NameTides

Culainn

Culainn was the #509 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (6 babies).

Culainn as a boy’s name

  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Culainn 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
Culainn 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—#509 (6)
2024—#472 (7)
2023—#770 (3)
2022—#454 (7)
2021—#498 (6)
2020#392 (3)#496 (6)
2019#418 (3)#646 (4)
2017—#610 (4)
2016—#448 (7)
2015—#615 (4)
2014—#609 (4)
2013—#479 (6)
2011—#623 (4)
2010—#448 (7)
2007—#629 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2024 at #472.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2007.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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, Culainn is likely to hold steady in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 8,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.