Senan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Senan: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #38, reached in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
110times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#38highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Senan's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1999	#2425
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#3095
2008	#2097
2009	#1981
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#1852
2013	#1404
2014	#1721
2015	#1902
2016	#1804
2017	#1339
2018	#1875
2019	#1869
2020	#1379
2021	#1448
2022	#1879
2023	#1533
2024	#2263

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #59 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #104 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2263 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #191 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #38 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Senan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,672 births with the name.

Senan across 3 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.

Senan'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	#191 (1964)	#38 (2025)	#38 (2025)	62 of 62	2,672 (1964–2025)	160 (2019)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1339 (2017)	#2263 (2024)	26 of 28	253 (1997–2024)	19 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#263 (2003)	#65 (2020)	#104 (2024)	22 of 22	427 (2003–2024)	44 (2020)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Republic of Ireland · Boys the name reached its highest position, #38, in 2025, when 126 births were registered with it. More were registered in 2019 — 160 — in a year it ranked #41.

Senan 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 Senan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	30	6 of 10	5
1970s	66	10 of 10	7
1980s	66	10 of 10	7
1990s	78	10 of 10	8
2000s	489	10 of 10	49
2010sbusiest	1,300	10 of 10	130
2020s	643	6 of 10	107

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 130 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births rose by 46, from 114 to 160.

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

Senan 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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Senan'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#104	22	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#83	30	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#79	34	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#95	29	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#65	44	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#112	23	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#104	26	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#95	30	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#131	22	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#166	15	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#135	21	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#146	18	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#115	25	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#182	13	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	126	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	99	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	72	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	108	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	120	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#51	118	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	160	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	114	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	125	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	128	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	136	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	140	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	147	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	126	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	121	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	103	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	96	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	97	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	72	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	65	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	54	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	48	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	25	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	6	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #38, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 39 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.

Sena · #873, 28y
Senait · #246, 24y
Senara · #2233, 16y
Senay · #1517, 20y

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.

Donal · #38, 62y
Cornelius · #39, 62y
Grainne · #37, 61y
Daire · #40, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Donal · #38, 62y
Eliza · #38, 48y
Austin · #37, 62y
Bianca · #39, 54y

Senan was ranked #38 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Senan 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 Senan without appearing here.

Senan moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1852 and #4805.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2613 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3095 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Senan

Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #1460.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Senan

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 while Adrian went from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 while Alfred went from #134 to #286.
Bruce Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 while Bruce went from #204 to #676.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 while Denis went from #21 to #232.

Moved the same way as Senan

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 and Alexander from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 and Benjamin from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 and Conor from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Senan went from #191 to #38 and Liam from #54 to #7.

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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Senan

Senan at a glance

What stands out in Senan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Senan across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Senan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Senan 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 Senan

Senan and the names beside it

Senan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Senan

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Moved the same way as Senan

Senan at a glance

What stands out in Senan's record

Senan across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Senan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Senan 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 Senan

Senan and the names beside it

Senan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Senan

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