Cillian

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #507 for boys in 2025, 595 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 668 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,084
since 1995

Cillian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cillian has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#507595
2024#13,4776#463668
2023—#594477
2022—#735353
2021—#747341
2020—#957228
2019—#1,078186
2018—#1,052193
2017—#1,126170
2016—#1,105177
2015—#1,416121
2014—#1,73087
2013—#1,85177
2012—#1,94273
2011—#2,03566
2010—#2,35454
2009—#2,45152
2008—#2,46751
2007—#2,97439
2006—#2,74442
2005—#7,09610
2004—#8,1438
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Cillian! It came in at #8,868, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cillian is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #236 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 933 boysNHWashington: #587 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,036 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedMNIllinois: #617 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,594 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedWIMichigan: #819 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,371 boysMINew York: #551 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,183 boysNYMassachusetts: #278 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,358 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedRIOregon: #545 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,650 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedIAIndiana: #701 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,095 boysINOhio: #696 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,518 boysOHPennsylvania: #510 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 3,081 boysPANew Jersey: #340 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,690 boysNJConnecticut: #495 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,795 boysCTCalifornia: #792 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 6,109 boysCAUtah: #609 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,200 boysUTColorado: #592 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,228 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedWVVirginia: #539 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,008 boysVAMaryland: #636 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,564 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedDEArizona: #909 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,524 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedNMKansas: #574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,761 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedARTennessee: #897 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,973 boysTNNorth Carolina: #695 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,253 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #619 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,992 boysOKLouisiana: #803 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,347 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,056 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,195 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cillian, so not publishedHITexas: #1,193 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 10,695 boysTXFlorida: #1,136 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,276 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#236 · 1 in 933
  2. Massachusetts#278 · 1 in 1,358
  3. New Jersey#340 · 1 in 1,690
  4. Connecticut#495 · 1 in 2,795
  5. Pennsylvania#510 · 1 in 3,081

Best ever in a state: #162 in Alaska, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#23651 in 933
Massachusetts#278211 in 1,358
New Jersey#340241 in 1,690
Connecticut#49551 in 2,795
Pennsylvania#510181 in 3,081
Virginia#539131 in 3,008
Oregon#54561 in 2,650
New York#551281 in 3,183
Kansas#57451 in 2,761
Washington#587111 in 3,036
Colorado#59281 in 3,228
Utah#60961 in 3,200
Illinois#617151 in 3,594
Oklahoma#61961 in 2,992
Maryland#63671 in 3,564
North Carolina#695121 in 4,253
Ohio#696121 in 4,518
Indiana#70181 in 4,095
California#792311 in 6,109
Louisiana#80351 in 4,347
Michigan#81981 in 5,371
Tennessee#89761 in 5,973
Arizona#90951 in 6,524
Georgia#1,05671 in 7,195
Florida#1,136101 in 9,276
Texas#1,193161 in 10,695
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cillian
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#463 → #507)
  • 450 spots since 2020 (#957 → #507)
  • 909 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #507)
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 2021 (#957 → #747)
  • Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2025 (#463 → #507)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2024 at #463 (668 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2020–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,579
  • Highest: 1 in 2,579 boys born in 2024 were named Cillian (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,871 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 65.2% of all boys named Cillian (2,662) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s10#8,868 (1995)#9,390
2000s208#2,451 (2009)#5,017
2010s1,204#1,052 (2018)#1,569
2020s2,662#463 (2024)#667

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cillian in 2021

boys
#747
341 births · 1 in 5,130 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #747Cillian341
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 5,130 of them was named Cillian, which outranked 94.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cillian
  1. #742Titan343
  2. #745Cullen342
  3. #745Mylo342
  4. #747Cillian341
  5. #747Musa341
  6. #747Vincenzo341
  7. #750Westley340
  8. #751Byron339
  9. #752Kiaan337

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →