Rioghnach

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rioghnach: Recorded since 1993, its highest recorded position is #150, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#150highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2000–2024

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#348
2003	#284
2004	#372
2006	#384
2007	#413
2008	#439
2012	#451
2015	#426
2016	#202
2017	#239
2018	#273
2019	#213
2020	#178
2021	#181
2022	#201
2023	#193
2024	#150

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

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

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 17 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #448 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2000–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #150 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Rioghnach appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, with 17 ranked years and 108 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1993.

Rioghnach 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.

Rioghnach'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 · Girls	#348 (2000)	#150 (2024)	#150 (2024)	17 of 25	108 (2000–2024)	13 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#448 (1993)	#448 (1993)	#876 (2014)	2 of 22	7 (1993–2014)	4 (1993)

Rioghnach by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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 Rioghnach in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	6 of 10	3
2010s	37	6 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	52	5 of 10	10

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rioghnach 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 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #150 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Rioghnach'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	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#181	11	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#202	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	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.

Where Rioghnach is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Rioghnach, between 1993 and 2024, in 19 of those 32 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1993–2014	2	#448 in 1993
Northern Ireland	2000–2024	17	#150 in 2024

Its high point came 31 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1993) than in Northern Ireland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 6 years after 1993; it appears again in 2000.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1993 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #150, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 7 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.

Rio · #110, 30y
Rioghan · #202, 13y
Rion · #334, 27y
Riona · #169, 49y

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.

Assumpta · #154, 22y
Shaunna · #154, 18y
Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Struan · #144, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cain · #149, 31y
Preston · #149, 30y
Priya · #151, 30y
Sadbh · #151, 32y

Rioghnach was ranked #150 in Northern Ireland · Girls 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.

Aoibhe#150
Eleanor#150
Ellen#150
Farrah#150
Beth#161
Fianna#161
Kaia#161
Lexi#161

Rioghnach 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rioghnach without appearing here.

Rioghnach moved ahead of

Joanne
In 2020 they stood at #426 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #181 and #446.
Chelsea
In 2023 they stood at #451 and #187 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #150 and #407.
Amanda
In 2015 they stood at #439 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #202 and #440.
Ashleigh
In 2015 they stood at #451 and #451 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #202 and #440.

Moved ahead of Rioghnach

Olive
In 2023 they stood at #193 and #209 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #150 and #119.
Mabel
In 2021 they stood at #181 and #206 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #201 and #175.
Maisie
In 2005 they stood at #284 and #331 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #384 and #384.

Moved the opposite way to Rioghnach

Aimee
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 while Aimee went from #25 to #179.
Alexandra
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 while Alexandra went from #63 to #253.
Amy
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 while Amy went from #8 to #253.
Anna
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 while Anna went from #12 to #19.

Moved the same way as Rioghnach

Amelia
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 and Amelia from #220 to #14.
Annie
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 and Annie from #151 to #11.
Aoife
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 and Aoife from #19 to #4.
Charlotte
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rioghnach went from #348 to #150 and Charlotte from #38 to #6.

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 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #150 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Rioghnach

Rioghnach at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rioghnach across 2 official records

Rioghnach by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Rioghnach appears in

Popularity data

Where Rioghnach is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rioghnach at a glance

Rioghnach across 2 official records

Rioghnach by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Rioghnach appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rioghnach

Rioghnach and the names beside it

Rioghnach moved ahead of

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