Cadan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cadan: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #209 in 2019, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#209highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
1999	#1505
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#1033
2003	#1248
2004	#2070
2005	#1991
2006	#1168
2007	#1506
2008	#1457
2009	#2126
2010	#2400
2011	#1788
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2014	#2690
2015	#3004
2016	#4023
2018	#3959
2019	#3013
2020	#2682
2021	#3451
2022	#4001
2024	#3688

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 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #209 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2010–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cadan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 205 births with the name.

Cadan 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.

Cadan'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#1033 (2002)	#3688 (2024)	26 of 28	205 (1997–2024)	18 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#267 (2010)	#209 (2019)	#404 (2024)	10 of 15	54 (2010–2024)	10 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#491 (2016)	#610 (2017)	6 of 9	23 (2009–2017)	6 (2016)

Cadan 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 Cadan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	108	10 of 10	11
2010s	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Cadan 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #209 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Cadan'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#209	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #209, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, 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.

Cabhan · #387, 10y
Cadain · #186, 10y
Cade · #330, 30y
Caden · #165, 28y

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.

Emre · #209, 33y
Christy · #210, 31y
Paulius · #208, 32y
Rafe · #210, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Findlay · #209, 29y
Nia · #209, 30y
Raina · #209, 26y
Christy · #210, 31y

Cadan was ranked #209 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2019. 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.

Cadan 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 Cadan without appearing here.

Cadan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #4702.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Cadan

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2556.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2682 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1248 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #906.

Moved the opposite way to Cadan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Cadan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cadan went from #2337 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #209 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cadan

Cadan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cadan across 3 official records

Cadan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cadan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cadan at a glance

Cadan across 3 official records

Cadan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Cadan 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 Cadan

Cadan and the names beside it

Cadan moved ahead of

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