Ciaran

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⭐ Famous Ciaran

Ciaran Clark

Association football player

Choose Ciaran and your child shares a first name with Ciaran Clark, an association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Ciaran, like who?” Ciaran Clark's Wikipedia article is available in 42 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 16,260 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Ciaran, 105 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Ciaran would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCiaran first shows up in US birth records in 1959, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 66 years since.
• 🏆Best yearCiaran is at its all-time high right now: #1,609 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowCiaran is 2.9× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 47,847 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 16,260.
• 🚀TrendCiaran has climbed 437 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,609. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedCiaran is most popular in Massachusetts, where it ranks #467, followed by Connecticut (#498) and Oregon (#604). It's in the top 1,000 in 5 states.
• 💬MeaningIn Irish, Ciaran means “little dark one”. Our records link it to Gaelic and Irish roots.

About the name Ciaran

Ciaran is a boy name of Gaelic and Irish origin meaning “little dark one”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-ran”. US birth records list Ciaran for boys from 1959 to 2025, in 48 of those 67 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #1,609 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,609, with 105 babies.

Origin:Gaelic namesIrish names