Caoimhin

maleStatistical record

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

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

Caoimhin: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #99 in 2021, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#99highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Caoimhin's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2010

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#4678

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2017: #110 among boys in Northern Ireland, #547 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #99 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoimhin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 199 births with the name.

Caoimhin 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.

Caoimhin'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	#222 (1965)	#200 (1996)	#829 (2025)	31 of 61	199 (1965–2025)	15 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#179 (1997)	#99 (2021)	#118 (2024)	28 of 28	553 (1997–2024)	28 (2010)

Caoimhin 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 Caoimhin in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	5	1 of 10	5
1980s	16	4 of 10	4
1990s	39	7 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	77	10 of 10	8
2010s	55	7 of 10	8
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Caoimhin 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 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Caoimhin'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
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#118	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#139	17	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#147	16	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#99	28	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#123	22	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#103	26	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#161	15	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#110	26	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#133	22	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#135	21	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#126	22	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#112	28	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#140	19	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#139	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#135	21	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#106	26	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#124	19	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#133	17	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#162	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#109	22	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#108	21	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#104	23	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#145	12	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#137	14	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#179	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	12	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	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 1965 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #99, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2010.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 45 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.

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Caolan · #28, 41y
Caomhan · #192, 20y

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.

Maxine · #97, 43y
Kerri · #104, 39y
Liva · #107, 36y
Matias · #109, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

April · #100, 52y
Gearoid · #100, 56y
Kieron · #100, 48y
Ursula · #98, 61y

Caoimhin was ranked #99 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Caoimhin 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 Caoimhin without appearing here.

Caoimhin moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #386 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #338 and #611.
Jakob Compare
In 2004 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #254 and #448.
Mitchell Compare
In 2004 they stood at #322 and #283 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #254 and #448.
Ronald Compare
In 2003 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #322 and #506.

Moved ahead of Caoimhin

Finlay Compare
In 2024 they stood at #547 and #610 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #372.
Jackson Compare
In 2012 they stood at #324 and #379 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #229.
Conan Compare
In 2012 they stood at #324 and #354 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #257.
Jason Compare
In 1978 they stood at #222 and #250 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1979 that had become #269 and #29.

Moved the opposite way to Caoimhin

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Caoimhin

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 and Adrian from #62 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 and Alan from #27 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Caoimhin went from #222 to #829 and Andrew from #32 to #106.

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 3 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #99 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caoimhin

Caoimhin at a glance

What stands out in Caoimhin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caoimhin across 2 official records

Caoimhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoimhin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Caoimhin

Caoimhin and the names beside it

Caoimhin moved ahead of

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Caoimhin at a glance

What stands out in Caoimhin's record

Caoimhin across 2 official records

Caoimhin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Caoimhin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Caoimhin

Caoimhin and the names beside it

Caoimhin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Caoimhin

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