Ciaron

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ciaron: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 16 years, it reached #235 in 2004, and it was last ranked in 2011.

3registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#235highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ciaron's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1257
1998	#1367
1999	#2943
2000	#918
2001	#1202
2002	#1799
2003	#1629
2004	#1732
2005	#3208
2006	#1744
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#2837
2010	#4678
2011	#4647

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 Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 21 years from 1965 to 1985.

In 2004: #235 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1732 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2004
Highest recorded position: #235 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2001–2004).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #4647 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Boys

Ciaron appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 16 ranked years and 115 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1965.

Ciaron 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.

Ciaron'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#250 (1965)	#250 (1965)	#269 (1985)	3 of 21	10 (1965–1985)	4 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#918 (2000)	#4647 (2011)	16 of 16	115 (1996–2011)	17 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#235 (2004)	#235 (2004)	3 of 4	12 (2001–2004)	5 (2004)

Ciaron by decade in England and Wales · 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 Ciaron in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	82	10 of 10	8
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ciaron 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 1965 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #235 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Ciaron'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
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	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 1965 and 2011, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #235, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 36 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.

Ciara · #2, 62y
Ciaran · #23, 62y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y
Cicely · #1082, 29y

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.

Leland · #234, 20y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Shannan · #232, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Genevieve · #235, 61y
Bernice · #236, 58y
Delia · #234, 50y
Derval · #236, 23y

Ciaron was ranked #235 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Ciaron 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 Ciaron without appearing here.

Ciaron moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #4432.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4333 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Ciaron

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1756.
Madison Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2211.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1135.

Moved the opposite way to Ciaron

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 while Albie went from #853 to #218.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 while Alfie went from #119 to #4.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 while Archie went from #192 to #24.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 while Arthur went from #234 to #68.

Moved the same way as Ciaron

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 and Aaron from #33 to #58.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 and Alexander from #14 to #23.
Andrea Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Ciaron went from #2020 to #4647 and Andrea from #1337 to #2039.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1965 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #235 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ciaron

Ciaron at a glance

What stands out in Ciaron's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ciaron across 3 official records

Ciaron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ciaron appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ciaron at a glance

What stands out in Ciaron's record

Ciaron across 3 official records

Ciaron by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ciaron appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ciaron

Ciaron and the names beside it

Ciaron moved ahead of

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