How Many People Are Named Ciaran?
people named Ciaran are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 155,427 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,233 babies named Ciaran in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
110 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CIAR. This was the name of two Irish saints: Saint Ciarán the Elder, the patron of the Kingdom of Munster, and Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, the founder of a monastery in the 6th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ciaran, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ciaran alive today is about 15 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ciaran first appears in the records in 1959, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 110 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ciaran has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,609, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,609.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,609 |
| Best rank | #1,609 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,045 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ciaran alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ciaran were born in New York than in any other state: about 267 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ciaran was given 5.1 times as often in New York, 4.3 times in Massachusetts and 3.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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