UK boy's name
Domhnall
Domhnall is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 50 living people in the UK are called Domhnall. 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
- • Domhnall ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #278 in 2024.
- • About 50 living people in the UK are estimated to have Domhnall 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
50
2026
Geography
Where Domhnall is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Domhnall. 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.
Domhnall ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #278 in 2024.
Across the UK
Domhnall in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#727 in 2024
4 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#278 in 2024
9 years of NISRA records, 37 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Domhnall
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Domhnall Mitchell
philologist; university teacher; literary scholar
1962-
Related
Names similar to Domhnall
- 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
Domhnall: questions and answers
Where is Domhnall most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Domhnall ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #278 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.