UK boy's name
Cuan
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Cuan is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Cuan popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3688, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2007, with 5 births.
This profile covers 36 England and Wales registrations across 10 recorded years from 1999 to 2024. 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 148 living people in the UK are called Cuan. 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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Cuan ranked #3688 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2007, when 5 boys were registered as Cuan.
- • Cuan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #102 in 2024.
- • About 148 living people in the UK are estimated to have Cuan as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3688
2024
Births in 2024
5
Latest year
Peak year
2007
5 births
Estimated living
148
2026
Popularity
Cuan over time
The chart below shows babies named Cuan registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1999 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Cuan, the clearest high point is 2007. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2024, compared with 5 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Cuan by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Cuan 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 | #3898 | 9 | 2 |
| 2010s | #4744 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000s | #3357 | 17 | 5 |
| 1990s | #2425 | 4 | 1 |
Geography
Where Cuan is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Cuan. 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.
Cuan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #102 in 2024.
Across the UK
Cuan in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#102 in 2024
15 years of NISRA records, 113 total registered
Related
Names similar to Cuan
- Charlie 104,761
- Callum 65,796
- Connor 53,072
- Cameron 40,394
- Charles 33,091
- Christopher 26,849
- Caleb 15,553
- Corey 12,622
- Carter 11,505
- Cody 11,075
- Conor 10,298
- Christian 9,695
FAQ
Cuan: questions and answers
How popular is the name Cuan in the UK right now?
In 2024, Cuan was ranked #3688 for boys in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Cuan most popular?
The peak year on record was 2007, with 5 babies registered as Cuan in England and Wales.
How many people are called Cuan in the UK?
A total of 36 babies have been registered as Cuan across the 10 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 113 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Cuan most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Cuan ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #102 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.