Cadain

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cadain: Recorded every year since 2015, its highest recorded position is #186, and it stood at #278 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
10years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2015–2024

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#342
2016	#358
2017	#186
2018	#255
2019	#274
2020	#231
2021	#226
2022	#311
2023	#395
2024	#278

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 Northern Ireland in every year from 2015 to 2024.

In 2017: #186 among boys in Northern Ireland, #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2015–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2015
First recorded at #342 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2015 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2024
Highest recorded position: #186 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2015–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cadain appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2015 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Cadain'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	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	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 2015 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #186, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 2 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.

Byron · #175, 32y
Cabhan · #387, 10y
Cadan · #209, 28y
Cade · #330, 30y

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.

Nelia · #187, 11y
Breandan · #199, 13y
Saerlaith · #166, 13y
Fiontan · #207, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Nelia · #187, 11y
Ruadh · #187, 12y
Mirha · #189, 13y
Reeva · #183, 15y

Cadain was ranked #186 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2017. 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.

Cadain 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 Cadain without appearing here.

Cadain moved ahead of

Steven Compare
In 2016 they stood at #358 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #186 and #363.
Jan Compare
In 2016 they stood at #358 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #186 and #318.
Bradley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #311 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #278 and #404.
Brendan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #395 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #278 and #404.

Moved ahead of Cadain

Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #186 and #229 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #255 and #121.
Elias Compare
In 2021 they stood at #226 and #266 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #311 and #192.
Dean Compare
In 2022 they stood at #311 and #414 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #395 and #348.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 2015 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cadain

Cadain at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Cadain at a glance

Cadain appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Cadain

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Cadain moved ahead of

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