UK boy's name
Donnacha
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.
Donnacha is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Donnacha popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2263, with 10 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2018, with 13 births.
This profile covers 89 England and Wales registrations across 16 recorded years from 2007 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales 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 77% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 333 living people in the UK are called Donnacha. 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
- • Donnacha ranked #2263 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 10 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2018, when 13 boys were registered as Donnacha.
- • Donnacha ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #93 in 2024.
- • About 333 living people in the UK are estimated to have Donnacha as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2263
2024
Births in 2024
10
Latest year
Peak year
2018
13 births
Estimated living
333
2026
Popularity
Donnacha over time
The chart below shows babies named Donnacha registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 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 Donnacha, the clearest high point is 2018. The latest England and Wales figure is 10 births in 2024, compared with 13 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Donnacha by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Donnacha 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 | #2974 | 34 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3720 | 43 | 8 |
| 2000s | #3749 | 12 | 3 |
Geography
Where Donnacha is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Donnacha. 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.
Donnacha ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #93 in 2024.
Across the UK
Donnacha in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#93 in 2024
16 years of NISRA records, 246 total registered
Related
Names similar to Donnacha
- 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
Donnacha: questions and answers
How popular is the name Donnacha in the UK right now?
In 2024, Donnacha was ranked #2263 for boys in England and Wales, with 10 births registered.
When was Donnacha most popular?
The peak year on record was 2018, with 13 babies registered as Donnacha in England and Wales.
How many people are called Donnacha in the UK?
A total of 89 babies have been registered as Donnacha across the 16 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 246 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Donnacha most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Donnacha ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #93 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.