# Chirag (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chirag/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lamp”, “lightsource” |
| Pronunciation | /t͡ʃɪˈɾɑːɣ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 667 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 667 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 99, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čirāġ, čarāġ, “lamp, lightsource”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 | 5,172 |
| 2002 | 16 | 4,735 |
| 2003 | 15 | 5,077 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,062 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,714 |
| 2006 | 15 | 5,570 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6,121 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,061 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,878 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,621 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,236 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,974 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,547 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,084 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 | 1,130 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1,703 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## 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.