NameTides

Caolan

Caolán was the #132 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (41 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales.

Caolan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Caolan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Caolan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#1,538 (17)#762 (3)#99 (24)#286 (15)
2024—#1,517 (17)#619 (4)#89 (26)#275 (15)
2023#10,821 (6)#1,243 (22)#728 (3)#83 (30)#288 (15)
2022—#1,880 (12)#472 (6)#101 (25)#380 (10)
2021—#1,782 (13)#401 (8)#84 (35)#279 (16)
2020#10,605 (6)#1,492 (16)#599 (4)#77 (38)#280 (16)
2019—#2,104 (10)#609 (4)#97 (30)#295 (15)
2018—#2,112 (10)—#90 (31)#401 (9)
2017—#1,703 (14)#406 (8)#80 (38)#188 (31)
2016—#1,704 (14)—#64 (49)#177 (33)
2015—#1,902 (12)#588 (4)#67 (49)#177 (34)
2014—#1,560 (15)#399 (8)#70 (45)#184 (32)
2013—#2,954 (6)#520 (5)#65 (48)#171 (38)
2012—#1,962 (11)#434 (7)#57 (56)#156 (43)
2011—#2,039 (10)#648 (3)#44 (72)#189 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2023 at #119.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 580 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 350common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Caolan is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 470 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 340 to 1 in 640.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaolanEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
CaolánIrelandBoys#13241
CaolanIrelandBoys#28615
CaolanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CaolanNorthern IrelandBoys#9924
CaolanScotlandBoys#7623
CaolanUSBoys—too few