Canice

maleStatistical record

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

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

Canice: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #216 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#216highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Canice's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2008–2018

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#378
2018	#416

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

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

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 52 years from 1964 to 2015.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2018 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 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 recorded1964–2015
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #416 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 69 births with the name.

Canice 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.

Canice'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	#232 (1964)	#216 (1969)	#699 (2015)	18 of 52	69 (1964–2015)	7 (1969)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#378 (2008)	#416 (2018)	2 of 11	6 (2008–2018)	3 (2008)

Canice 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 Canice in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	23	6 of 10	4
1970s	25	6 of 10	4
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2010s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Canice 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #216 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Canice'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
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	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 1964 and 2018, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #216, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 44 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.

Candace · #1697, 23y
Candice · #72, 35y
Cansu · #1697, 16y
Caodhan · #214, 16y

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.

Caidan · #217, 18y
Donall · #215, 23y
Nula · #215, 17y
Abina · #214, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Solomon · #216, 57y
Donall · #215, 23y
Ethel · #217, 45y
Nula · #215, 17y

Canice was ranked #216 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Canice 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 Canice without appearing here.

Canice moved ahead of

Andreas Compare
In 2009 they stood at #321 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #720.
Florence Compare
In 1991 they stood at #269 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #267 and #337.

Moved ahead of Canice

Erik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #267 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #422.
Ryan Compare
In 1972 they stood at #279 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1973 that had become #320 and #227.
Lewis Compare
In 1979 they stood at #216 and #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #252.
Fionn Compare
In 1979 they stood at #279 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #264.

Moved the opposite way to Canice

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Alexander went from #116 to #46.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Benjamin went from #139 to #58.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Canice

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Adrian from #65 to #173.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Alan from #29 to #109.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Alfred from #134 to #421.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Andrew from #34 to #60.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1964 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #216 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Canice

Canice at a glance

What stands out in Canice's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Canice across 2 official records

Canice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in

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Canice at a glance

What stands out in Canice's record

Canice across 2 official records

Canice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Canice

Canice and the names beside it

Canice moved ahead of

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