UK boy's name
Aonghas
Aonghas is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 16 living people in the UK are called Aonghas. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Aonghas ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.
- • About 16 living people in the UK are estimated to have Aonghas as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
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Births in -
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Peak year
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Estimated living
16
2026
Geography
Where Aonghas is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Aonghas. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Aonghas ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #703 in 2022.
Across the UK
Aonghas in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#703 in 2022
5 years of NRS records, 16 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Aonghas
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Aonghas MacNeacail
writer; poet; librettist
Scottish poet
1942-2022
Related
Names similar to Aonghas
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Aonghas: questions and answers
Where is Aonghas most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Aonghas ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #703 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.