Ciarrai

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ciarrai: Recorded since 1996, it reached #238 in 2004, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1997–2019

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#271
1999	#344
2001	#343
2002	#339
2003	#284
2004	#238
2005	#254
2006	#332
2007	#301
2008	#439
2012	#451
2019	#424

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 12 of the 23 years from 1997 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2019 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #271 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2019
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2019).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #424 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2019.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Ciarrai by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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 Ciarrai in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	34	8 of 10	4
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ciarrai 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 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Ciarrai'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
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	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 1996 and 2019, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#424position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

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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Ciaron · #235, 19y
Cicely · #1082, 29y
Cici · #727, 13y

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.

John-James · #237, 18y
Mallaidh · #237, 11y
Cillin · #235, 11y
Dillion · #241, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Erinn · #238, 28y

Ciarrai was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls 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.

Ciarrai 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 Ciarrai without appearing here.

Ciarrai moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #284 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #238 and #372.
Ashley Compare
In 2006 they stood at #332 and #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #413.
Caroline Compare
In 2006 they stood at #254 and #254 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #301 and #413.
Joanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #254 and #209 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #332 and #384.

Moved ahead of Ciarrai

Elise Compare
In 2007 they stood at #301 and #351 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #439 and #228.
Phoebe Compare
In 1998 they stood at #271 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #344 and #181.
Riley Compare
In 2007 they stood at #301 and #413 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #439 and #277.
Evie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #271 and #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #343 and #191.

Moved the opposite way to Ciarrai

Alice Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 while Alice went from #63 to #35.
Amelia Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 while Amelia went from #358 to #8.
Anna Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 while Anna went from #19 to #6.
Annie Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 while Annie went from #112 to #20.

Moved the same way as Ciarrai

Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 and Aimee from #23 to #144.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 and Aisling from #70 to #424.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 and Alex from #154 to #263.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Ciarrai went from #271 to #424 and Alexandra from #45 to #131.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ciarrai

Ciarrai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ciarrai by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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Ciarrai at a glance

Ciarrai by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ciarrai moved ahead of

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