Donnacha

Donnacha was the #64 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (86 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

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

Year	England & Wales	Northern Ireland	Ireland
2025	#4,275 (4)	#112 (21)	#64 (86)
2024	#2,264 (10)	#93 (25)	#65 (88)
2023	#4,108 (4)	#92 (27)	#61 (100)
2022	#3,049 (6)	#138 (18)	#46 (140)
2021	#2,493 (8)	#89 (32)	#53 (122)
2020	#2,960 (6)	#111 (24)	#47 (128)
2019	#3,937 (4)	#146 (17)	#56 (121)
2018	#1,786 (13)	#151 (16)	#57 (116)
2017	#2,512 (8)	#229 (8)	#55 (136)
2016	#4,810 (3)	#134 (21)	#68 (101)
2015	#4,747 (3)	#211 (10)	#70 (112)
2014	—	#157 (17)	#86 (92)
2013	—	#188 (12)	#84 (91)
2012	#4,805 (3)	#311 (5)	#73 (106)
2011	#3,830 (4)	#245 (7)	#76 (100)

The tide so far

about 1 in 280 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.

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
England & Wales	Boys	2025	about 1 in 67,000	rare
Northern Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 390	common
Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 280	common

On its recent trend, Donnacha is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 310 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

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

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Donnacha	England & Wales	Boys	#4,275	4
Donnacha	Ireland	Boys	#64	86
Donnacha	Northern Ireland	Boys	#112	21
Donnaćha	Northern Ireland	Boys	—	too few