Kielan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kielan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #390 in 2000, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#390highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#1821
1999	#1664
2000	#1703
2001	#2220
2002	#1799
2003	#1771
2004	#1596
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2013	#2660
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2019	#4702
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2024	#5119

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 England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3830 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2011
Highest recorded position: #390 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kielan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 115 births with the name.

Kielan 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.

Kielan'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1596 (2004)	#5119 (2024)	22 of 28	115 (1997–2024)	10 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2000)	#390 (2000)	#730 (2011)	3 of 12	9 (2000–2011)	3 (2000)

Kielan 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 Kielan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	55	9 of 10	6
2010s	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Kielan 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Kielan'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #390, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 3 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 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.

Kean · #390, 24y
Nasim · #390, 22y
Temitope · #390, 26y
Tighe · #390, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alessio · #390, 30y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Braden · #390, 29y

Kielan was ranked #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Kielan 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 Kielan without appearing here.

Kielan moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #4685.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #4527.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #3865.

Moved ahead of Kielan

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3373 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #1745.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3373 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3373 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Kielan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kielan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kielan went from #2859 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kielan

Kielan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kielan across 2 official records

Kielan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kielan at a glance

Kielan across 2 official records

Kielan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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