Kealan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kealan: Recorded since 1976, it reached #168 in 1997, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#168highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#845
1998	#1188
1999	#1383
2000	#1241
2001	#1379
2002	#950
2003	#1629
2004	#1280
2005	#1377
2006	#2282
2007	#1506
2008	#2276
2009	#1568
2010	#3332
2011	#1522
2012	#2270
2013	#1539
2014	#2079
2015	#3004
2016	#3079
2017	#2324
2018	#2693
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#2730
2022	#3449
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 46 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2024: #327 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #316 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2025
Highest recorded position: #168 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1976–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kealan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 466 births with the name.

Kealan 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.

Kealan'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	#316 (1976)	#168 (1997)	#509 (2025)	46 of 50	466 (1976–2025)	18 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#845 (1997)	#3688 (2024)	29 of 29	286 (1996–2024)	18 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#173 (2001)	#433 (2021)	18 of 25	92 (1997–2021)	9 (2001)

Kealan 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 Kealan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	13	3 of 10	4
1980s	48	7 of 10	7
1990s	98	10 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
2010s	128	10 of 10	13
2020s	52	6 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Kealan 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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #168 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Kealan'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#248	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#173	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#300	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	15	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	17	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	15	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	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 1976 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #168, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 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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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.

Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Ernest · #167, 48y
Riona · #169, 49y
Carrie · #170, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Sidney · #168, 31y
Riona · #169, 49y
Carrie · #170, 49y
Greg · #166, 37y

Kealan was ranked #168 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1997. 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.

Kealan 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 Kealan without appearing here.

Kealan 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.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Kealan

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1551.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Kealan

Aaron Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 while Aaron went from #131 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 while Adam went from #164 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 while Alex went from #241 to #37.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 while Benjamin went from #190 to #83.

Moved the same way as Kealan

Daithi Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 and Daithi from #288 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 and Denis from #50 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 and Frank from #164 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kealan went from #316 to #509 and Julian from #211 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #168 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kealan

Kealan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kealan across 3 official records

Kealan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kealan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kealan at a glance

Kealan across 3 official records

Kealan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kealan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kealan

Kealan and the names beside it

Kealan moved ahead of

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