UK boy's name
Daragh
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Daragh is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Daragh popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 12 births.
This profile covers 124 England and Wales registrations across 19 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 33% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 248 living people in the UK are called Daragh. 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
- • Daragh ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 12 boys were registered as Daragh.
- • Daragh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
- • About 248 living people in the UK are estimated to have Daragh as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4270
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2011
12 births
Estimated living
248
2026
Popularity
Daragh over time
The chart below shows babies named Daragh registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Daragh, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Daragh by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Daragh was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4270 | 4 | 1 |
| 2010s | #3014 | 35 | 5 |
| 2000s | #2652 | 47 | 9 |
| 1990s | #1324 | 38 | 4 |
Geography
Where Daragh is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Daragh. 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.
Daragh ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
Across the UK
Daragh in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#548 in 2010
3 years of NRS records, 10 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#404 in 2024
20 years of NISRA records, 116 total registered
Related
Names similar to Daragh
- Daniel 120,900
- Dylan 60,836
- David 37,852
- Dominic 20,480
- Declan 11,657
- Dexter 11,627
- Danny 8,434
- Dean 5,329
- Dillon 4,113
- Douglas 3,773
- Dominik 3,494
- Damian 3,486
FAQ
Daragh: questions and answers
How popular is the name Daragh in the UK right now?
In 2024, Daragh was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Daragh most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 12 babies registered as Daragh in England and Wales.
How many people are called Daragh in the UK?
A total of 124 babies have been registered as Daragh across the 19 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 10 more in Scotland and 116 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Daragh most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Daragh ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #404 in 2024. 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.