NameTides

Donagh

Donagh was the #146 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (37 babies).

Donagh as a boy’s name

  • Ireland
Donagh as a boy’s name, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52197019801990200020102020Ireland
Donagh as a boy’s name, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52198020002020
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
YearIreland
2025#146 (37)
2024#195 (25)
2023#172 (30)
2022#145 (41)
2021#141 (42)
2020#152 (38)
2019#151 (38)
2018#151 (39)
2017#125 (50)
2016#168 (35)
2015#201 (28)
2014#220 (26)
2013#229 (24)
2012#176 (38)
2011#210 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2017 at #125.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the Ireland records since the data begins in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 640 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 2. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Donagh is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 830 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 560 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.