Rioghan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rioghan: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #202, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#202highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2024	#5119

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 Northern Ireland in 6 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #347 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2004–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Rioghan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 36 births with the name.

Rioghan 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.

Rioghan'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
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#202 (2024)	#202 (2024)	6 of 21	25 (2004–2024)	10 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#347 (2000)	#347 (2000)	#550 (2014)	8 of 15	36 (2000–2014)	6 (2012)

Rioghan 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #202 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Rioghan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #202, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 24 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#202position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
10births 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.

Rino · #272, 42y
Rio · #110, 30y
Rioghnach · #150, 19y
Rion · #334, 26y

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.

Cahal · #206, 18y
Carragh · #207, 13y
Arla · #196, 18y
Vega · #196, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Dottie · #204, 17y
Kajus · #204, 22y
Othelie · #205, 22y
Pola · #199, 22y

Rioghan was ranked #202 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Rioghan 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 Rioghan without appearing here.

Rioghan moved ahead of

Brendan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #395 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #202 and #404.
Jordan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #249 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #202 and #404.
Kenneth Compare
In 2013 they stood at #605 and #605 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #550 and #715.
Timothy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #249 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #202 and #339.

Moved ahead of Rioghan

Alfie Compare
In 2006 they stood at #347 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #195.
Lukas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #347 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #210.
Shea Compare
In 2006 they stood at #347 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #220.
Jonah Compare
In 2006 they stood at #347 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #234.

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 3 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #202 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rioghan

Rioghan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rioghan across 2 official records

Rioghan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Rioghan

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Rioghan moved ahead of

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Rioghan at a glance

Rioghan across 2 official records

Rioghan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Rioghan

Rioghan and the names beside it

Rioghan moved ahead of

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