Cahir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cahir: Recorded since 1985, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #105 in 2021, and it stood at #136 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
40years from first to last
#105highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cahir's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1997–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#210
1998	#172
1999	#241
2000	#165
2001	#151
2002	#204
2003	#149
2004	#164
2005	#192
2006	#199
2007	#147
2008	#147
2009	#125
2010	#151
2011	#139
2012	#120
2013	#132
2014	#191
2015	#150
2016	#120
2017	#132
2018	#121
2019	#112
2020	#123
2021	#105
2022	#109
2023	#153
2024	#136

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 40 years from 1985 to 2024.

In 2024: #136 among boys in Northern Ireland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #105 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #136 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahir appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 447 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1985.

Cahir 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.

Cahir'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	#304 (1985)	#304 (1985)	#655 (2024)	12 of 40	47 (1985–2024)	7 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#210 (1997)	#105 (2021)	#136 (2024)	28 of 28	447 (1997–2024)	27 (2021)

Cahir 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 Cahir in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	127	10 of 10	13
2010s	198	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	103	5 of 10	21

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cahir 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 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #105 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Cahir'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	Northern Ireland	male	#136	16	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#153	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#109	23	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#105	27	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#123	22	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#112	23	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#121	20	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#132	20	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#120	25	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#132	20	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#120	23	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#139	20	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#151	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#199	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#192	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#164	12	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#149	13	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#204	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#151	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#165	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#172	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified

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 2 registrars between 1985 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #105, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 12 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.

Cahal · #206, 18y
Cahan · #274, 11y
Cai · #214, 29y
Caia · #896, 19y

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.

Embla · #96, 33y
Lin · #114, 33y
Macauley · #95, 29y
Perry · #95, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Nikoline · #103, 36y
Cuan · #102, 31y
Nicoline · #100, 40y
Aroha · #99, 5y

Cahir was ranked #105 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Cahir 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 Cahir without appearing here.

Cahir moved ahead of

Phillip Compare
In 2008 they stood at #204 and #204 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #125 and #390.
Bailey Compare
In 2015 they stood at #150 and #150 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #120 and #281.
Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #785.
Theodor Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #660 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #655 and #785.

Moved ahead of Cahir

Harris Compare
In 2022 they stood at #631 and #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #436.
Ollie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #125 and #133 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #151 and #63.
Luca Compare
In 2013 they stood at #132 and #146 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #191 and #118.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #125 and #133 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #151 and #80.

Moved the opposite way to Cahir

Adam Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 while Adam went from #66 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 while Alex went from #250 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 while Alexander went from #127 to #44.
Arthur Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 while Arthur went from #177 to #47.

Moved the same way as Cahir

Adrian Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 and Adrian from #53 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 and Alan from #12 to #240.
Alfred Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 and Alfred from #269 to #430.
Andrew Compare
Between 1985 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cahir went from #304 to #655 and Andrew from #19 to #106.

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 2 regions, from 1985 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #105 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cahir

Cahir at a glance

What stands out in Cahir's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cahir across 2 official records

Cahir by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahir appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Cahir at a glance

What stands out in Cahir's record

Cahir across 2 official records

Cahir by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahir appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Cahir

Cahir and the names beside it

Cahir moved ahead of

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