Kilian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kilian: Recorded since 1965, it reached #184 in 1989, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
72times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#184highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1998	#1485
2001	#2587
2002	#1799
2003	#2857
2005	#1991
2006	#4052
2007	#2741
2008	#2775
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#2270
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#1902
2016	#1903
2017	#2512
2018	#1284
2019	#1655
2020	#1314
2021	#1218
2022	#1781
2023	#1309
2024	#1402

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 47 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1309 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #207 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #184 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1989 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kilian appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 213 births with the name.

Kilian 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.

Kilian'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	#207 (1965)	#184 (1989)	#829 (2025)	47 of 61	213 (1965–2025)	11 (1989)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1218 (2021)	#1402 (2024)	24 of 29	243 (1996–2024)	22 (2021)

Kilian 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 Kilian in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	20	4 of 10	5
1970s	27	7 of 10	4
1980s	35	8 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	53	10 of 10	5
2000s	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	30	8 of 10	4
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Kilian 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #184 in Republic of Ireland in 1989.

Kilian'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	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	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
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	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	#234	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #184, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 53 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.

Kiesha · #439, 18y
Kiki · #699, 26y
Killian · #55, 62y
Kim · #5, 74y

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.

Domhnall · #185, 52y
Don · #187, 51y
Loretta · #180, 57y
Collette · #179, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Radoslaw · #184, 41y
Terese · #184, 40y
Basil · #185, 40y
Domhnall · #185, 52y

Kilian was ranked #184 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1989. 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.

Kilian 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 Kilian without appearing here.

Kilian moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3300 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #3523.
Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1284 and #3412.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Kilian

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1092.
Theodor Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1991 and #2418 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2870.
Archie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #252.
Roman Compare
In 2007 they stood at #374 and #404 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #698 and #317.

Moved the opposite way to Kilian

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Kilian

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 and Alan from #27 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kilian went from #207 to #829 and Andrew from #32 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #184 in Republic of Ireland in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kilian

Kilian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kilian across 2 official records

Kilian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kilian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kilian

Kilian and the names beside it

Kilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kilian

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Kilian at a glance

Kilian across 2 official records

Kilian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kilian 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 Kilian

Kilian and the names beside it

Kilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kilian

Moved the opposite way to Kilian

Moved the same way as Kilian