Canice

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#216highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2008–2018

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#378
2018	#416

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 52 years from 1964 to 2015.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2018 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2015
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #416 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 69 births with the name.

Canice 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.

Canice'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	#232 (1964)	#216 (1969)	#699 (2015)	18 of 52	69 (1964–2015)	7 (1969)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#378 (2008)	#416 (2018)	2 of 11	6 (2008–2018)	3 (2008)

Canice by decade in Republic of 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 Canice in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	23	6 of 10	4
1970s	25	6 of 10	4
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2010s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Canice 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 1964 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #216 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Canice'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
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

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.

Where Canice is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Canice, between 1964 and 2018, in 20 of those 55 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–2015	18	#216 in 1969
Northern Ireland	2008–2018	2	#378 in 2008

Its high point came 39 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1969) than in Northern Ireland (2008).

No registrar recorded it for 15 years after 1992; it appears again in 2008.

Canice was ranked #216 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Ambrose#216
Cecil#216
Craig#216
Ernest#216
Antonio#230
Brien#230
Coleman#230
Columba#230

Canice 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Canice without appearing here.

Canice moved ahead of

Andreas
In 2009 they stood at #321 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #720.
Florence
In 1991 they stood at #269 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1992 that had become #267 and #337.

Moved ahead of Canice

Erik
In 2009 they stood at #267 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #422.
Ryan
In 1972 they stood at #279 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1973 that had become #320 and #227.
Lewis
In 1979 they stood at #216 and #291 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #252.
Fionn
In 1979 they stood at #279 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #321 and #264.

Moved the opposite way to Canice

Alexander
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Alexander went from #116 to #46.
Benjamin
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Benjamin went from #139 to #58.
Conor
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Canice

Adrian
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Adrian from #65 to #173.
Alan
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Alan from #29 to #109.
Alfred
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Alfred from #134 to #421.
Andrew
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Canice went from #232 to #699 and Andrew from #34 to #60.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #216 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Canice

Canice at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Canice across 2 official records

Canice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in

Popularity data

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Canice at a glance

Canice across 2 official records

Canice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Canice appears in

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Canice moved ahead of

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