Caoilte

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caoilte: 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
10times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#281highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2002–2022

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#281
2010	#387
2016	#358
2022	#414

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 6 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2022: #414 among boys in Northern Ireland, #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2022
Highest recorded position: #281 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoilte appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 6 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 22 births with the name.

Caoilte 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.

Caoilte'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	#369 (1998)	#369 (1998)	#785 (2024)	6 of 27	22 (1998–2024)	6 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#281 (2002)	#414 (2022)	4 of 21	13 (2002–2022)	4 (2016)

Caoilte 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 Caoilte in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	1 of 10	6
2010s	3	1 of 10	3
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

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

Caoilte 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Caoilte'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
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #281, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 4 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#785position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
4 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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.

Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Caoimhe · #12, 57y
Caoimhin · #99, 39y

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.

Bosco · #280, 13y
Linzi · #282, 13y
Naomh · #286, 12y
Franz · #288, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Bradan · #281, 14y
Daisie · #281, 29y
Harlee · #281, 28y

Caoilte was ranked #281 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #281 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caoilte

Caoilte at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caoilte across 2 official records

Caoilte by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoilte appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caoilte

Caoilte at a glance

Caoilte across 2 official records

Caoilte by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoilte appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caoilte