Given name

Cilian

Cilian is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Cilian isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cilian through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20240.0
Cilian in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2024–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Cilian, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Samarpan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ilman

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ezrian

13Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Sahan

“resembling a falcon”

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Safiullah

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Cilian’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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