Shaunagh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shaunagh: Recorded since 1988, it reached #220 in 1992, and it was last ranked in 2004.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1074
1998	#1697
1999	#2444
2000	#3912
2003	#3594

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 17 years from 1988 to 2004.

In 1999: #392 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2444 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1988–2004 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1988
First recorded at #492 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1988–2004
Highest recorded position: #220 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1992 (recorded 1988–2004).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2004
Most recently recorded at #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2004.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shaunagh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1988, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Shaunagh 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.

Shaunagh'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 · Girls	#492 (1988)	#220 (1992)	#677 (2004)	10 of 17	77 (1988–2004)	18 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#1074 (1997)	#3594 (2003)	6 of 8	57 (1996–2003)	18 (1997)

Shaunagh by decade in Republic of 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 Shaunagh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990sbusiest	71	8 of 10	9
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Shaunagh 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 1988 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #220 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Shaunagh'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
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	16	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 1988 and 2004, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 8 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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Shaunie · #516, 10y
Shaunna · #154, 18y

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.

Dwain · #222, 12y
Dwaine · #222, 10y
Fionnula · #218, 15y
Mervin · #218, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Weronika · #219, 43y
Dwaine · #222, 10y
Rebecka · #222, 30y
Hafsa · #216, 35y

Shaunagh was ranked #220 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1992. 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.

Shaunagh 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 Shaunagh without appearing here.

Shaunagh moved ahead of

Olive Compare
In 1993 they stood at #300 and #300 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #227 and #450.
Janet Compare
In 1998 they stood at #425 and #345 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.
Tina Compare
In 1991 they stood at #457 and #319 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #220 and #338.
Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #440 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #425 and #498.

Moved ahead of Shaunagh

Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2167.
Janice Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2167.
Alma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2416.
Aria Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2416.

What's not yet available

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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 1988 to 2004. Highest recorded position: #220 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shaunagh

Shaunagh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shaunagh across 2 official records

Shaunagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shaunagh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Shaunagh

Shaunagh and the names beside it

Shaunagh moved ahead of

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Shaunagh at a glance

Shaunagh across 2 official records

Shaunagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shaunagh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Shaunagh

Shaunagh and the names beside it

Shaunagh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shaunagh