UK boy's name
Feargal
Feargal is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 7 living people in the UK are called Feargal. 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
- • Feargal ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #240 in 1998.
- • About 7 living people in the UK are estimated to have Feargal 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
7
2026
Geography
Where Feargal is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Feargal. 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.
Feargal ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #240 in 1998.
Across the UK
Feargal in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#240 in 1998
2 years of NISRA records, 7 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Feargal
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Feargal Sharkey
singer; recording artist
Northern Irish singer, leader of The Undertones
1958-
Related
Names similar to Feargal
- Freddie 46,945
- Finley 42,410
- Frederick 19,866
- Finlay 17,879
- Frankie 17,528
- Finn 14,413
- Felix 14,361
- Fraser 6,470
- Flynn 6,170
- Frank 5,992
- Filip 5,876
- Francis 5,744
FAQ
Feargal: questions and answers
Where is Feargal most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Feargal ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #240 in 1998. 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.