Faolan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Faolan: Recorded since 1993, its highest recorded position is #116, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2007	#3589
2012	#2270
2013	#4685
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2018	#4749
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#4789
2023	#2325
2024	#3254

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 25 years from 1993 to 2017.

In 2024: #116 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1993–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #339 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #116 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2006–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Faolan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1993, and has registered 119 births with the name.

Faolan across 3 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.

Faolan'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	#339 (1993)	#283 (2016)	#336 (2017)	18 of 25	119 (1993–2017)	16 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#2270 (2012)	#3254 (2024)	12 of 22	66 (2003–2024)	9 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#282 (2006)	#116 (2024)	#116 (2024)	14 of 19	95 (2006–2024)	19 (2024)

Faolan by decade in Republic of 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 Faolan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	4 of 10	4
2000s	27	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	78	8 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Faolan 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 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Faolan'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#116	19	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#200	10	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#295	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	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 1993 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 13 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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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.

Kurtis · #116, 31y
Caspian · #117, 29y
Mckenzie · #114, 29y
Lynsey · #119, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kurtis · #116, 31y
Milly · #116, 29y
Wilfred · #116, 29y
Adelen · #117, 20y

Faolan was ranked #116 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Faolan 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 Faolan without appearing here.

Faolan moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Faolan

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2335 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Luca Compare
In 2001 they stood at #337 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #451 and #174.
Kai Compare
In 2001 they stood at #337 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2002 that had become #451 and #226.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #387 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #457 and #233.

Moved the opposite way to Faolan

Aaron Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 while Aaron went from #18 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 while Adam went from #6 to #38.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 while Alex went from #66 to #108.
Andrew Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 while Andrew went from #30 to #216.

Moved the same way as Faolan

Alexander Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 and Alexander from #67 to #38.
Alfie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 and Alfie from #124 to #17.
Archie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 and Archie from #145 to #20.
Brodie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Faolan went from #282 to #116 and Brodie from #282 to #84.

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 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Faolan

Faolan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Faolan across 3 official records

Faolan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Faolan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Faolan at a glance

Faolan across 3 official records

Faolan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Faolan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Faolan

Faolan and the names beside it

Faolan moved ahead of

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