Caodhan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Caodhan: Recorded since 2007, it reached #214 in 2017, and it stood at #272 in 2023.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#214highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Northern Ireland · Boys

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2007–2023

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#276
2008	#328
2009	#329
2011	#218
2012	#247
2013	#244
2014	#228
2015	#222
2016	#320
2017	#214
2018	#234
2019	#274
2020	#252
2021	#326
2022	#285
2023	#272

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

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

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Northern Ireland in 16 of the 17 years from 2007 to 2023.

Official data for Northern Ireland, 2007–2023 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #276 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2023
Highest recorded position: #214 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2007–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #272 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Caodhan by decade in Northern 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 Caodhan in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	69	9 of 10	8
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Caodhan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #214 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Caodhan'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	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 2007 and 2023, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #214, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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Caoileann · #407, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Flannan · #214, 12y
Dwane · #213, 13y
Normann · #216, 17y
Widar · #212, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ivy-Rose · #215, 16y
Caela · #212, 15y
Koen · #216, 21y
Aj · #211, 24y

Caodhan was ranked #214 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2017. 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.

Caodhan 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 Caodhan without appearing here.

Caodhan moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2016 they stood at #320 and #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #214 and #415.
Dean Compare
In 2021 they stood at #326 and #326 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #285 and #414.
Steven Compare
In 2021 they stood at #326 and #295 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #285 and #414.
Brian Compare
In 2022 they stood at #285 and #285 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #272 and #395.

Moved ahead of Caodhan

Hugo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #222 and #237 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #320 and #195.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #234 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #274 and #178.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #228 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #222 and #126.
Arthur Compare
In 2011 they stood at #218 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #247 and #161.

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.

Recorded in official data for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #214 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caodhan

Caodhan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caodhan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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Caodhan at a glance

Caodhan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Caodhan

Caodhan and the names beside it

Caodhan moved ahead of

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