Cariad

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cariad: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,416 in 2016, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1416highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#1697
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#2783
2002	#2105
2003	#2191
2004	#1535
2005	#1589
2006	#1748
2007	#2410
2008	#1815
2009	#2148
2010	#3156
2011	#2893
2012	#1991
2013	#2460
2014	#2862
2015	#2945
2016	#1416
2017	#1911
2018	#1977
2019	#1562
2020	#1618
2021	#3519
2022	#1767
2023	#2689
2024	#1894

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1416 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cariad by decade in England and Wales · 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 Cariad in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
2020s	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cariad 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 England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1416 in England and Wales in 2016.

Cariad'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	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,416, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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.

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Carine · #278, 31y

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.

Mukhtar · #1411, 25y
Naiya · #1411, 24y
Ruqaya · #1411, 24y
Saliha · #1411, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Mukhtar · #1411, 25y
Ruqaya · #1411, 24y
Saliha · #1411, 29y
Scout · #1411, 26y

Cariad 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 Cariad without appearing here.

Cariad moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1416 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1416 and #4763.
Tracy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1416 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Cariad

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1618 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1618 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #2201.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1728.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #1573.

Moved the same way as Cariad

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Cariad went from #1697 to #2689 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

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 England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1416 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cariad

Cariad at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cariad by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cariad appears in

Popularity data

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cariad and the names beside it

Cariad moved ahead of

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Cariad at a glance

Cariad by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Cariad appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cariad and the names beside it

Cariad moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cariad

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