NameTides

Daithi

Daithí was the #59 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (94 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Daithi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Daithi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Daithi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Daithi to 2017, Daithí from 2018. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#4,275 (4)#28 (60)#59 (94)
2024#10,938 (6)#3,255 (6)#17 (82)#80 (76)
2023#10,821 (6)#3,113 (6)#17 (82)#75 (78)
2022#12,330 (5)#4,002 (4)#34 (61)#80 (80)
2021—#3,990 (4)#19 (83)#78 (84)
2020—#3,334 (5)#39 (63)#105 (58)
2019—#4,702 (3)#41 (65)#116 (58)
2018—#3,011 (6)#44 (63)#120 (53)
2017—#3,996 (4)#50 (58)#71 (102)
2016#12,185 (5)#3,079 (6)#59 (55)#81 (87)
2015——#77 (45)#93 (78)
2014—#4,632 (3)#103 (31)#102 (74)
2013——#74 (42)#102 (69)
2012—#4,805 (3)#112 (27)#116 (61)
2011——#90 (34)#100 (78)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #59.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common

Next year

On its recent trend, Daithi is likely to hold steady in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 260 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 310.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DaithiEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
DaithíIrelandBoys#5994
DáithíIrelandBoys#6785
DaithiIrelandBoys#5096
DaithiNorthern IrelandBoys#2860
DaithiUSBoys—too few