Malachy Popularity by Year
Follow Malachy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Malachy birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 9 | #8,243 | Down 2,339 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 15 | #5,904 | Down 649 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 18 | #5,255 | Down 40 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 18 | #5,215 | Up 347 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 16 | #5,562 | Down 864 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 20 | #4,698 | Up 857 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 16 | #5,555 | Up 1,581 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 11 | #7,136 | Down 2,025 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 18 | #5,111 | Down 912 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 24 | #4,199 | Up 1,800 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 14 | #5,999 | Down 1,133 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 19 | #4,866 | Down 62 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 19 | #4,804 | Up 2,246 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Down 1,375 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 15 | #5,675 | Down 1,863 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 27 | #3,812 | Up 1,522 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 17 | #5,334 | Down 1,290 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 25 | #4,044 | Down 251 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 27 | #3,793 | Up 430 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 22 | #4,223 | Up 241 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 19 | #4,464 | Down 335 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 21 | #4,129 | Down 1,085 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 31 | #3,044 | Down 359 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 35 | #2,685 | Up 458 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 28 | #3,143 | Up 1,430 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 16 | #4,573 | Down 232 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 16 | #4,341 | Up 532 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 13 | #4,873 | Up 1,227 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 9 | #6,100 | Up 892 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 7 | #6,992 | Down 24 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 670 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 687 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 1,025 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Up 389 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 77 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 5 | #6,238 | Down 1,835 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 8 | #4,403 | Down 1,033 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 766 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 484 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 395 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 7 | #3,257 | Up 72 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 467 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 8 | #2,862 | Up 313 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Up 588 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 5 | #3,763 | Up 238 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 5 | #4,001 | Up 200 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | Down 4 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Up 125 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 5 | #4,322 | Down 36 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 107 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 5 | #4,179 | Down 915 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | Down 2,207 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 5 | #1,057 | — |