NameTides

Domhnall

Domhnall was the #577 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (5 babies).

Domhnall as a boy’s name

  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Domhnall as a boy’s name, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020Ireland
Domhnall as a boy’s name, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
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
YearScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#577 (5)
2024#727 (3)#278 (6)#430 (8)
2023——#436 (8)
2022—#414 (3)#779 (3)
2021—#374 (4)#498 (6)
2020—#334 (4)#637 (4)
2019—#365 (4)#402 (9)
2018——#329 (12)
2017——#394 (9)
2016—#421 (3)#541 (5)
2015——#503 (6)
2014——#468 (7)
2013——#479 (6)
2012——#548 (5)
2011——#540 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2018 at #329.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby boys in the published Ireland 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Domhnall is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 8,400.

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
DomhnallIrelandBoys#5775
DómhnallIrelandBoys—too few
DomhnallNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DomhnallScotlandBoys—too few