Aran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aran: Recorded since 1974, it reached #149 in 1999, and it stood at #329 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#149highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#414
1997	#578
1998	#437
1999	#490
2000	#491
2001	#533
2002	#671
2003	#599
2004	#599
2005	#726
2006	#814
2007	#664
2008	#803
2009	#777
2010	#653
2011	#718
2012	#866
2013	#637
2014	#632
2015	#807
2016	#712
2017	#861
2018	#749
2019	#974
2020	#962
2021	#1004
2022	#949
2023	#890
2024	#1025

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 Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2024: #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland, #1025 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #240 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2025
Highest recorded position: #149 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1974–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #329 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aran appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 386 births with the name.

Aran 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.

Aran'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	#240 (1974)	#149 (1999)	#329 (2025)	43 of 52	386 (1974–2025)	22 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#414 (1996)	#414 (1996)	#1025 (2024)	29 of 29	1,116 (1996–2024)	54 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#240 (1998)	#243 (2002)	3 of 5	11 (1998–2002)	4 (1998)

Aran 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 Aran in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	14	3 of 10	5
1980s	21	4 of 10	5
1990s	106	10 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	116	10 of 10	12
2010s	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	45	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Aran 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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #149 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Aran'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	#1025	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#890	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#949	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#974	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#749	44	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#712	48	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#632	54	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#637	53	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#866	35	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#718	44	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#653	49	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#777	37	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#803	35	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#664	43	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#533	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#491	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#490	41	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#437	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#578	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#414	50	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	22	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	16	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1974 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #149, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 54 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 50 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Daniella · #141, 39y
Kira · #140, 39y
Mac · #139, 41y
Sol · #139, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Andrius · #149, 36y
Amie · #148, 45y
Bartosz · #148, 49y
Conn · #150, 44y

Aran was ranked #149 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Aran 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 Aran without appearing here.

Aran moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #974 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #962 and #1723.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #671 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #599 and #1132.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #302 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #329 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #302 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #329 and #829.

Moved ahead of Aran

Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #749 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #974 and #634.
Caleb Compare
In 2003 they stood at #214 and #228 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #439 and #167.
Arlo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #726 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #814 and #582.
Blake Compare
In 2003 they stood at #214 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #439 and #214.

Moved the opposite way to Aran

Callum Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aran went from #199 to #329 while Callum went from #307 to #49.
Levi Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aran went from #222 to #329 while Levi went from #267 to #83.
Tyler Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aran went from #222 to #329 while Tyler went from #337 to #188.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aran went from #414 to #1025 while Albie went from #853 to #19.

Moved the same way as Aran

Ronald Compare
Between 1974 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aran went from #240 to #430 and Ronald from #167 to #718.
Oskar Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Aran went from #213 to #329 and Oskar from #334 to #468.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aran went from #414 to #1025 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aran went from #414 to #1025 and Adam from #16 to #35.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #149 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aran

Aran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aran across 3 official records

Aran by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aran appears in

Popularity data

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Aran across 3 official records

Aran by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aran appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Aran and the names beside it

Aran moved ahead of

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