UK girl's name
Cliodhna
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2022. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Cliodhna is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Cliodhna popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2022 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5669, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2005, with 6 births.
This profile covers 59 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 1997 to 2022. 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 50% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 726 living people in the UK are called Cliodhna. 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 2023 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Cliodhna ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales in 2022, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2005, when 6 girls were registered as Cliodhna.
- • Cliodhna ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #101 in 2024.
- • About 726 living people in the UK are estimated to have Cliodhna as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5669
2022
Births in 2022
3
Latest year
Peak year
2005
6 births
Estimated living
726
2026
Popularity
Cliodhna over time
The chart below shows babies named Cliodhna registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2022. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Cliodhna, the clearest high point is 2005. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2022, compared with 6 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Cliodhna by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Cliodhna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5669 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #5028 | 15 | 4 |
| 2000s | #3685 | 29 | 7 |
| 1990s | #3258 | 12 | 3 |
Geography
Where Cliodhna is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Cliodhna. 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.
Cliodhna ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #101 in 2024.
Across the UK
Cliodhna in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#101 in 2024
28 years of NISRA records, 671 total registered
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- Chelsea 13,049
- Clara 9,435
- Connie 8,402
- Catherine 8,376
- Charlie 7,964
- Cerys 7,506
- Casey 7,018
- Cara 6,375
FAQ
Cliodhna: questions and answers
How popular is the name Cliodhna in the UK right now?
In 2022, Cliodhna was ranked #5669 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Cliodhna most popular?
The peak year on record was 2005, with 6 babies registered as Cliodhna in England and Wales.
How many people are called Cliodhna in the UK?
A total of 59 babies have been registered as Cliodhna across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 671 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Cliodhna most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Cliodhna ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #101 in 2024. 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.