NameTides

Donncha

Donncha was the #468 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (7 babies).

Donncha as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Donncha as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52197019801990200020102020Ireland
Donncha as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, 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
YearEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#468 (7)
2024—#404 (3)#472 (7)
2023—#272 (6)#362 (10)
2022——#429 (8)
2021—#433 (3)#631 (4)
2020——#342 (12)
2019—#312 (5)#268 (17)
2018—#365 (4)#269 (17)
2017#3,040 (6)#415 (3)#263 (18)
2016—#421 (3)#329 (13)
2015—#314 (5)#210 (26)
2014—#228 (9)#267 (18)
2013#4,685 (3)#244 (7)#192 (32)
2012—#346 (4)#180 (36)
2011—#218 (9)#221 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2012 at #180.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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, Donncha is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.