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UK boy's name

Cabhan

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2018. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Cabhan is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Cabhan popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2018 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3959, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 4 births.

This profile covers 26 England and Wales registrations across 8 recorded years from 2001 to 2018. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.

The latest count is about 100% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 35 living people in the UK are called Cabhan. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2019 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Cabhan ranked #3959 for boys in England and Wales in 2018, with 4 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 2017, when 4 boys were registered as Cabhan.
  • Cabhan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #433 in 2021.
  • About 35 living people in the UK are estimated to have Cabhan as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#3959

2018

Births in 2018

4

Latest year

Peak year

2017

4 births

Estimated living

35

2026

Popularity

Cabhan over time

The chart below shows babies named Cabhan registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2001 to 2018. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Cabhan, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2018, compared with 4 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Cabhan
01234200120092018

Decades

Cabhan by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Cabhan was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.

Decade Average rank Total births Years covered
2010s #4433 20 6
2000s #3734 6 2

Geography

Where Cabhan is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Cabhan. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Cabhan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #433 in 2021.

Northern Ireland
3

Across the UK

Cabhan in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#433 in 2021

3 years of NISRA records, 9 total registered

Related

Names similar to Cabhan

FAQ

Cabhan: questions and answers

How popular is the name Cabhan in the UK right now?

In 2018, Cabhan was ranked #3959 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.

When was Cabhan most popular?

The peak year on record was 2017, with 4 babies registered as Cabhan in England and Wales.

How many people are called Cabhan in the UK?

A total of 26 babies have been registered as Cabhan across the 8 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 9 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Cabhan most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Cabhan ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #433 in 2021. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.