Lughaidh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lughaidh: Recorded since 1999, it reached #305 in 2004, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2004

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#305

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

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

What the data shows

Trend unknownNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 27 years from 1999 to 2025.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #379 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lughaidh 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 Lughaidh in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	14	4 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Lughaidh 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 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Lughaidh'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
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	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 1999 and 2025, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #305, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 5 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#676position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
5 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

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Lui · #369, 25y
Luigi · #785, 29y

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.

Maitiu · #305, 14y
Seanie · #305, 14y
Willie · #304, 14y
Calem · #303, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Al · #305, 28y
Denzel · #305, 30y
Divine · #305, 29y
Eathan · #305, 19y

Lughaidh was ranked #305 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Lughaidh 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 Lughaidh without appearing here.

Lughaidh moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Taylor Compare
In 2023 they stood at #496 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #430 and #785.
Glenn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #646 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #496 and #741.

Moved the opposite way to Lughaidh

Arthur Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 while Arthur went from #330 to #57.
Caleb Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 while Caleb went from #222 to #108.
Charlie Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 while Charlie went from #124 to #13.
Cillian Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 while Cillian went from #61 to #9.

Moved the same way as Lughaidh

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 and Aaron from #8 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 and Adam from #5 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 and Adrian from #136 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Lughaidh went from #379 to #676 and Alan from #53 to #232.

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 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #305 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lughaidh

Lughaidh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lughaidh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Lughaidh at a glance

Lughaidh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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