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How popular is the name Cathal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cathals are alive today.
Cathal (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 3450th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1997, when 19 babies were given the name, the 809th most popular that year.
The Cathal you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Cathals born in England and Wales are between 15 and 29, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cathal - on average, only one in every 1,684 such rooms contains a Cathal.
How many babies are named Cathal each year?
Where does Cathal rank among boys' 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 Cathal most popular?
Cathal peaked in 1997, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Cathal?
At least 180 people named Cathal born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cathal?
Most living Cathals are between 15 and 29; the most common age is about 28.
Is Cathal becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.