Paraic

maleStatistical record

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

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

Paraic: Recorded since 1969, it reached #164 in 1983, and it stood at #395 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#164highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2000–2023

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#277
2007	#357
2013	#398
2014	#398
2018	#365
2023	#395

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

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

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 47 of the 49 years from 1969 to 2017.

In 2014: #398 among boys in Northern Ireland, #550 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2023 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #216 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2017
Highest recorded position: #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1969–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #395 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Paraic appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 409 births with the name.

Paraic 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.

Paraic'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	#216 (1969)	#164 (1983)	#418 (2017)	47 of 49	409 (1969–2017)	16 (1982)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (2000)	#277 (2000)	#395 (2023)	6 of 24	19 (2000–2023)	4 (2018)

Paraic 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 Paraic in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	7	1 of 10	7
1970s	55	8 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	109	10 of 10	11
1990s	98	10 of 10	10
2000s	74	10 of 10	7
2010s	66	8 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Paraic 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 1969 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #164 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Paraic'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
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	13	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	12	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	16	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	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 1969 and 2023, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #164, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 31 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.

Paolo · #330, 31y
Papa · #1746, 22y
Param · #1758, 22y
Paramveer · #1799, 25y

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.

Eadaoin · #165, 52y
Edwina · #162, 53y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Jerzy · #167, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Coleman · #164, 24y
Hanora · #164, 26y
Phelim · #164, 47y
Agata · #166, 56y

Paraic was ranked #164 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1983. 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.

Paraic 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 Paraic without appearing here.

Paraic moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #317 and #711.
Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #629 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #366 and #730.
Roger Compare
In 2016 they stood at #629 and #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #418 and #710.
Andreas Compare
In 2008 they stood at #629 and #435 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #429 and #701.

Moved ahead of Paraic

Mason Compare
In 2006 they stood at #334 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #241.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #366 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #233.
Riley Compare
In 2006 they stood at #334 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #309.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #421 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #541 and #237.

Moved the opposite way to Paraic

Aaron Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 while Aaron went from #174 to #31.
Adam Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 while Adam went from #196 to #9.
Alexander Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 while Alexander went from #135 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 while Benjamin went from #154 to #69.

Moved the same way as Paraic

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 and Adrian from #48 to #169.
Alan Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 and Alan from #15 to #120.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 and Alfred from #163 to #418.
Andrew Compare
Between 1969 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paraic went from #216 to #418 and Andrew from #36 to #76.

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 1969 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #164 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Paraic

Paraic at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paraic across 2 official records

Paraic by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paraic appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Paraic

Paraic and the names beside it

Paraic moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Paraic

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Paraic at a glance

Paraic across 2 official records

Paraic by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paraic 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 Paraic

Paraic and the names beside it

Paraic moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Paraic

Moved the opposite way to Paraic

Moved the same way as Paraic