Setanta

maleStatistical record

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

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

Setanta: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #286, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#286highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2003–2021

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#299
2021	#326

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 19 of the 23 years from 2003 to 2025.

In 2021: #326 among boys in Northern Ireland, #498 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #299 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2025
Highest recorded position: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2003–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Setanta appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 107 births with the name.

Setanta 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.

Setanta'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	#423 (2003)	#286 (2025)	#286 (2025)	19 of 23	107 (2003–2025)	15 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#299 (2003)	#326 (2021)	2 of 19	8 (2003–2021)	5 (2021)

Setanta 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 Setanta in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	34	6 of 10	6
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	42	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Setanta 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 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Setanta'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
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #286, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 2003.

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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#286position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
0 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
15births registered in its largest year, 2025Under 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.

Serkan · #1241, 17y
Serra · #3015, 10y
Setayesh · #2636, 15y
Seth · #51, 30y

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.

Kathrina · #287, 24y
Eva-Rose · #284, 19y
Florie · #288, 16y
Iga · #284, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Kamile · #286, 23y
Juniper · #285, 19y
Nylah · #287, 21y
Eile · #288, 13y

Setanta was ranked #286 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.

Setanta 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 Setanta without appearing here.

Setanta moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #286 and #829.
Glenn Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #582 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #286 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #286 and #829.
Darren Compare
In 2024 they stood at #582 and #287 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #286 and #676.

Moved ahead of Setanta

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #412 and #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #325.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #490 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #233.
Finley Compare
In 2011 they stood at #490 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #336.
Brodie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #541 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #374.

Moved the same way as Setanta

Brodie Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Setanta went from #493 to #286 and Brodie from #596 to #223.
Elias Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Setanta went from #493 to #286 and Elias from #423 to #185.
Roman Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Setanta went from #493 to #286 and Roman from #596 to #179.
Hudson Compare
Between 2012 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Setanta went from #616 to #286 and Hudson from #548 to #188.

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 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #286 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Setanta

Setanta at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Setanta across 2 official records

Setanta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Setanta across 2 official records

Setanta by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Setanta

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