NameTides

Donal

Donal was the #509 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (6 babies).

Donal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Donal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIreland
Donal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Donal to 2023, Dónal 2024, Donal from 2025. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025———#314 (5)#509 (6)
2024—#5,120 (3)—#216 (9)#350 (11)
2023#12,239 (5)———#343 (11)
2022———#234 (8)#367 (11)
2021#12,146 (5)——#200 (11)#364 (10)
2020#12,022 (5)#4,608 (3)#599 (4)#231 (8)#402 (9)
2019#8,215 (9)——#242 (8)#268 (17)
2018#10,760 (6)——#319 (5)#291 (15)
2017———#250 (7)#272 (17)
2016#12,185 (5)——#320 (5)#190 (30)
2015#9,568 (7)#4,747 (3)#686 (3)#187 (12)#221 (25)
2014#12,108 (5)#2,964 (6)—#184 (13)#193 (30)
2013———#200 (11)#202 (29)
2012—#3,416 (5)—#273 (6)#221 (26)
2011#10,808 (6)——#245 (7)#183 (36)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 1974 at #48.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the Ireland records since the data begins in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Donal is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 5,300.

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
DonalEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DonalIrelandBoys#5096
DónalIrelandBoys#5775
DonalNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
DonalScotlandBoys—too few
DonalUSGirls—too few
DonalUSBoys—too few