Clodagh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLOH-da
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #551 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Clodagh is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 551st for girls in the UK (78 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Clodagh mean?
Irish: from the River Clodiagh in Munster
Taken from the name of the River Clodiagh in southern Ireland, it is a modern Irish girls' name.
Is Clodagh a girl's or a boy's name?
Clodagh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clodagh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #551among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were named Clodagh, making it the 551st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 105 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Clodagh than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Clodagh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 35th in Northern Ireland.
Clodagh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #551 |
| 2024 | 101 | #458 |
| 2023 | 105 | #439 |
| 2022 | 89 | #497 |
| 2021 | 86 | #526 |
| 2020 | 69 | #606 |
| 2019 | 67 | #638 |
| 2018 | 80 | #574 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 72 | #641 |
| 2015 | 61 | #714 |
| 2014 | 47 | #874 |
| 2013 | 50 | #816 |
| 2012 | 56 | #765 |
| 2011 | 53 | #764 |
| 2010 | 77 | #572 |
| 2009 | 66 | #625 |
| 2008 | 61 | #663 |
| 2007 | 65 | #607 |
| 2006 | 42 | #798 |
| 2005 | 47 | #712 |
| 2004 | 57 | #595 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 42 | #670 |
| 2000 | 57 | #547 |
| 1999 | 48 | #615 |
| 1998 | 58 | #542 |
| 1997 | 54 | #551 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Clodagh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Clodagh, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Clodagh in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clodagh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
Names like Clodagh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Fiadh Cassidy Keira Aoife Aoibheann Orla Eireann Caragh Rowan Eden Ocean
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Clodagh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clodagh, updated 20 October 2026.