Cariad
15
Babies in 2024
+88%
10-year change
2016
Peak · 23
+67%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Cariad
Cariad appears in the official UK girls' name list for 2024, ranked #1,894 with 15 girls registered in England & Wales.
Cariad reached its peak in 2016, when 23 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,416 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 15 represents 65% of the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 321 girls have been officially registered with the name Cariad in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 151 girls were registered with the name, starting from 8 in 2014 and ending at 15 in 2024.