Caidan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Caidan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #217 in 2012, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#217highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#4052
2007	#1666
2008	#1596
2009	#2837
2010	#1724
2011	#2194
2012	#3416
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2024	#4270

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 England and Wales in 15 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2017: #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3449 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2021
Highest recorded position: #217 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2007–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Caidan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 95 births with the name.

Caidan 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.

Caidan'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1596 (2008)	#4270 (2024)	15 of 28	95 (1997–2024)	13 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#217 (2012)	#374 (2021)	11 of 15	50 (2007–2021)	9 (2012)

Caidan by decade in England and Wales · 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 Caidan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	43	6 of 10	7
2010s	45	7 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Caidan 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #217 in Northern Ireland in 2012.

Caidan'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #217, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 10 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.

Caia · #896, 19y
Caian · #2087, 15y
Caiden · #103, 29y
Caila · #330, 9y

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.

Canice · #216, 20y
Fionnula · #218, 15y
Donall · #215, 23y
Nula · #215, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amari · #218, 30y
Elora · #218, 29y
Izzy · #218, 29y
Kade · #216, 30y

Caidan was ranked #217 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2012. 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.

Caidan 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 Caidan without appearing here.

Caidan moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1724 and #3865.
Shannon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1666 and #3589.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Caidan

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1460.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #3996 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #3011.
Hunter Compare
In 2012 they stood at #217 and #273 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #398 and #208.

Moved the opposite way to Caidan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Caidan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Caidan went from #2859 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #217 in Northern Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Caidan

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caidan across 2 official records

Caidan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Caidan across 2 official records

Caidan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Caidan and the names beside it

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