Shonagh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shonagh: Recorded since 1980, it reached #235 in 2004, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#235highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2002

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2002	#4137

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 30 of the 46 years from 1980 to 2025.

In 2002: #339 among girls in Northern Ireland, #620 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4137 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1980–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1980
First recorded at #542 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1980 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1980–2025
Highest recorded position: #235 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 1980–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shonagh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1980, and has registered 167 births with the name.

Shonagh 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.

Shonagh'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	#542 (1980)	#235 (2004)	#885 (2025)	30 of 46	167 (1980–2025)	16 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#2350 (1996)	#4137 (2002)	6 of 7	26 (1996–2002)	6 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#282 (2000)	#339 (2002)	4 of 5	14 (1998–2002)	4 (1999)

Shonagh 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 Shonagh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	20	5 of 10	4
1990s	28	6 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	62	9 of 10	7
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Shonagh 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 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #235 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Shonagh'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
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	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 1980 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #235, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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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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.

Aiza · #236, 27y
Matt · #236, 31y
Rogan · #234, 28y
Haniya · #233, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Cillin · #235, 11y
Kaylee · #235, 30y
Eimhin · #234, 29y
Fern · #233, 32y

Shonagh was ranked #235 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Shonagh 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 Shonagh without appearing here.

Shonagh moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2003 they stood at #620 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #235 and #677.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #534 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #235 and #677.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #490 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #475 and #910.
Judith Compare
In 2009 they stood at #893 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #475 and #910.

Moved ahead of Shonagh

Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Aria Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2411.
Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2738.
Logan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2738.

Moved the opposite way to Shonagh

Abigail Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 while Abigail went from #370 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 while Alexandra went from #370 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 while Alice went from #144 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 while Anna went from #70 to #26.

Moved the same way as Shonagh

Aimee Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 and Aimee from #352 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 and Aisling from #40 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 and Alison from #67 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Shonagh went from #542 to #885 and Amanda from #37 to #608.

What's not yet available

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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 1980 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #235 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Shonagh

Shonagh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shonagh across 3 official records

Shonagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Shonagh appears in

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Shonagh at a glance

Shonagh across 3 official records

Shonagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Shonagh and the names beside it

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