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How popular is the name Cariad?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cariads are alive today.
Cariad (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2016, when 23 babies were given the name, the 1416th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
The Cariad you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old - or else around 21: the name has two living generations. Half of all Cariads born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 360 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cariad - on average, only one in every 875 such rooms contains a Cariad.
How many babies are named Cariad each year?
Where does Cariad rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cariad most popular?
Cariad peaked in 2016, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Cariad?
At least 360 people named Cariad born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cariad?
Most living Cariads are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 9. There is a second cluster around 21.
Is Cariad becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak.