Cianan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cianan: Recorded since 1992, it reached #220 in 1999, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#220highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2023

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#2419
2003	#2189
2005	#2418
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2008	#2507
2009	#4527
2022	#4789
2023	#4991

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Northern Ireland in 14 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2023: #232 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4991 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #337 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — 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: #220 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Cianan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 65 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1992.

Cianan across 3 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.

Cianan'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
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#220 (1999)	#404 (2024)	14 of 28	65 (1997–2024)	8 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#1761 (1997)	#1761 (1997)	#4991 (2023)	10 of 27	46 (1997–2023)	7 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1992)	#280 (1998)	#605 (2013)	11 of 22	46 (1992–2013)	7 (2011)

Cianan 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 Cianan in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	23	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6

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

See the names Northern Ireland has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Cianan'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	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.

Where Cianan is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Cianan, between 1992 and 2024, in 23 of those 33 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1992–2013	11	#280 in 1998
England and Wales	1997–2023	10	#1761 in 1997
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	14	#220 in 1999

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1992; it appears again in 1997.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2023.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 5 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.

Cian · #6, 60y
Ciana · #295, 35y
Cianna · #407, 28y
Ciara · #2, 62y

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.

Becky · #220, 25y
Cathan · #221, 19y
Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Pyper · #218, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Becky · #220, 25y
Charis · #220, 30y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 30y
Owain · #220, 30y

Cianan was ranked #220 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Anton#220
Blaine#220
Cai#220
Cillian#220
Aiden#241
Alistair#241
Bailie#241
Billy#241

What is known about Cianan

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 3 official registrars, 1992–2024.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Cianan

Cianan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cianan across 3 official records

Cianan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

Popularity data

Where Cianan is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cianan

What is known about Cianan

Cianan at a glance

Cianan across 3 official records

Cianan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Cianan