Cait

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cait: Recorded since 1967, it reached #178 in 2020, and it stood at #227 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#178highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1234
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#1831
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#2895
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2020	#5493

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 51 years from 1967 to 2017.

In 2020: #178 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #178 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2002–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Cait appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 345 births with the name.

Cait 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.

Cait'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 · Girls	#393 (1967)	#202 (2000)	#524 (2017)	46 of 51	345 (1967–2017)	17 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1234 (1997)	#5493 (2020)	15 of 25	84 (1996–2020)	15 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#178 (2020)	#227 (2024)	21 of 23	108 (2002–2024)	10 (2020)

Cait by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Cait in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	6	2 of 10	3
1970s	46	9 of 10	5
1980s	50	8 of 10	6
1990s	82	9 of 10	9
2000s	84	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	77	8 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cait 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Cait'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#248	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	12	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	17	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	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 2024, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #178, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 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.

Cairan · #290, 16y
Cairo · #319, 29y
Caithlin · #293, 13y
Caitlain · #293, 11y

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.

Collette · #179, 49y
Loretta · #180, 57y
Patrik · #176, 57y
Doris · #173, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Juliet · #178, 55y
Collette · #179, 49y
Ignatius · #179, 26y
Imre · #179, 31y

Cait was ranked #178 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Cait 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 Cait without appearing here.

Cait moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5545 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #5556.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #490 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #422 and #910.
Bernadette Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #501 and #862.
Geraldine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #501 and #862.

Moved ahead of Cait

Karin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #2150.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Cait

Chloe Compare
Between 1975 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cait went from #321 to #524 while Chloe went from #503 to #10.
Jasmine Compare
Between 1985 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cait went from #362 to #524 while Jasmine went from #421 to #165.
Georgia Compare
Between 1989 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cait went from #353 to #524 while Georgia went from #332 to #80.
Molly Compare
Between 1989 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cait went from #353 to #524 while Molly went from #408 to #32.

Moved the same way as Cait

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Cait went from #1755 to #5493 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Cait went from #1755 to #5493 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Cait went from #1755 to #5493 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Cait went from #1755 to #5493 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cait

Cait at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cait across 3 official records

Cait by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cait appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Cait and the names beside it

Cait moved ahead of

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Cait at a glance

Cait across 3 official records

Cait by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cait appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cait

Cait and the names beside it

Cait moved ahead of

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