Cieran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cieran: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #170, and it stood at #4,789 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#170highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#605
1997	#629
1998	#600
1999	#563
2000	#543
2001	#559
2002	#633
2003	#479
2004	#500
2005	#726
2006	#960
2007	#1252
2008	#1706
2009	#1494
2010	#2629
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3004
2021	#4789

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 Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 46 years from 1964 to 2009.

In 2009: #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1494 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #214 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2009
Highest recorded position: #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Cieran appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 454 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Cieran 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.

Cieran'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#214 (1964)	#170 (1965)	#701 (2009)	12 of 46	45 (1964–2009)	8 (1965)
England and Wales · Boys	#605 (1996)	#479 (2003)	#4789 (2021)	21 of 26	454 (1996–2021)	52 (2004)

Cieran 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 Cieran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	116	4 of 10	29
2000sbusiest	305	10 of 10	31
2010s	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Cieran 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Cieran'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#960	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#479	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#633	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#559	34	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#543	35	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#563	33	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#600	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#629	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#605	27	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2021, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #170, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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.

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Cillian · #2, 55y
Cillin · #235, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Barra · #170, 32y
Miroslaw · #168, 36y
Arturas · #167, 35y
Dearbhail · #174, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Derick · #170, 43y
Isa · #170, 42y
Triona · #170, 38y
Anett · #169, 33y

Cieran was ranked #170 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1965. 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.

Cieran 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 Cieran without appearing here.

Cieran moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #3373.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #629 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #600 and #669.

Moved ahead of Cieran

Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #1860.
Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1819.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3004 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Cieran

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 while Alexander went from #116 to #50.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 while Benjamin went from #139 to #68.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Cieran

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 and Adrian from #65 to #114.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 and Alfred from #134 to #472.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 and Arthur from #98 to #220.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cieran went from #214 to #701 and Denis from #21 to #159.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #170 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cieran

Cieran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cieran across 2 official records

Cieran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cieran at a glance

Cieran across 2 official records

Cieran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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