Culainn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Culainn: Recorded since 2007, it reached #392 in 2020, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#392highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in Northern Ireland · 2019–2020

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Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#418
2020	#392

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 19 years from 2007 to 2025.

In 2020: #392 among boys in Northern Ireland, #496 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2025 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2019–2020
Highest recorded position: #392 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2019–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Culainn appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 78 births with the name.

Culainn across 2 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.

Culainn'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	#629 (2007)	#448 (2010)	#509 (2025)	15 of 19	78 (2007–2025)	7 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#418 (2019)	#392 (2020)	#392 (2020)	2 of 2	6 (2019–2020)	3 (2019)

Culainn 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 Culainn in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	35	6 of 10	6

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

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

Culainn 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 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Culainn'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
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	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 2007 and 2025, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #392, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 12 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#509position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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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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.

Cason · #392, 17y
Chulainn · #392, 18y
Porter · #392, 15y
Delilah-Rose · #391, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Arijus · #392, 17y
Cason · #392, 17y
Chulainn · #392, 18y
Knox · #392, 15y

Culainn was ranked #392 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Culainn 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 Culainn without appearing here.

Culainn moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #829.
Gary Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.
Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.

Moved ahead of Culainn

Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #448 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #302.
Hudson Compare
In 2016 they stood at #448 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #317.
Brodie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #448 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #610 and #374.
Arlo Compare
In 2010 they stood at #448 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #490.

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 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #392 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Culainn

Culainn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Culainn across 2 official records

Culainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Culainn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Culainn

Culainn and the names beside it

Culainn moved ahead of

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Culainn at a glance

Culainn across 2 official records

Culainn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Culainn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Culainn

Culainn and the names beside it

Culainn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Culainn