Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,965	0	-106	-5.1%
2.	David	1,683	0	+50	+3.1%
3.	Michael	1,254	0	-66	-5.0%
4.	Patrick	1,107	0	-110	-9.0%
4.	Paul	1,107	+1	-3	-0.3%
6.	James	1,034	0	-64	-5.8%
7.	Stephen	1,017	+1	+191	+23.1%
8.	Brian	835	-1	-72	-7.9%
9.	Thomas	828	0	+5	+0.6%
10.	Mark	784	0	-5	-0.6%
11.	Alan	733	0	-52	-6.6%
12.	Robert	661	0	+3	+0.5%
13.	Kevin	596	0	+6	+1.0%
14.	Shane	558	0	+20	+3.7%
15.	Martin	524	0	+23	+4.6%
16.	Anthony	493	+1	+7	+1.4%
17.	William	478	-1	-9	-1.8%
18.	Jonathan	475	0	-1	-0.2%
19.	Peter	458	0	-9	-1.9%
20.	Andrew	456	+6	+62	+15.7%
21.	Joseph	449	+1	+23	+5.4%
22.	Barry	443	+5	+59	+15.4%
22.	Sean	443	-2	-2	-0.4%
24.	Gerard	408	+1	0	0.0%
25.	Niall	403	-1	-7	-1.7%
26.	Daniel	395	-5	-36	-8.4%
27.	Keith	383	-4	-28	-6.8%
28.	Christopher	376	+12	+100	+36.2%
29.	Richard	372	-1	+12	+3.3%
30.	Brendan	365	-1	+22	+6.4%
31.	Ciaran	359	+8	+71	+24.7%
32.	Eoin	342	+3	+30	+9.6%
33.	Darren	334	+3	+27	+8.8%
34.	Damien	323	+3	+17	+5.6%
35.	Derek	321	-4	-11	-3.3%
36.	Conor	315	-2	-4	-1.3%
37.	Gary	308	-4	-14	-4.3%
38.	Declan	305	-9	-38	-11.1%
39.	Ian	289	+8	+50	+20.9%
39.	Philip	289	-1	-2	-0.7%
41.	Ronan	281	-9	-50	-15.1%
42.	Jason	267	+3	+14	+5.5%
43.	Colm	260	-2	-15	-5.5%
44.	Edward	252	-2	-8	-3.1%
45.	Kieran	245	-3	-15	-5.8%
46.	Aidan	240	0	0	0.0%
47.	Noel	237	+1	+2	+0.9%
48.	Kenneth	216	-4	-39	-15.3%
49.	Colin	198	+4	+8	+4.2%
50.	Liam	192	+1	-5	-2.5%
51.	Gavin	184	-2	-21	-10.2%
52.	Donal	178	+8	+17	+10.6%
53.	Adrian	174	+9	+23	+15.2%
54.	Francis	173	-4	-31	-15.2%
55.	Denis	165	+1	-9	-5.2%
56.	Neil	162	+8	+18	+12.5%
57.	Raymond	160	0	-9	-5.3%
58.	Timothy	157	-5	-33	-17.4%
59.	Rory	155	+13	+31	+25.0%
60.	Seamus	152	+6	+9	+6.3%
61.	Dermot	151	-2	-13	-7.9%
61.	Trevor	151	-3	-15	-9.0%
63.	Graham	144	-2	-12	-7.7%
64.	Simon	141	0	-3	-2.1%
65.	Padraig	137	-13	-56	-29.0%
66.	Cathal	134	+8	+19	+16.5%
67.	Matthew	133	+8	+19	+16.7%
68.	Ross	132	-1	-5	-3.6%
69.	Karl	118	+1	-14	-10.6%
70.	Owen	117	+8	+15	+14.7%
71.	Bernard	116	+5	+5	+4.5%
71.	Darragh	116	+6	+8	+7.4%
71.	Wayne	116	-3	-17	-12.8%
74.	Steven	113	+5	+13	+13.0%
74.	Vincent	113	-11	-32	-22.1%
76.	Enda	107	-3	-9	-7.8%
77.	Eamonn	101	-6	-28	-21.7%
78.	Damian	100	-10	-33	-24.8%
79.	Cormac	99	+3	+16	+19.3%
80.	Adam	98	+8	+24	+32.4%
81.	Gareth	89	-26	-90	-50.3%
82.	Eoghan	84	+13	+21	+33.3%
82.	Fergal	84	+1	+2	+2.4%
82.	Garry	84	+3	+3	+3.7%
85.	Diarmuid	75	+14	+14	+23.0%
85.	Nicholas	75	-5	-14	-15.7%
87.	Desmond	73	+4	+4	+5.8%
87.	Eric	73	+7	+7	+10.6%
89.	Cian	72	0	+1	+1.4%
90.	Aaron	71	+8	+9	+14.5%
91.	Terence	69	new	new	new
92.	Micheal	68	+3	+5	+7.9%
93.	Charles	66	-1	-1	-1.5%
93.	Eugene	66	-7	-14	-17.5%
95.	Hugh	64	-12	-18	-22.0%
96.	Eamon	62	new	new	new
96.	Stuart	62	new	new	new
98.	Luke	61	new	new	new
98.	Nigel	61	new	new	new
100.	Bryan	60	-10	-10	-14.3%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	822	0	-60	-6.8%
2.	Sarah	789	+1	+93	+13.4%
3.	Michelle	732	-1	+30	+4.3%
4.	Jennifer	650	0	+15	+2.4%
5.	Lisa	649	0	+20	+3.2%
6.	Elaine	607	+7	+118	+24.1%
7.	Louise	601	+3	+73	+13.8%
8.	Emma	570	-1	+2	+0.4%
9.	Sinead	538	-3	-72	-11.8%
10.	Catherine	535	-2	0	0.0%
11.	Laura	531	+3	+43	+8.8%
12.	Claire	499	+4	+42	+9.2%
13.	Niamh	481	-2	-20	-4.0%
14.	Aoife	466	+1	-5	-1.1%
15.	Deirdre	463	+2	+7	+1.5%
16.	Karen	461	-7	-69	-13.0%
17.	Fiona	447	+1	+5	+1.1%
18.	Caroline	444	-6	-47	-9.6%
19.	Ciara	391	+3	+28	+7.7%
20.	Nicola	387	+3	+28	+7.8%
21.	Linda	364	+3	+32	+9.6%
22.	Anne	355	+4	+37	+11.6%
23.	Sharon	345	+5	+37	+12.0%
24.	Ann	342	-4	-37	-9.8%
25.	Margaret	338	-6	-61	-15.3%
26.	Lorraine	335	-5	-41	-10.9%
27.	Susan	307	+3	+3	+1.0%
28.	Siobhan	302	-2	-16	-5.0%
29.	Orla	298	+7	+37	+14.2%
30.	Elizabeth	295	-6	-37	-11.1%
31.	Aisling	281	+1	-4	-1.4%
31.	Marie	281	+2	+7	+2.6%
33.	Donna	272	+10	+48	+21.4%
34.	Joanne	269	+1	+6	+2.3%
35.	Patricia	262	-6	-44	-14.4%
36.	Maria	251	-2	-14	-5.3%
37.	Denise	236	-6	-67	-22.1%
37.	Edel	236	+12	+41	+21.0%
39.	Gillian	232	+1	+5	+2.2%
40.	Rachel	230	-1	+1	+0.4%
41.	Helen	228	-1	+1	+0.4%
42.	Deborah	220	-4	-28	-11.3%
43.	Amanda	215	+2	+8	+3.9%
44.	Sandra	211	-2	-14	-6.2%
45.	Grainne	202	+9	+26	+14.8%
46.	Mairead	200	+7	+20	+11.1%
47.	Pamela	197	-10	-59	-23.0%
48.	Carol	195	+4	+12	+6.6%
49.	Eimear	184	+16	+48	+35.3%
50.	Yvonne	183	-6	-36	-16.4%
51.	Amy	181	+21	+59	+48.4%
52.	Clare	173	+6	+14	+8.8%
53.	Aine	169	-2	-15	-8.2%
54.	Emer	167	+8	+20	+13.6%
54.	Martina	167	-8	-36	-17.7%
56.	Suzanne	166	-1	-2	-1.2%
57.	Paula	161	-10	-38	-19.1%
57.	Rebecca	161	+11	+28	+21.1%
57.	Roisin	161	+3	+11	+7.3%
60.	Ruth	159	-13	-40	-20.1%
61.	Bridget	156	-11	-36	-18.8%
62.	Kathleen	146	-2	-4	-2.7%
63.	Eileen	144	+13	+32	+28.6%
64.	Jacqueline	143	-7	-22	-13.3%
65.	Anna	142	-1	+4	+2.9%
65.	Grace	142	+29	+56	+65.1%
67.	Gemma	139	+3	+16	+13.0%
68.	Geraldine	134	-3	-2	-1.5%
68.	Julie	134	-12	-32	-19.3%
70.	Alison	130	-7	-14	-9.7%
70.	Tracey	130	-3	-5	-3.7%
72.	Lorna	124	+11	+21	+20.4%
72.	Tara	124	+9	+16	+14.8%
74.	Bernadette	123	-15	-35	-22.2%
75.	Caitriona	121	0	+6	+5.2%
76.	Catriona	119	-6	-4	-3.3%
77.	Jane	117	-8	-8	-6.4%
78.	Jessica	114	new	new	new
79.	Tracy	113	-6	-5	-4.2%
80.	Audrey	102	-2	-9	-8.1%
80.	Christina	102	-4	-10	-8.9%
82.	Angela	101	-2	-9	-8.2%
83.	Stephanie	99	+9	+12	+13.8%
84.	Olivia	98	+6	+6	+6.5%
84.	Teresa	98	-10	-18	-15.5%
86.	Anita	97	+2	+4	+4.3%
86.	Ellen	97	-1	-4	-4.0%
88.	Christine	95	+4	+8	+9.2%
89.	Natalie	94	new	new	new
90.	Andrea	93	+5	+10	+12.0%
90.	Emily	93	-3	-1	-1.1%
92.	Maeve	91	-10	-15	-14.2%
92.	Victoria	91	new	new	new
94.	Valerie	90	-8	-9	-9.1%
95.	Noreen	89	new	new	new
96.	Katherine	87	new	new	new
97.	Pauline	85	+1	+3	+3.7%
98.	Kim	84	new	new	new
99.	Melissa	83	-8	-6	-6.7%
100.	Carmel	81	-5	-2	-2.4%
100.	Samantha	81	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland