NameTides

Chulainn

Chulainn was the #577 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (5 babies).

Chulainn as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Chulainn as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5197019801990200020102020Ireland
Chulainn as a boy’s name, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5198020002020
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
YearNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#577 (5)
2024—#785 (3)
2023—#472 (7)
2022—#509 (6)
2021—#454 (7)
2020#392 (3)—
2019—#646 (4)
2018—#520 (6)
2017—#610 (4)
2016—#713 (3)
2015—#699 (3)
2014—#715 (3)
2013—#605 (4)
2012—#430 (8)
2011—#730 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2023 at #472.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Chulainn is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.