Macdara

maleStatistical record

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

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

Macdara: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #204, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#204highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Boys

Falling

among boys in Republic of Ireland · 1964–2025

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Republic of Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#204
1965	#222
1967	#265
1974	#321
1979	#324
1988	#319
1995	#334
1996	#336
1997	#337
1998	#369
1999	#379
2000	#312
2004	#322
2005	#448
2006	#493
2008	#412
2009	#701
2010	#611
2011	#540
2012	#457
2013	#448
2014	#715
2015	#421
2017	#610
2018	#572
2019	#564
2020	#402
2021	#552
2022	#349
2023	#516
2024	#582
2025	#432

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

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What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–2025 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #204 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 recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #204 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Macdara 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 Macdara in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	12	3 of 10	4
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	17	5 of 10	3
2000s	31	6 of 10	5
2010s	48	9 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	45	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Macdara 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #204 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Macdara'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
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	5	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #204, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#432position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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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Macey · #148, 29y

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.

Baard · #204, 34y
Gerhard · #204, 34y
Sture · #205, 36y
Hamzah · #202, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Humphrey · #204, 43y
Pearl · #204, 53y
Sharan · #204, 16y
Terri · #204, 45y

Macdara was ranked #204 in Republic of Ireland · Boys 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.

Macdara 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 Macdara without appearing here.

Macdara moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #432 and #829.
Glenn Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #582 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #432 and #829.
Gregory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #564 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #402 and #741.
Kristian Compare
In 2019 they stood at #564 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #402 and #741.

Moved ahead of Macdara

Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #421 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #214.
Roman Compare
In 2013 they stood at #448 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #428.
Lachlan Compare
In 2013 they stood at #448 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #468.
Finley Compare
In 2016 they stood at #421 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #374.

Moved the opposite way to Macdara

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Macdara

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Macdara went from #204 to #432 and Andrew from #34 to #106.

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 2025. Highest recorded position: #204 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Macdara

Macdara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Macdara by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Macdara at a glance

Macdara by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Macdara moved ahead of

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