UK boy's name
Piaras
Piaras is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 54 living people in the UK are called Piaras. 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
- • Piaras ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #392 in 2020.
- • About 54 living people in the UK are estimated to have Piaras 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
54
2026
Geography
Where Piaras is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Piaras. 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.
Piaras ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #392 in 2020.
Across the UK
Piaras in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#392 in 2020
13 years of NISRA records, 54 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Piaras
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Piaras Béaslaí
politician; translator; biographer; editor; linguist
Irish politician, author, playwright, biographer and translator (1881–1965)
1881-1965
Related
Names similar to Piaras
- Patrick 17,559
- Peter 13,150
- Paul 8,542
- Philip 4,997
- Parker 4,664
- Phoenix 3,865
- Preston 3,370
- Prince 1,782
- Patryk 1,763
- Phillip 1,697
- Percy 1,395
- Perry 1,015
FAQ
Piaras: questions and answers
Where is Piaras most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Piaras ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #392 in 2020. 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.