Caoileann

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Caoileann: Recorded since 2000, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #407, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#407highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Caoileann's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2024

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2024	#407

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

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

What the data shows

Trend unknownNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 24 years from 2000 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #536 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caoileann 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 Caoileann in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Caoileann 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #407 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Caoileann'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
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #407, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 24 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#407position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Caodhan · #214, 16y
Caoilainn · #300, 21y
Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Caoilinn · #246, 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.

Darcie-Leigh · #407, 14y
Ignas · #407, 16y
Sharleen · #407, 16y
Cataleya · #408, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eily · #407, 8y
Evana · #407, 21y
Ignas · #407, 16y
Lily-Grace · #407, 23y

Caoileann was ranked #407 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Caoileann 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 Caoileann without appearing here.

Caoileann moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #585 and #254 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #629 and #896.
Anita Compare
In 2014 they stood at #540 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #660 and #751.

Moved ahead of Caoileann

Astrid Compare
In 2018 they stood at #629 and #734 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #871 and #871.

Moved the opposite way to Caoileann

Alice Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 while Alice went from #74 to #38.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 while Amelia went from #269 to #8.
Annie Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 while Annie went from #165 to #48.
Ava Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 while Ava went from #44 to #15.

Moved the same way as Caoileann

Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 and Aimee from #106 to #226.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 and Aisling from #25 to #159.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 and Alex from #151 to #316.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caoileann went from #536 to #856 and Alexandra from #87 to #148.

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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #407 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caoileann

Caoileann at a glance

What stands out in Caoileann's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caoileann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caoileann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Caoileann at a glance

What stands out in Caoileann's record

Caoileann by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caoileann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Caoileann

Caoileann and the names beside it

Caoileann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Caoileann

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