# Ciaran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ciaran/  
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 | /ˈkɪɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kieran, Ciara |
| US babies named this | 2,233 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,198 / 35 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,283, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ciarán.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7 | 6,727 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,096 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,301 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,667 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,814 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,421 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 1,826 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,176 |
| 2013 | 81 | 1,783 |
| 2014 | 83 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,960 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,094 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,218 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,238 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,270 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,051 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,065 |
| 2022 | 83 | 1,894 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,914 |
| 2024 | 93 | 1,767 |
| 2025 | 105 | 1,609 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 154 | 289 |
| 2012 | 109 | 382 |
| 2013 | 78 | 489 |
| 2014 | 64 | 562 |
| 2015 | 57 | 626 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 54 | 650 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 43 | 753 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 41 | 800 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Ciaran

- Ciaran Clark, 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.