Cairan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cairan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #290 in 1999, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#290highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#1771
2006	#2870
2007	#2741
2008	#3158
2009	#3227
2010	#2629
2014	#2964
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2023	#4991

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 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — 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 #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Cairan 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 Cairan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	36	7 of 10	5
2010s	20	4 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Cairan 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 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Cairan'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	#4991	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	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 1996 and 2023, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #290, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 3 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,991position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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.

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Cairo · #319, 29y
Cait · #178, 53y

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.

Teri · #291, 19y
Florie · #288, 16y
Marguerita · #288, 14y
Shamus · #292, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brion · #290, 14y
Coral · #290, 30y
Nolan · #290, 27y
Shawn · #290, 29y

Cairan was ranked #290 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.

Cairan 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 Cairan without appearing here.

Cairan moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #4678.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #4810.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #4810.
Kerry Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2074 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Cairan

Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2964 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #1756.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2629 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #2079.

Moved the opposite way to Cairan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Cairan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cairan went from #2863 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Cairan at a glance

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Popularity journey

Cairan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Cairan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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