Cuan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Cuan: Recorded since 1982, its highest recorded position is #102, and it stood at #252 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#102highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2003	#3467
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2010	#4678
2016	#4810
2023	#4107
2024	#3688

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 29 of the 44 years from 1982 to 2025.

In 2024: #102 among boys in Northern Ireland, #231 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #102 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2004–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cuan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1982, and has registered 360 births with the name.

Cuan 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.

Cuan'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	#330 (1982)	#184 (2022)	#252 (2025)	29 of 44	360 (1982–2025)	31 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#2425 (1999)	#2425 (1999)	#3688 (2024)	10 of 26	36 (1999–2024)	5 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#102 (2024)	#102 (2024)	15 of 21	113 (2004–2024)	23 (2023)

Cuan 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 Cuan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	76	9 of 10	8
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	115	6 of 10	19

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Cuan 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 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #102 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Cuan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#102	23	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#108	23	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	19	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	17	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	28	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	24	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	31	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	16	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	16	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	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 1982 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #102, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 22 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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Culann · #254, 23y

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.

Eirinn · #102, 26y
Alesha · #104, 29y
Lilja · #104, 31y
Mirren · #106, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Nikoline · #103, 36y
Nicoline · #100, 40y
Aroha · #99, 5y
Cahir · #105, 29y

Cuan was ranked #102 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Cuan 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 Cuan without appearing here.

Cuan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4810 and #2804 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Cuan

Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Cillian Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Kim Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Leif Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2501.

Moved the opposite way to Cuan

Geoffrey Compare
Between 1982 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cuan went from #330 to #184 while Geoffrey went from #155 to #779.
Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 while Albie went from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 while Alfie went from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 while Alfred went from #150 to #81.

Moved the same way as Cuan

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 and Alan from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Cuan went from #2425 to #3688 and Alex from #45 to #171.

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 3 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #102 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cuan

Cuan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cuan across 3 official records

Cuan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cuan appears in

Popularity data

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Cuan at a glance

Cuan across 3 official records

Cuan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cuan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Cuan

Cuan and the names beside it

Cuan moved ahead of

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