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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 514 babies (rank #107 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

4,924
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
514
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
1996278#136
1997339#122
1998305#129
1999289#131
2000298#131
2001261#150
2002301#140
2003462#112
2004514#107
2005365#140
2006232#190
2007215#211
2008202#228
2009186#238
2010163#281
2011154#289
2012109#382
201378#491
201464#563
201557#626
201652#674