Cathair was the #212 boys' name in Northern Ireland in 2025 (9 babies).
Cathair as a boy’s name
Northern Ireland
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
Ireland
2025
#212 (9)
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2024
#239 (8)
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2023
#395 (3)
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2022
#192 (11)
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2021
#295 (6)
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2020
#334 (4)
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2019
#197 (11)
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2018
#283 (6)
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2017
#415 (3)
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2016
#320 (5)
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2015
#222 (9)
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2014
#264 (7)
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2013
#244 (7)
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2012
#273 (6)
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2011
#311 (4)
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The tide so far
Peaked in Northern Ireland in 2022 at #192.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in Northern Ireland in 1998.
How common is it?
about 1 in 920 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, Cathair is likely to keep falling in Northern Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 990 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 3,000.