# Darragh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/darragh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of dubhdarach”, “black”, “oak” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Darrah |
| US babies named this | 300 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 265 / 35 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 764, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhdarach (“descendant of Dubhdarach”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

## What it means

Darragh is grouped under black.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 7 | 4,938 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,802 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,703 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,648 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,693 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,052 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,187 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,703 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,671 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,140 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,726 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,622 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,302 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,011 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,764 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,908 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,605 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,572 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,991 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,539 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 30 | 954 |
| 2014 | 29 | 988 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.