Ultan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ultan: Recorded since 1964, it reached #146 in 1969, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#146highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2021	#4789

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 61 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #146 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ultan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 560 births with the name.

Ultan 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.

Ultan'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	#181 (1964)	#146 (1969)	#829 (2025)	61 of 62	560 (1964–2025)	18 (1976)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#249 (2021)	#339 (2024)	21 of 26	88 (1999–2024)	8 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#4432 (2008)	#4789 (2021)	2 of 14	6 (2008–2021)	3 (2008)

Ultan 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 Ultan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	53	6 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	107	10 of 10	11
1980s	71	10 of 10	7
1990s	77	9 of 10	9
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	106	10 of 10	11
2020s	35	6 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Ultan 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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Ultan'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#249	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#367	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	18	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	18	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	17	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	16	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	14	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #146, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 44 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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Umaima · #886, 24y

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.

Katarina · #138, 61y
Neal · #154, 59y
Norma · #154, 56y
Maura · #136, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ivor · #146, 54y
Roderick · #146, 47y
Columba · #145, 10y
Eunan · #147, 41y

Ultan was ranked #146 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. 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.

Ultan 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 Ultan without appearing here.

Ultan moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #755 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #770.
Kenneth Compare
In 2021 they stood at #755 and #755 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #367 and #572.
Colin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #416 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #249 and #433.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #348 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #275 and #423.

Moved ahead of Ultan

Emil Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #468.
Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #468.
Theodor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #785 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #577.
Albie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #367 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #243.

Moved the opposite way to Ultan

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Ultan

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ultan went from #181 to #829 and Andrew from #34 to #106.

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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Ultan

Ultan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ultan across 3 official records

Ultan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ultan appears in

Popularity data

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Ultan across 3 official records

Ultan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ultan appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ultan

Ultan and the names beside it

Ultan moved ahead of

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