Cathan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cathan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cathan: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #221, and it stood at #278 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2008

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
2000	#3036
2001	#2220
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2008	#4432

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Northern Ireland in 14 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2005: #247 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3849 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #221 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2003–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cathan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 64 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1998.

Cathan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cathan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#221 (2022)	#278 (2024)	14 of 22	64 (2003–2024)	9 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#2074 (1998)	#2074 (1998)	#4432 (2008)	6 of 11	23 (1998–2008)	5 (1998)

Cathan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cathan in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cathan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Cathan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#247	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#278position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cathair · #164, 27y
Cathal · #31, 62y
Cathaoir · #226, 21y
Catharina · #238, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Cianan · #220, 23y
Pyper · #218, 24y
Koen · #216, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chelsey · #221, 30y
Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Pelle · #221, 29y
Becky · #220, 25y

Cathan was ranked #221 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cathan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cathan without appearing here.

Cathan moved ahead of

Noel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #392 and #392 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #221 and #414.
Steven Compare
In 2021 they stood at #363 and #363 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #221 and #414.
Craig Compare
In 2014 they stood at #403 and #346 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #237 and #415.
Calum Compare
In 2021 they stood at #392 and #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #221 and #352.

Moved ahead of Cathan

Filip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1096.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Brooke Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #221 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cathan

Cathan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cathan across 2 official records

Cathan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cathan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cathan

Cathan and the names beside it

Cathan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cathan

Cathan at a glance

Cathan across 2 official records

Cathan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cathan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cathan

Cathan and the names beside it

Cathan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cathan