Daragh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DA-ra
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Daragh is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “oak”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Daragh mean?
Irish: spelling of Darragh; from Irish dair, oak
“oak”
An Irish name from dair, oak, related to Dara.
Meaning borrowed from Darragh. More on Wiktionary.
Is Daragh a girl's or a boy's name?
Daragh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daragh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Daragh, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 23 boys.
2025 had more boys named Daragh than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Daragh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were given Daragh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #442, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Darragh 91
- Daragh 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales, 762nd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Daragh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
Names like Daragh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Aiden Brogan Regan Keelan Keegan Keenan Ryan Brayden Conlan Connor Rogan
Other spellings of Daragh
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daragh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daragh, updated 20 October 2026.