Caoilte
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEEL-cha
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Caoilte is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Caoilte mean?
Irish: name from Irish legend
Caoilte mac Ronain was a swift-footed warrior of Fionn mac Cumhaill's Fianna in Irish legend.
Is Caoilte a girl's or a boy's name?
Caoilte is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caoilte in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Caoilte, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Caoilte of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Among boys in 2025, it was 270th in Northern Ireland.
Caoilte in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Caoilte
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conan, Finn, Conlan, Ronan, Conn, Connla, Caelan, Callan, Brody, Kody, Casey, Rogan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Declan, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caoilte: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caoilte, updated 20 October 2026.