NameTides

Ciaran

Ciaran was the #1,609 boys' name in the US in 2025 (105 babies), and #953 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Ciaran as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ciaran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Ciaran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. 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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,609 (105)#953 (32)#253 (16)#212 (9)#372 (10)#1,642 (13)
2024#1,767 (93)#800 (41)#191 (22)#216 (9)#520 (6)#1,156 (20)
2023#1,909 (82)#1,108 (26)#260 (15)#169 (13)#584 (5)#1,947 (9)
2022#1,892 (83)#925 (33)#292 (13)#131 (19)—#1,350 (15)
2021#2,060 (71)#871 (35)#221 (20)#158 (15)#336 (12)#1,230 (17)
2020#2,046 (69)#766 (41)#221 (19)#96 (28)#361 (11)#1,176 (18)
2019#2,265 (61)#753 (43)#171 (31)#127 (20)#506 (6)#1,634 (11)
2018#2,230 (61)#646 (54)#172 (31)#141 (17)#520 (6)#1,682 (10)
2017#2,217 (60)#650 (54)#219 (22)#147 (18)#78 (89)#1,113 (19)
2016#2,086 (67)#672 (52)#215 (23)#104 (29)#90 (81)#1,487 (12)
2015#1,955 (74)#626 (57)#186 (30)#98 (31)#64 (120)#898 (25)
2014#1,794 (83)#562 (64)#176 (33)#128 (23)#61 (137)#1,381 (13)
2013#1,782 (81)#489 (78)#167 (33)#97 (33)#74 (107)#874 (26)
2012#2,172 (61)#382 (109)#166 (35)#97 (33)#62 (143)#904 (24)
2011#1,824 (78)#289 (154)#106 (64)#74 (47)#57 (155)#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,609.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ciaran is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ciaran by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ciaran (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Ciaran (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CiaranCanadaBoys#1,64213
CiaranEngland & WalesBoys#95332
CiaranIrelandGirls—too few
CiaránIrelandBoys#14935
CiaranIrelandBoys#37210
CiarànIrelandBoys#6764
CiaranNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CiaranNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
CiaranScotlandBoys#25316
CiaranUSGirls#14,9425
CiaranUSBoys#1,609105