UK boy's name
Donncha
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2017. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Donncha is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Donncha popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2017 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3040, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 6 births.
This profile covers 13 England and Wales registrations across 3 recorded years from 2010 to 2017. 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.
Donncha is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 89 living people in the UK are called Donncha. 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 2018 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Donncha ranked #3040 for boys in England and Wales in 2017, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 6 boys were registered as Donncha.
- • Donncha ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
- • About 89 living people in the UK are estimated to have Donncha as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3040
2017
Births in 2017
6
Latest year
Peak year
2017
6 births
Estimated living
89
2026
Popularity
Donncha over time
The chart below shows babies named Donncha registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2010 to 2017. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Donncha, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2017, compared with 6 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Donncha by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Donncha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #3863 | 13 | 3 |
Geography
Where Donncha is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Donncha. 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.
Donncha ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #404 in 2024.
Across the UK
Donncha in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#404 in 2024
16 years of NISRA records, 77 total registered
Related
Names similar to Donncha
- 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
Donncha: questions and answers
How popular is the name Donncha in the UK right now?
In 2017, Donncha was ranked #3040 for boys in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Donncha most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 6 babies registered as Donncha in England and Wales.
How many people are called Donncha in the UK?
A total of 13 babies have been registered as Donncha across the 3 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 77 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Donncha most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Donncha 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.