Piaras

maleStatistical record

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

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

Piaras: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #210 in 2003, and it stood at #392 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#210highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Piaras's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1997–2020

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#227
1998	#240
2000	#244
2001	#243
2002	#243
2003	#210
2004	#235
2005	#265
2006	#257
2012	#346
2013	#398
2019	#418
2020	#392

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 8 of the 40 years from 1966 to 2005.

In 2005: #265 among boys in Northern Ireland, #448 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2020 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #256 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2020
Highest recorded position: #210 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #392 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Piaras appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 13 ranked years and 54 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1966.

Piaras 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.

Piaras'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	#256 (1966)	#256 (1966)	#448 (2005)	8 of 40	28 (1966–2005)	4 (1979)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#210 (2003)	#392 (2020)	13 of 24	54 (1997–2020)	6 (2003)

Piaras by decade in Northern 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 Piaras in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	10	3 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Piaras 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 1966 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #210 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Piaras'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
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	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 1966 and 2020, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #210, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#392position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
31 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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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Pierce · #122, 61y
Pierre · #254, 35y

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.

Eliah · #211, 22y
Kathlyn · #211, 20y
Aimee-Leigh · #212, 21y
Padhraic · #212, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Dana · #210, 51y
Eibhlin · #209, 59y
Margo · #209, 33y
Moira · #209, 61y

Piaras was ranked #210 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Piaras 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 Piaras without appearing here.

Piaras moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #500 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #518.
Erik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #506 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #448 and #518.
Phillip Compare
In 2011 they stood at #243 and #204 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #346 and #403.
Keith Compare
In 2001 they stood at #243 and #218 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #243 and #281.

Moved ahead of Piaras

Jordan Compare
In 1992 they stood at #288 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1993 that had become #302 and #76.
Arthur Compare
In 2011 they stood at #265 and #307 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #346 and #161.
Brodie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #257 and #282 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #346 and #186.
Tadhg Compare
In 2011 they stood at #257 and #341 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #346 and #247.

Moved the opposite way to Piaras

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 while Blake went from #227 to #87.
Caleb Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 while Caleb went from #192 to #30.
Carter Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 while Carter went from #192 to #96.
Charlie Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 while Charlie went from #160 to #4.

Moved the same way as Piaras

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 and Aaron from #11 to #93.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 and Adam from #10 to #24.
Adrian Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 and Adrian from #153 to #304.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Piaras went from #227 to #392 and Alan from #136 to #231.

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 1966 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #210 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Piaras

Piaras at a glance

What stands out in Piaras's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Piaras across 2 official records

Piaras by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Piaras 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 Piaras

Piaras and the names beside it

Piaras moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Piaras

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Moved the same way as Piaras

Piaras at a glance

What stands out in Piaras's record

Piaras across 2 official records

Piaras by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Piaras 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 Piaras

Piaras and the names beside it

Piaras moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Piaras

Moved the opposite way to Piaras

Moved the same way as Piaras