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How popular is the name Ciaran?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ciarans are alive today.
Ciaran (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 953rd in 2025 with 32 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2004, when 514 babies were given the name, the 107th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 5,200 babies have been named Ciaran in England and Wales since 1996.
The Ciaran you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all Ciarans born in England and Wales are between 20 and 31, and there are at least 7,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Ciaran.
How many babies are named Ciaran each year?
Where does Ciaran 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 Ciaran most popular?
Ciaran peaked in 2004, when 514 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ciaran?
At least 7,100 people named Ciaran born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ciaran?
Most living Ciarans are between 20 and 31; the most common age is about 22.
Is Ciaran becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.