NameTides

Darragh

Darragh was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Darragh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Darragh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Darragh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#8,243 (9)#1,307 (21)#253 (16)#32 (54)#19 (205)#2,269 (8)
2024#6,469 (13)#1,402 (19)#218 (19)#51 (46)#26 (184)#1,909 (10)
2023#6,897 (12)#987 (30)#267 (14)#36 (59)#26 (195)#2,614 (6)
2022#6,479 (13)#925 (33)#243 (16)#26 (67)#17 (245)—
2021#5,562 (16)#1,117 (25)#199 (23)#20 (78)#17 (273)—
2020#10,605 (6)#1,150 (23)#278 (14)#22 (77)#12 (299)—
2019#7,643 (10)#974 (29)#320 (11)#31 (73)#11 (315)—
2018#8,819 (8)#1,991 (11)#288 (13)#49 (59)#21 (277)—
2017#8,140 (9)#1,042 (28)#291 (14)#42 (66)#17 (300)#2,198 (7)
2016#12,185 (5)#1,123 (25)#315 (12)#40 (70)#16 (322)—
2015—#1,046 (27)#320 (11)#31 (83)#21 (302)—
2014#6,632 (12)#988 (29)#358 (10)#39 (74)#21 (347)—
2013#7,026 (11)#954 (30)#520 (5)#29 (87)#18 (365)—
2012#7,559 (10)#927 (32)#568 (4)#30 (89)#20 (389)—
2011#12,287 (5)#1,251 (20)—#48 (69)#19 (401)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #5,562.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Darragh is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 140,000 to 1 in 270,000.

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
DarraghCanadaBoys#2,2698
DarraghEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DarraghEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
DarraghIrelandGirls—too few
DarraghIrelandBoys#19205
DarraghNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
DarraghNorthern IrelandBoys#3254
DarraghScotlandBoys#25316
DarraghUSGirls—too few
DarraghUSBoys#8,2439