Piran
Boy · PIR-an · Cornish
Piran is a boys' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Piran mean?
Cornish: name of Cornwall's patron saint, possibly linked with Irish Ciaran
Saint Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall and of tin miners; his white cross on black is the Cornish flag.
- Say it
- PIR-an
Is Piran a girl's or a boy's name?
Piran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Piran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Piran, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Piran since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Piran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Piran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
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