Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ciaran

#2,926 most common boys' name of all time · #7,095 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#2,926
Rank overall
#7,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
2,233
Since 2016
757
Peak year
2025 #1,615
Best rank
#1,615 2025
Girls Boys peak 110/yr
1960198020002020

Ciaran first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 105 110 #1,615
2024 — 93 93 #1,772
2023 — 82 82 #1,916
2022 — 83 83 #1,900
2021 — 71 71 #2,066
2020 — 69 69 #2,054
2019 — 61 61 #2,276
2018 — 61 61 #2,245
2017 — 60 60 #2,228
2016 — 67 67 #2,094
2015 — 74 74 #1,962
2014 — 83 83 #1,801
2013 — 81 81 #1,786
2012 — 61 61 #2,176
2011 — 78 78 #1,826
2010 — 62 62 #2,152
2009 — 74 74 #1,933
2008 6 79 85 #1,848
2007 — 70 70 #2,003
2006 — 63 63 #2,090
2005 — 60 60 #2,067
2004 5 65 70 #1,896
2003 5 61 66 #1,922
2002 — 47 47 #2,235
2001 — 49 49 #2,125
2000 — 41 41 #2,343
1999 — 45 45 #2,115
1998 — 48 48 #2,000
1997 7 41 48 #2,143
1996 — 36 36 #2,275
1995 — 27 27 #2,715
1994 — 38 38 #2,157
1993 — 26 26 #2,737
1992 — 17 17 #3,672
1991 — 17 17 #3,542
1990 — 8 8 #6,048
1989 — 16 16 #3,540
1988 — 11 11 #4,316
1987 — 12 12 #3,842
1986 — 11 11 #4,007
1984 — 7 7 #5,245
1982 — 5 5 #6,769
1979 — 7 7 #5,090
1977 — 5 5 #6,304
1971 7 5 12 #5,365
1969 — 5 5 #4,826
1968 — 5 5 #4,596
1959 — 6 6 #3,972