 of 10	12
1970s	234	10 of 10	23
1980sbusiest	387	10 of 10	39
1990s	387	10 of 10	39
2000s	336	10 of 10	34
2010s	271	8 of 10	34
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Gearoid 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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #100 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Gearoid'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
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	40	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	23	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	43	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	39	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	34	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	30	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	41	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	42	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	#138	30	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	38	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	38	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	36	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	40	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	23	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	39	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	43	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	35	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	39	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	51	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	44	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	41	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	32	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	32	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	50	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	46	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	37	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	43	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	42	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	35	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	41	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	28	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	33	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	30	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	29	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	32	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	20	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	17	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	26	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	26	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	19	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	15	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	14	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	10	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	11	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	9	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 1964 and 2023, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 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 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.

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Ursula · #98, 61y
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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

April · #100, 52y
Kieron · #100, 48y
Avril · #101, 61y
Caoimhin · #99, 39y

Gearoid was ranked #100 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1988. 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.

Gearoid 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 Gearoid without appearing here.

Gearoid moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1975 they stood at #155 and #146 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1976 that had become #128 and #164.
Phillip Compare
In 1966 they stood at #154 and #122 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1967 that had become #169 and #196.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1975 they stood at #155 and #143 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1976 that had become #128 and #138.
Derek Compare
In 1995 they stood at #127 and #104 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1996 that had become #115 and #122.

Moved ahead of Gearoid

Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #214 and #220 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #115.
Finley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #214 and #374 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #136.
Roman Compare
In 2019 they stood at #214 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #172.
Julian Compare
In 2019 they stood at #214 and #220 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #183.

Moved the opposite way to Gearoid

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 while Alexander went from #116 to #40.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 while Benjamin went from #139 to #50.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 while Conor went from #56 to #5.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 while Daniel went from #19 to #4.

Moved the same way as Gearoid

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 and Adrian from #65 to #211.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 and Alan from #29 to #204.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 and Alfred from #134 to #271.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Gearoid went from #164 to #741 and Andrew from #34 to #93.

What's not yet available

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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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #100 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Gearoid

Gearoid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gearoid across 2 official records

Gearoid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gearoid appears in

Popularity data

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 Gearoid

Gearoid and the names beside it

Gearoid moved ahead of

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Gearoid at a glance

Gearoid across 2 official records

Gearoid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gearoid 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 Gearoid

Gearoid and the names beside it

Gearoid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gearoid

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Moved the same way as Gearoid