NameTides

Fiachra

Fiachra was the #121 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (45 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Fiachra as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Fiachra 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.01.252.53.755197019801990200020102020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Fiachra 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.01.252.53.755198020002020
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#2,664 (8)#143 (16)#121 (45)
2024#4,271 (4)#164 (13)#123 (45)
2023#4,108 (4)#189 (11)#138 (41)
2022—#115 (22)#145 (41)
2021—#143 (17)#225 (22)
2020#3,848 (4)#132 (19)#183 (27)
2019#4,702 (3)#153 (16)#179 (31)
2018—#161 (15)#205 (27)
2017—#171 (14)#220 (25)
2016#4,023 (4)#281 (6)#272 (17)
2015#3,908 (4)#288 (6)#257 (19)
2014—#243 (8)#184 (32)
2013#4,685 (3)#244 (7)#202 (29)
2012—#346 (4)#215 (27)
2011—#261 (6)#204 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #121.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 530 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 520common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 530common

Next year

On its recent trend, Fiachra is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 380 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 580.

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
FiachraEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
FiachraIrelandBoys#12145
FíachraIrelandBoys—too few
FiachraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FiachraNorthern IrelandBoys#14316