Darragh
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Darragh is a given name, most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is the 65th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Connected with dair, ‘oak’; used in modern Ireland and now increasing.
- IEIreland1 in 474◐
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 61K
- AUAustralia1 in 97K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈361 ●
- Sources
- 230 ●
- 1 in 351K ◐
across 6 countries
25K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Meaning & origin●
Connected with dair, ‘oak’; used in modern Ireland and now increasing.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | #65 | 19,673 | 3.4K rec. | — | 315 | Darragh | 120 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 3,373 | 2.6K rec. | — | 54 | Darragh | 104 |
| AU Australia | — | 1,195 | 2.2K rec. | — | 1 | Darragh | 88 |
| US United States | — | 304 | 14K rec. | 1 in 1.1M | 1.3K | Darragh | 230 |
| CA Canada | — | 215 | 579 rec. | — | 3 | Darragh | 56 |
| DE Germany | — | 103 | 118 rec. | — | — | Darragh | 28 |
| BR Brazil | — | 56 | 59 rec. | — | — | Darragh | 6 |
| BE Belgium | — | 32 | 49 rec. | — | — | Darragh | 9 |
| ES Spain | — | 32 | 53 rec. | — | — | Darragh | 16 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 30 | 144 rec. | — | — | Darragh | 27 |
| SE Sweden | — | 20 | 11 rec. | 1 in 510K | 20 | — | 12 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 14 | 30 rec. | 1 in 1.2M | 14 | Darragh | 11 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English27K91%
- Spanish4291%
- German2161%
- French1951%
- 1561%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 26,996 | 91% |
| Spanish | 429 | 1% |
| German | 216 | 1% |
| French | 195 | 1% |
| 156 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Darragh is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A name connected in meaning with dair, ‘oak’. It has been used from time to time in Ireland in modern times, but it is now on the increase.
as a nameIrish first names
In English, A male given name, variant of Dara.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1956 | 7 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 8 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 33 years between 1956–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Chilson Darragh Aldrichb. 1876USUS-american architect and writer
- Darragh Parkb. 1939USAmerican artist (1939–2009)
- Darragh O'Brienb. 1974IEIrish Fianna Fáil politician
- Darragh Morganb. 1974GBBritish musician
- Darragh MacAnthonyb. 1976IEIrish businessman
- Darragh Maguireb. 1976IEIrish footballer
- Darragh Mortellb. 1989GBBritish actor
- Darragh Lenihanb. 1994IEIrish association football player
- Darragh Greeneb. 1995IEIrish swimmer
- Darragh Byrnefilm editor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 26 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,219 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,184 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,565 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2007 | 472 | #13 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2009 | 462 | #14 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2008 | 458 | #15 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2006 | 429 | #15 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2004 | 414 | #15 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2010 | 403 | #16 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2011 | 401 | #19 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2012 | 389 | #20 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2005 | 377 | #20 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 162 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Darragh?
- We estimate roughly 361 people bear Darragh (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Darragh have the most bearers?
- Darragh is most frequently recorded in Ireland, where it is most often spelled darragh.
- How common is Darragh compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Darragh is the 65th most common given name of 13,994 given names recorded there.
- Is Darragh a male or female name?
- Darragh is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Darragh mean?
- Recorded meaning: Connected with dair, ‘oak’; used in modern Ireland and now increasing.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Darragh” — the 65th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.