Pronunciation
Doh-nill
Meaning
World-ruler
Alternate spellings
Donal
Fun fact
Domhnall is an old Irish name with a world-ruler meaning. Donal is the anglicised form you might recognise more easily. So the longer Irish spelling and the shorter form belong to the same name family.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Domhnall, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
#577Rank among boy names in 20255Babies registered in 2025
Number of babies registered each year
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #577 |
| 2024 | 8 | #430 |
| 2023 | 8 | #436 |
| 2022 | 3 | #779 |
| 2021 | 6 | #498 |
| 2020 | 4 | #637 |
| 2019 | 9 | #402 |
| 2018 | 12 | #329 |
| 2017 | 9 | #394 |
| 2016 | 5 | #541 |
| 2015 | 6 | #503 |
| 2014 | 7 | #468 |
| 2013 | 6 | #479 |
| 2012 | 5 | #548 |
| 2011 | 5 | #540 |
| 2010 | 6 | #491 |
| 2009 | 5 | #532 |
| 2008 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2007 | 5 | #473 |
| 2006 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2005 | 6 | #370 |
| 2004 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2003 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2002 | 4 | #393 |
| 2001 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2000 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1999 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1998 | 3 | #369 |
| 1997 | 5 | #303 |
| 1996 | 8 | #251 |
| 1995 | 4 | #301 |
| 1994 | 8 | #225 |
| 1993 | 4 | #302 |
| 1992 | 5 | #267 |
| 1991 | 5 | #263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #229 |
| 1989 | 5 | #253 |
| 1988 | 3 | #319 |
| 1987 | 5 | #249 |
| 1986 | 7 | #230 |
| 1985 | 11 | #185 |
| 1984 | 6 | #234 |
| 1983 | 8 | #214 |
| 1982 | 11 | #196 |
| 1981 | 13 | #186 |
| 1980 | 4 | #288 |
| 1979 | 5 | #269 |
| 1978 | 4 | #283 |
| 1977 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1976 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1975 | 3 | #321 |
| 1974 | 3 | #321 |
| 1973 | 4 | #290 |
| 1972 | 6 | #238 |
| 1971 | 4 | #280 |
| 1970 | 4 | #278 |
| 1969 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1968 | 4 | #243 |
| 1967 | 4 | #245 |
| 1966 | 3 | #256 |
| 1965 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1964 | Less than 3 | - |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.