Cailan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cailan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #605 in 2013, and it stood at #3,523 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#605highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#1821
2000	#3036
2001	#1595
2002	#2636
2003	#3467
2004	#1596
2005	#1190
2006	#1545
2007	#3589
2008	#2097
2009	#2544
2010	#1801
2011	#3300
2012	#1756
2013	#1706
2014	#1935
2015	#4747
2016	#2335
2017	#3449
2018	#4749
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#3523

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 24 of the 27 years from 1997 to 2023.

In 2013: #605 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1706 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 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
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Cailan 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 Cailan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	77	10 of 10	8
2010s	74	9 of 10	8
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Cailan 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 2023. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Cailan'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 1997 and 2023, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #605, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 16 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.

Caiden · #103, 29y
Caila · #330, 9y
Cailean · #243, 22y
Cailin · #213, 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.

Armani · #605, 29y
Davy · #605, 29y
Kael · #605, 23y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Armani · #605, 29y
Davy · #605, 29y
Kael · #605, 23y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

Cailan was ranked #605 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. 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.

Cailan 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 Cailan without appearing here.

Cailan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #4678.
Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #4678.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #4432.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Cailan

Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Henrik Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #926.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.

Moved the opposite way to Cailan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 while Albie went from #914 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 while Alfred went from #192 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 while Archie went from #141 to #13.

Moved the same way as Cailan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 and Aaron from #32 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 and Adam from #20 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 and Alan from #179 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cailan went from #1761 to #3523 and Alex from #43 to #152.

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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cailan

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cailan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cailan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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