Naithan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Naithan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #584, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#584highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2011	#3300
2014	#4632
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2023	#2813
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 11 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2813 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2023–2025
Highest recorded position: #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2023–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Naithan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 43 births with the name.

Naithan 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.

Naithan'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	#2863 (1996)	#2419 (1998)	#5119 (2024)	11 of 29	43 (1996–2024)	7 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#584 (2023)	#584 (2023)	#829 (2025)	2 of 3	8 (2023–2025)	5 (2023)

Naithan 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 Naithan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	15	4 of 10	4
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

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

Naithan 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #584 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Naithan'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #584, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#829position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
27 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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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Najah · #2105, 20y

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.

Makar · #584, 8y
Yaroslav · #584, 10y
Indie-Rose · #579, 15y
Cezar · #577, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Sid · #584, 29y
Amrit · #583, 29y
Cherry · #583, 29y
Maliha · #583, 29y

Naithan was ranked #584 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Naithan 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 Naithan without appearing here.

Naithan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4107.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4702 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Naithan

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Ole Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2578 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #2039.

Moved the opposite way to Naithan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Naithan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Naithan went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #584 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Naithan

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Popularity journey

Naithan across 2 official records

Naithan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Naithan across 2 official records

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