Cathaoir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cathaoir: Recorded since 1999, it reached #226 in 2019, and it stood at #339 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#226highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cathaoir's record

Moved 108 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Northern Ireland · Boys

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1999–2024

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#241
2000	#244
2001	#243
2005	#265
2006	#282
2007	#255
2008	#328
2009	#293
2010	#339
2011	#311
2012	#311
2013	#303
2014	#243
2015	#237
2016	#281
2018	#283
2019	#226
2020	#334
2022	#234
2023	#312
2024	#339

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 Northern Ireland in 21 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for Northern Ireland, 1999–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #241 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #226 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 1999–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cathaoir 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 Cathaoir in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	55	9 of 10	6
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Northern Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cathaoir 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #226 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Cathaoir'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	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #226, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

Cathal · #31, 62y
Cathan · #221, 19y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Catherina · #198, 36y

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.

Judit · #227, 20y
Sigfred · #227, 16y
Anbjørg · #224, 18y
Arn · #229, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aman · #226, 29y
Hayleigh · #226, 32y
Alanah · #225, 31y
Alaya · #225, 26y

Cathaoir was ranked #226 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2019. 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.

Cathaoir 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 Cathaoir without appearing here.

Cathaoir moved ahead of

Dean Compare
In 2021 they stood at #334 and #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #234 and #414.
Ross Compare
In 2021 they stood at #334 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #234 and #414.
Alan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #334 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #234 and #352.
Filip Compare
In 2021 they stood at #334 and #334 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #234 and #352.

Moved ahead of Cathaoir

Alfie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #244 and #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #265 and #149.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #243 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #237 and #126.
Beau Compare
In 2019 they stood at #226 and #254 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #334 and #231.
Riley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #243 and #280 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #265 and #178.

Moved the opposite way to Cathaoir

Caleb Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 while Caleb went from #152 to #26.
Charlie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 while Charlie went from #112 to #8.
Cian Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 while Cian went from #199 to #45.
Cillian Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 while Cillian went from #220 to #2.

Moved the same way as Cathaoir

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 and Aaron from #10 to #187.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 and Adam from #5 to #38.
Andrew Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 and Andrew from #14 to #216.
Anthony Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cathaoir went from #241 to #339 and Anthony from #82 to #202.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #226 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cathaoir

Cathaoir at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cathaoir by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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Cathaoir at a glance

What stands out in Cathaoir's record

Cathaoir by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cathaoir

Cathaoir and the names beside it

Cathaoir moved ahead of

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