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
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2023

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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

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 Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cianan 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 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.

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, 34y
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, 24y

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, 29y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y
Owain · #220, 29y

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.

Cianan 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 Cianan without appearing here.

Cianan moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #3589.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #720 and #611 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #455 and #730.
Tony Compare
In 2022 they stood at #326 and #249 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #232 and #395.
Colin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #363 and #363 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #255 and #416.

Moved ahead of Cianan

Henrik Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1494.
Madison Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #2318.
Tayla Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #2318.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.

Moved the opposite way to Cianan

Conan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 while Conan went from #169 to #24.
Darragh Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 while Darragh went from #88 to #51.
Harry Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 while Harry went from #87 to #13.
Jack Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 while Jack went from #8 to #4.

Moved the same way as Cianan

Dylan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 and Dylan from #23 to #154.
Edward Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 and Edward from #104 to #177.
Francis Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Cianan went from #271 to #404 and Francis from #100 to #278.
Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Cianan went from #1761 to #4991 and Aaron from #32 to #146.

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 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

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Cianan across 3 official records

Cianan by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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