UK boy's name
Struan
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.
Struan is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Struan popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5119, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2021, with 10 births.
This profile covers 111 England and Wales registrations across 21 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, 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 30% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,650 living people in the UK are called Struan. 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
- • Struan ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2021, when 10 boys were registered as Struan.
- • Struan ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #144 in 2024.
- • About 1,650 living people in the UK are estimated to have Struan as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5119
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2021
10 births
Estimated living
1,650
2026
Popularity
Struan over time
The chart below shows babies named Struan registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 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 Struan, the clearest high point is 2021. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Struan by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Struan 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 | #3507 | 23 | 4 |
| 2010s | #3223 | 46 | 8 |
| 2000s | #3095 | 25 | 6 |
| 1990s | #2028 | 17 | 3 |
Geography
Where Struan is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Struan. 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.
Struan ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #144 in 2024.
Across the UK
Struan in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#144 in 2024
51 years of NRS records, 1,554 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Struan
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Struan Walker
field hockey player
Scottish field hockey player
2002-
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Struan Ross
badminton player
badminton player
1996-
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Struan Mackie
politician
Scottish political candidate
1993-
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Struan Lithgow Rickman
(born 1983)
1983-
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Struan Gordon David Dunbar
(born 1970)
1970-
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Struan Stevenson
politician
British politician
1948-
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Struan Rodger
actor; television actor
British actor
1946-
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Struan Murray
writer; university teacher; geneticist
Scottish author
Related
Names similar to Struan
- Samuel 108,505
- Sebastian 33,008
- Sam 20,889
- Stanley 16,354
- Sonny 15,028
- Sean 15,006
- Scott 12,587
- Seth 9,841
- Syed 9,050
- Stephen 8,884
- Spencer 8,333
- Steven 6,970
FAQ
Struan: questions and answers
How popular is the name Struan in the UK right now?
In 2024, Struan was ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Struan most popular?
The peak year on record was 2021, with 10 babies registered as Struan in England and Wales.
How many people are called Struan in the UK?
A total of 111 babies have been registered as Struan across the 21 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 1,554 more in Scotland.
Where is Struan most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Struan ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #144 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.