Cahan was the #253 boys' name in Northern Ireland in 2025 (7 babies).
Cahan as a boy’s name
Northern Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
Northern Ireland
2025
#253 (7)
2024
#305 (5)
2023
#312 (5)
2022
#311 (5)
2021
#433 (3)
2020
#334 (4)
2019
#274 (6)
2018
#319 (5)
2017
#363 (4)
2016
#358 (4)
2013
#343 (4)
2012
#403 (3)
The tide so far
Peaked in Northern Ireland in 2025 at #253.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in Northern Ireland in 2012.
How common is it?
about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published Northern Ireland list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.
Next year
On its recent trend, Cahan is likely to keep rising in Northern Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 970 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 690 to 1 in 1,400.