NameTides

Setanta

Setanta was the #286 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (15 babies).

Setanta as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Setanta as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020Ireland
Setanta as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
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
YearNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#286 (15)
2024—#582 (5)
2023—#516 (6)
2022—#454 (7)
2021#326 (5)#498 (6)
2020—#741 (3)
2019—#646 (4)
2017—#610 (4)
2016—#541 (5)
2014—#715 (3)
2012—#616 (4)
2011—#490 (6)
2010—#542 (5)
2009—#472 (6)
2008—#412 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #286.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 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 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Setanta is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 920 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.