Cliona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cliona: Recorded since 1964, it reached #83 in 1998, and it stood at #391 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
101times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#83highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1802
1998	#2407
1999	#1675
2000	#1831
2001	#1520
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#3197
2005	#2970
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2011	#5785
2017	#5765
2022	#4645
2023	#4056

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 58 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2023: #391 among girls in Northern Ireland, #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4056 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2023
Highest recorded position: #83 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1964–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Cliona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 58 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,714 births with the name.

Cliona 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.

Cliona'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 · Girls	#226 (1964)	#83 (1998)	#856 (2023)	58 of 60	1,714 (1964–2023)	68 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1372 (2002)	#4056 (2023)	18 of 28	121 (1996–2023)	14 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#106 (2001)	#391 (2023)	25 of 27	190 (1997–2023)	18 (2001)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Republic of Ireland · Girls the name reached its highest position, #83, in 1998, when 43 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1991 — 68 — in a year it ranked #97.

Cliona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Cliona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	94	6 of 10	16
1970s	419	10 of 10	42
1980s	312	10 of 10	31
1990sbusiest	475	10 of 10	48
2000s	265	10 of 10	27
2010s	140	9 of 10	16
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 48 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births fell by 28, from 68 to 40.

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

Cliona 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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #83 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Cliona'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#106	18	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#133	15	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#167	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#164	11	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	28	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	35	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	33	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	21	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	33	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	24	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	22	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	36	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	27	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	28	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	31	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	43	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	57	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	58	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	37	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	46	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	48	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	40	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	68	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	47	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	26	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	23	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	21	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	35	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	43	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	34	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	48	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	38	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	50	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	36	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	46	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	49	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	36	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	39	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	34	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	50	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	41	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	19	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	27	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	13	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	10	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 1964 and 2023, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #83, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 68 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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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Cliodhna · #52, 56y
Clive · #106, 62y
Clodagh · #20, 62y

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.

Emmet · #82, 61y
Isabell · #82, 55y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Daragh · #80, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Adele · #84, 61y
Emmet · #82, 61y
Isabell · #82, 55y
Jasmin · #84, 46y

Cliona was ranked #83 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Cliona 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 Cliona without appearing here.

Cliona moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5785 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Lorraine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5785 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Cliona

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Finley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3549.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2407 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #3397.
Meabh Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #4049.

Moved the opposite way to Cliona

Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 while Emma went from #245 to #19.
Hannah Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 while Hannah went from #91 to #12.
Kate Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 while Kate went from #300 to #38.
Lucy Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 while Lucy went from #154 to #14.

Moved the same way as Cliona

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 and Audrey from #85 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cliona went from #226 to #856 and Ida from #372 to #625.

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 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #83 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cliona

Cliona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cliona across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Cliona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cliona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cliona

Cliona and the names beside it

Cliona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cliona

Moved the opposite way to Cliona

Moved the same way as Cliona

Cliona at a glance

Cliona across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Cliona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cliona 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 Cliona

Cliona and the names beside it

Cliona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cliona

Moved the opposite way to Cliona

Moved the same way as Cliona