NameTides

Cairn

Cairn was the #316 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (11 babies).

Cairn as a boy’s name

  • Scotland
Cairn as a boy’s name, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75119801990200020102020Scotland
Cairn as a boy’s name, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearScotland
2025#316 (11)
2024#478 (6)
2023#321 (11)
2022#363 (9)
2021#401 (8)
2020#390 (8)
2019#355 (9)
2018#361 (9)
2017#602 (4)
2016#375 (9)
2015#470 (6)
2014#490 (6)
2013#366 (9)
2012#467 (6)
2011#648 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2025 at #316.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Scotland in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby boys in the published Scotland 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, Cairn is likely to keep falling in Scotland in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.