Cahal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cahal: Recorded since 1967, with a gap of 19 years, it reached #206 in 2000, and it stood at #433 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#206highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cahal's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2003

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2003	#3467

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 7 of the 32 years from 1967 to 1998.

In 2003: #229 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3467 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1967–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #265 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2021
Highest recorded position: #206 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #433 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahal appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 11 ranked years and 43 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1967.

Cahal 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.

Cahal'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	#265 (1967)	#227 (1973)	#369 (1998)	7 of 32	29 (1967–1998)	8 (1973)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#248 (1997)	#206 (2000)	#433 (2021)	11 of 25	43 (1997–2021)	6 (2000)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2859 (1997)	#3467 (2003)	3 of 7	9 (1997–2003)	3 (1997)

Cahal by decade in Northern 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 Cahal in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	26	6 of 10	4
2010s	10	3 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cahal 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 1967 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #206 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Cahal'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
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1967 and 2021, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #206, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 30 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
19 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#433position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
30 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1973Under 25 births →

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.

Caelyn · #750, 13y
Caesar · #1627, 17y
Cahan · #274, 11y
Cahir · #105, 29y

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.

Brenna · #206, 20y
Jordyn · #206, 22y
Carragh · #207, 13y
Kajus · #204, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Darin · #206, 26y
Rosarie · #206, 17y
Turlough · #206, 46y
Myra · #207, 49y

Cahal was ranked #206 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Cahal 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 Cahal without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Cahal

Levi Compare
In 2010 they stood at #315 and #357 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #375 and #191.
Arthur Compare
In 2010 they stood at #315 and #357 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #375 and #231.
Muhammad Compare
In 2014 they stood at #282 and #341 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #314.
Mason Compare
In 2000 they stood at #206 and #224 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #280 and #181.

Moved the opposite way to Cahal

Alexander Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 while Alexander went from #60 to #29.
Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 while Blake went from #227 to #75.
Caleb Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 while Caleb went from #192 to #26.
Carter Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 while Carter went from #192 to #82.

Moved the same way as Cahal

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 and Aaron from #11 to #99.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 and Adam from #10 to #59.
Adrian Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 and Adrian from #153 to #295.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cahal went from #248 to #433 and Alan from #136 to #266.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1967 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #206 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cahal

Cahal at a glance

What stands out in Cahal's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cahal across 3 official records

Cahal by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Cahal at a glance

What stands out in Cahal's record

Cahal across 3 official records

Cahal by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Cahal 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 Cahal

Cahal and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Cahal

Moved the opposite way to Cahal

Moved the same way as Cahal