Chulainn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Chulainn: Recorded since 2003, it reached #392 in 2020, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#392highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2020

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#392

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 23 years from 2003 to 2025.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Chulainn 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 Chulainn in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	38	9 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Chulainn 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 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Chulainn'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
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	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 2003 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #392, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 17 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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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.

Cason · #392, 17y
Culainn · #392, 15y
Porter · #392, 15y
Delilah-Rose · #391, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Arijus · #392, 17y
Cason · #392, 17y
Culainn · #392, 15y
Knox · #392, 15y

Chulainn was ranked #392 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Chulainn 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 Chulainn without appearing here.

Chulainn moved ahead of

Marius Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #770.
Andreas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #785 and #785 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #785 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.
Glenn Compare
In 2024 they stood at #785 and #582 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #829.

Moved ahead of Chulainn

Roman Compare
In 2006 they stood at #493 and #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #404.
Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #577 and #468.
Hudson Compare
In 2012 they stood at #430 and #548 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #605 and #534.
Alfred Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #657 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #472.

Moved the same way as Chulainn

Gary Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Chulainn went from #500 to #785 and Gary from #117 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Chulainn went from #500 to #785 and Kenneth from #184 to #785.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Chulainn

Chulainn at a glance

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Chulainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Chulainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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