Rionach

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rionach: Recorded since 1999, it reached #178 in 2019, and it stood at #288 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#178highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1999–2024

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#344
2005	#278
2006	#384
2007	#268
2009	#282
2013	#284
2015	#358
2016	#276
2017	#190
2018	#195
2019	#178
2020	#246
2021	#237
2022	#243
2023	#264
2024	#288

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 16 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2017: #190 among girls in Northern Ireland, #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #344 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #178 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 1999–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Rionach appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 101 births with the name.

Rionach 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.

Rionach'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	#344 (1999)	#178 (2019)	#288 (2024)	16 of 26	101 (1999–2024)	11 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#620 (2002)	#576 (2004)	#873 (2017)	7 of 16	24 (2002–2017)	4 (2004)

Rionach 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 Rionach in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	47	6 of 10	8
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Rionach 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Rionach'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	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	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.

Where Rionach is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Rionach, between 1999 and 2024, in 18 of those 26 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
Northern Ireland	1999–2024	16	#178 in 2019
Republic of Ireland	2002–2017	7	#576 in 2004

Its high point came 15 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2004) than in Northern Ireland (2019).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 2009; it appears again in 2013.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #178, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 3 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.

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Ripley · #1490, 27y

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.

Sheamus · #177, 19y
Eleah · #166, 19y
Saerlaith · #166, 13y
Aodh · #191, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Darci · #178, 30y
Lila · #178, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y
Aliza · #177, 30y

Rionach was ranked #178 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2019. 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.

Arabella#178
Ariana#178
Edie#178
Frankie#178
Aoibh#189
Arya#189
Darcey#189
Enya#189

Rionach 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 Rionach without appearing here.

Rionach moved ahead of

Kelly
In 2018 they stood at #268 and #203 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #178 and #424.
Courtney
In 2016 they stood at #276 and #276 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #190 and #432.
Sinead
In 2016 they stood at #276 and #251 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #190 and #432.
Stephanie
In 2016 they stood at #276 and #276 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #190 and #432.

Moved ahead of Rionach

Maja
In 2005 they stood at #576 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #635 and #220.
Elsie
In 2012 they stood at #282 and #309 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #284 and #86.
Lola
In 2005 they stood at #278 and #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #384 and #238.
Sadie
In 2012 they stood at #282 and #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #284 and #141.

Moved the opposite way to Rionach

Shauna
Between 1999 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Rionach went from #344 to #178 while Shauna went from #58 to #424.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Rionach

Rionach at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rionach across 2 official records

Rionach by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Rionach appears in

Popularity data

Where Rionach is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Rionach and the names beside it

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Rionach at a glance

Rionach across 2 official records

Rionach by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Rionach 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 Rionach

Rionach and the names beside it

Rionach moved ahead of

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