# Caolan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caolan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkweɪlɒn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 358, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Caolán.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,065 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,679 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,316 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,326 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,831 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,057 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Caolan

- Caolan Lavery, Canadian / Northern Irish association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.