Ciaran

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Meaning

Ciarรกn or Ciaran is a traditionally male given name of Irish and Scottish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar. It is the masculine version of the name Ciara.

From Wikipedia

Ciaran first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 30 babies (rank #771 that year). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys (rank #1,242). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Ciaran

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ciaran yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

513
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
30
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19915#1,766
199211#1,087
19937#1,497
19946#1,567
19958#1,472
19967#1,595
199714#995
199816#906
199911#1,193
200011#1,190
20018#1,512
200218#879
200317#947
200418#945
200516#1,069
200622#882
200718#1,072
200819#1,057
200913#1,414
201018#1,127
201130#771
201224#923
201326#882
201413#1,423
201525#907
201612#1,523
201718#1,179
201810#1,772
201912#1,590
202018#1,210
202119#1,172
202215#1,389
20239#2,072
202419#1,242