Cavan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cavan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #398, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#398highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#484
1998	#398
1999	#423
2000	#428
2001	#421
2002	#524
2003	#795
2004	#815
2005	#788
2006	#863
2007	#820
2008	#987
2009	#1067
2010	#1801
2011	#1447
2012	#1852
2013	#1617
2014	#1819
2015	#2020
2016	#1903
2017	#2512
2018	#3011
2020	#2960
2021	#1984
2022	#4789
2023	#2813
2024	#2921

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #398 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cavan by decade in England and Wales · 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 Cavan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	162	4 of 10	41
2000sbusiest	333	10 of 10	33
2010s	103	9 of 10	11
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cavan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in England and Wales in 1998.

Cavan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1067	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#795	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#524	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#421	51	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#428	50	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#423	52	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#398	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#484	39	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #398, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
55births registered in its largest year, 199850 to 99 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Haaris · #398, 29y
Sumayyah · #398, 29y
Tyler-James · #398, 27y
Aneesa · #397, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Allanah · #398, 26y
Arjan · #398, 29y
Boston · #398, 24y
Daley · #398, 27y

Cavan was ranked #398 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Cavan 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 Cavan without appearing here.

Cavan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Cavan

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2018.
Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2320.
Rodney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2320.

Moved the opposite way to Cavan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Cavan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cavan went from #898 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #398 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cavan

Cavan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cavan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cavan appears in

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Cavan at a glance

Cavan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cavan and the names beside it

Cavan moved ahead of

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