Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,431	0	-75	-3.0%
2.	Michael	1,600	0	-39	-2.4%
3.	Patrick	1,484	0	-39	-2.6%
4.	David	1,262	0	+9	+0.7%
5.	Paul	1,112	+1	+51	+4.8%
6.	James	1,002	-1	-126	-11.2%
7.	Thomas	996	0	+54	+5.7%
8.	Mark	927	0	+103	+12.5%
9.	Brian	692	0	+8	+1.2%
10.	Alan	605	+1	-41	-6.3%
10.	Martin	605	+2	-7	-1.1%
12.	Stephen	602	+1	+9	+1.5%
13.	William	582	-3	-95	-14.0%
14.	Declan	529	+1	+3	+0.6%
15.	Anthony	518	-1	-53	-9.3%
16.	Gerard	486	0	-17	-3.4%
17.	Kevin	471	+2	+9	+1.9%
18.	Peter	470	+2	+23	+5.1%
19.	Robert	466	-1	-6	-1.3%
20.	Joseph	458	-3	-16	-3.4%
21.	Jason	418	+4	+107	+34.4%
22.	Brendan	374	+1	+29	+8.4%
23.	Noel	363	+4	+66	+22.2%
24.	Keith	361	+15	+113	+45.6%
25.	Shane	351	+6	+74	+26.7%
26.	Richard	344	+2	+55	+19.0%
27.	Derek	341	-5	-5	-1.4%
28.	Niall	319	-4	-12	-3.6%
29.	Edward	317	-8	-32	-9.2%
29.	Sean	317	+4	+43	+15.7%
31.	Kenneth	305	-5	+1	+0.3%
32.	Darren	292	0	+16	+5.8%
33.	Daniel	285	+3	+28	+10.9%
34.	Kieran	283	+7	+42	+17.4%
35.	Francis	272	-6	-10	-3.5%
36.	Raymond	264	-2	-8	-2.9%
37.	Barry	260	+3	+14	+5.7%
38.	Andrew	259	0	+8	+3.2%
39.	Christopher	251	+4	+22	+9.6%
40.	Philip	247	+2	+10	+4.2%
41.	Aidan	242	+4	+24	+11.0%
42.	Denis	236	-7	-33	-12.3%
43.	Adrian	229	+7	+45	+24.5%
44.	Colm	222	-7	-34	-13.3%
45.	Ciaran	216	+6	+33	+18.0%
45.	Ian	216	+3	+27	+14.3%
47.	Conor	210	+5	+39	+22.8%
48.	Dermot	209	-18	-71	-25.4%
49.	Colin	203	0	+16	+8.6%
49.	Damien	203	-2	+3	+1.5%
49.	Ronan	203	-3	+2	+1.0%
52.	Timothy	200	-8	-22	-9.9%
53.	Donal	199	+1	+40	+25.2%
54.	Gavin	175	+2	+17	+10.8%
54.	Trevor	175	+9	+47	+36.7%
56.	Liam	169	+1	+15	+9.7%
57.	Damian	168	+7	+42	+33.3%
58.	Jonathan	158	+6	+32	+25.4%
59.	Bernard	156	+1	+18	+13.0%
60.	Fergal	153	-7	-17	-10.0%
60.	Gary	153	-6	-6	-3.8%
60.	Seamus	153	-2	+7	+4.8%
63.	Eoin	143	+10	+34	+31.2%
63.	Graham	143	+13	+35	+32.4%
65.	Vincent	137	-6	-3	-2.1%
66.	Karl	131	0	+11	+9.2%
67.	Enda	129	+5	+19	+17.3%
68.	Maurice	119	+2	+7	+6.3%
69.	Cornelius	117	-8	-19	-14.0%
70.	Cathal	114	-3	-5	-4.2%
71.	Garrett	112	+14	+28	+33.3%
72.	Owen	109	+9	+20	+22.5%
73.	Simon	108	-4	-5	-4.4%
74.	Eugene	106	+3	0	0.0%
75.	Laurence	105	-2	-4	-3.7%
76.	Terence	103	-3	-6	-5.5%
77.	Fergus	99	+12	+22	+28.6%
77.	Matthew	99	-9	-17	-14.7%
79.	Neil	98	+14	+28	+40.0%
80.	Eamonn	97	+7	+16	+19.8%
81.	Desmond	96	-19	-38	-28.4%
81.	Hugh	96	-3	-2	-2.0%
83.	Cormac	95	0	+9	+10.5%
84.	Garry	94	+15	+35	+59.3%
85.	Rory	92	-5	-2	-2.1%
86.	Padraig	90	-2	+5	+5.9%
87.	George	89	-6	0	0.0%
88.	Justin	88	-2	+5	+6.0%
88.	Nicholas	88	-9	-7	-7.4%
90.	Charles	84	-2	+5	+6.3%
90.	Eric	84	+4	+15	+21.7%
90.	Jeremiah	84	-20	-28	-25.0%
93.	Nigel	81	-2	+5	+6.6%
94.	Gareth	73	new	new	new
94.	Gordon	73	new	new	new
94.	Gregory	73	-2	0	0.0%
97.	Wayne	69	new	new	new
98.	Finbarr	61	-1	-1	-1.6%
99.	Daragh	57	new	new	new
99.	Eamon	57	-10	-20	-26.0%
99.	Gerald	57	new	new	new
99.	Oliver	57	-3	-7	-10.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,529	0	-52	-3.3%
2.	Catherine	785	0	-68	-8.0%
3.	Margaret	686	0	-80	-10.4%
4.	Sinead	659	+1	+53	+8.7%
5.	Caroline	604	+6	+116	+23.8%
6.	Fiona	563	-2	-94	-14.3%
7.	Deirdre	529	+2	+13	+2.5%
8.	Elizabeth	520	-2	-24	-4.4%
9.	Anne	489	+1	-21	-4.1%
10.	Michelle	468	+2	+24	+5.4%
11.	Sharon	460	-3	-65	-12.4%
12.	Ann	453	-5	-80	-15.0%
13.	Linda	437	+2	+58	+15.3%
14.	Karen	425	0	+31	+7.9%
15.	Martina	391	+2	+35	+9.8%
16.	Elaine	388	0	+23	+6.3%
17.	Sandra	378	+1	+23	+6.5%
18.	Patricia	376	-5	-22	-5.5%
19.	Jennifer	361	0	+31	+9.4%
20.	Lisa	358	+5	+68	+23.4%
21.	Siobhan	332	+1	+13	+4.1%
22.	Lorraine	327	-3	-3	-0.9%
23.	Louise	325	+10	+75	+30.0%
24.	Susan	322	-3	+2	+0.6%
25.	Bridget	314	-2	+1	+0.3%
26.	Niamh	313	+2	+35	+12.6%
27.	Helen	289	-3	-12	-4.0%
28.	Yvonne	287	-2	+3	+1.1%
29.	Marie	279	0	+8	+3.0%
30.	Maria	263	-3	-18	-6.4%
31.	Gillian	261	+3	+22	+9.2%
32.	Geraldine	260	-3	-11	-4.1%
33.	Sarah	249	-2	-9	-3.5%
34.	Denise	238	+3	+12	+5.3%
35.	Nicola	235	+12	+53	+29.1%
36.	Jacqueline	233	+2	+13	+5.9%
37.	Amanda	230	+13	+57	+32.9%
38.	Orla	223	-6	-33	-12.9%
39.	Bernadette	215	-3	-13	-5.7%
39.	Claire	215	+10	+40	+22.9%
39.	Teresa	215	+6	+30	+16.2%
42.	Deborah	209	+2	+11	+5.6%
43.	Kathleen	203	-8	-34	-14.3%
44.	Aisling	202	+4	+22	+12.2%
45.	Carmel	200	0	+15	+8.1%
46.	Eileen	194	-8	-26	-11.8%
47.	Audrey	187	+9	+40	+27.2%
48.	Suzanne	185	-6	-16	-8.0%
49.	Rachel	182	-6	-18	-9.0%
50.	Emma	177	+36	+81	+84.4%
50.	Tara	177	+2	+20	+12.7%
52.	Edel	175	+10	+41	+30.6%
53.	Angela	171	-2	+5	+3.0%
54.	Carol	166	-13	-38	-18.6%
54.	Paula	166	-14	-49	-22.8%
56.	Ciara	165	+3	+21	+14.6%
56.	Ruth	165	+6	+31	+23.1%
58.	Clare	162	+23	+59	+57.3%
59.	Emer	151	+5	+22	+17.1%
60.	Grainne	150	-7	-2	-1.3%
61.	Joanne	149	+8	+23	+18.3%
62.	Tracey	144	+10	+20	+16.1%
63.	Valerie	141	-6	-5	-3.4%
64.	Anna	140	-9	-8	-5.4%
65.	Josephine	139	+9	+16	+13.0%
65.	Sheila	139	+10	+20	+16.8%
67.	Aoife	137	+13	+33	+31.7%
67.	Barbara	137	-13	-13	-8.7%
69.	Nora	136	-3	+8	+6.3%
69.	Shirley	136	-3	+8	+6.3%
71.	Alison	134	-7	+5	+3.9%
72.	Pauline	132	-3	+6	+4.8%
73.	Colette	128	+3	+10	+8.5%
74.	Jane	126	-2	+2	+1.6%
75.	Christina	124	-14	-11	-8.1%
76.	Joan	121	-16	-15	-11.0%
77.	Ellen	117	-11	-11	-8.6%
77.	Laura	117	+4	+14	+13.6%
79.	Tracy	111	-22	-35	-24.0%
80.	Mairead	109	-3	-4	-3.5%
80.	Sonya	109	new	new	new
82.	Anita	108	+3	+11	+11.3%
83.	Annette	107	+4	+12	+12.6%
84.	Noreen	106	-6	-3	-2.8%
85.	Clodagh	101	+6	+11	+12.2%
86.	Catriona	98	new	new	new
87.	Una	95	+11	+11	+13.1%
88.	Olivia	94	new	new	new
89.	Aileen	93	+2	+3	+3.3%
89.	Frances	93	-8	-10	-9.7%
89.	Lorna	93	new	new	new
92.	Brigid	92	-23	-34	-27.0%
92.	Roisin	92	-1	+2	+2.2%
94.	Brenda	91	+5	+8	+9.6%
95.	Pamela	90	-5	-1	-1.1%
96.	Julie	89	-1	0	0.0%
97.	Aine	88	new	new	new
98.	Helena	87	-10	-6	-6.5%
99.	Christine	84	-15	-17	-16.8%
99.	Jean	84	-21	-25	-22.9%

Popularity extremes for Ireland