Popular Names in Ireland

Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
2,431 0
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Michael
1,600 0
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Patrick
1,484 0
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David
1,262 0
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Paul
1,112 +1
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James
1,002 -1
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Thomas
996 0
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Mark
927 0
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Brian
692 0
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Alan
605 +1
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Martin
605 +2
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Stephen
602 +1
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William
582 -3
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Declan
529 +1
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Anthony
518 -1
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Gerard
486 0
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Kevin
471 +2
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Peter
470 +2
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Robert
466 -1
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Joseph
458 -3
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Jason
418 +4
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Brendan
374 +1
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Noel
363 +4
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Keith
361 +15
25.
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Shane
351 +6
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Richard
344 +2
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Derek
341 -5
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Niall
319 -4
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Edward
317 -8
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Sean
317 +4
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Kenneth
305 -5
32.
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Darren
292 0
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Daniel
285 +3
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Kieran
283 +7
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Francis
272 -6
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Raymond
264 -2
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Barry
260 +3
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Andrew
259 0
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Christopher
251 +4
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Philip
247 +2
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Aidan
242 +4
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Denis
236 -7
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Adrian
229 +7
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Colm
222 -7
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Ciaran
216 +6
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Ian
216 +3
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Conor
210 +5
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Dermot
209 -18
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Colin
203 0
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Damien
203 -2
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Ronan
203 -3
52.
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Timothy
200 -8
53.
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Donal
199 +1
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Gavin
175 +2
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Trevor
175 +9
56.
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Liam
169 +1
57.
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Damian
168 +7
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Jonathan
158 +6
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Bernard
156 +1
60.
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Fergal
153 -7
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Gary
153 -6
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Seamus
153 -2
63.
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Eoin
143 +10
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Graham
143 +13
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Vincent
137 -6
66.
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Karl
131 0
67.
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Enda
129 +5
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Maurice
119 +2
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Cornelius
117 -8
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Cathal
114 -3
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Garrett
112 +14
72.
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Owen
109 +9
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Simon
108 -4
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Eugene
106 +3
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Laurence
105 -2
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Terence
103 -3
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Fergus
99 +12
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Matthew
99 -9
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Neil
98 +14
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Eamonn
97 +7
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Desmond
96 -19
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Hugh
96 -3
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Cormac
95 0
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Garry
94 +15
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Rory
92 -5
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Padraig
90 -2
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George
89 -6
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Justin
88 -2
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Nicholas
88 -9
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Charles
84 -2
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Eric
84 +4
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Jeremiah
84 -20
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Nigel
81 -2
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Gareth
73 new
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Gordon
73 new
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Gregory
73 -2
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Wayne
69 new
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Finbarr
61 -1
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Daragh
57 new
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Eamon
57 -10
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Gerald
57 new
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Oliver
57 -3
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
1,529 0
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Catherine
785 0
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Margaret
686 0
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Sinead
659 +1
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Caroline
604 +6
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Fiona
563 -2
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Deirdre
529 +2
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Elizabeth
520 -2
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Anne
489 +1
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Michelle
468 +2
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Sharon
460 -3
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Ann
453 -5
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Linda
437 +2
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Karen
425 0
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Martina
391 +2
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Elaine
388 0
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Sandra
378 +1
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Patricia
376 -5
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Jennifer
361 0
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Lisa
358 +5
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Siobhan
332 +1
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Lorraine
327 -3
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Louise
325 +10
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Susan
322 -3
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Bridget
314 -2
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Niamh
313 +2
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Helen
289 -3
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Yvonne
287 -2
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Marie
279 0
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Maria
263 -3
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Gillian
261 +3
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Geraldine
260 -3
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Sarah
249 -2
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Denise
238 +3
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Nicola
235 +12
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Jacqueline
233 +2
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Amanda
230 +13
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Orla
223 -6
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Bernadette
215 -3
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Claire
215 +10
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Teresa
215 +6
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Deborah
209 +2
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Kathleen
203 -8
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Aisling
202 +4
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Carmel
200 0
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Eileen
194 -8
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Audrey
187 +9
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Suzanne
185 -6
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Rachel
182 -6
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Emma
177 +36
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Tara
177 +2
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Edel
175 +10
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Angela
171 -2
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Carol
166 -13
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Paula
166 -14
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Ciara
165 +3
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Ruth
165 +6
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Clare
162 +23
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Emer
151 +5
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Grainne
150 -7
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Joanne
149 +8
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Tracey
144 +10
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Valerie
141 -6
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Anna
140 -9
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Josephine
139 +9
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Sheila
139 +10
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Aoife
137 +13
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Barbara
137 -13
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Nora
136 -3
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Shirley
136 -3
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Alison
134 -7
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Pauline
132 -3
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Colette
128 +3
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Jane
126 -2
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Christina
124 -14
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Joan
121 -16
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Ellen
117 -11
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Laura
117 +4
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Tracy
111 -22
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Mairead
109 -3
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Sonya
109 new
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Anita
108 +3
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Annette
107 +4
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Noreen
106 -6
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Clodagh
101 +6
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Catriona
98 new
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Una
95 +11
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Olivia
94 new
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Aileen
93 +2
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Frances
93 -8
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Lorna
93 new
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Brigid
92 -23
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Roisin
92 -1
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Brenda
91 +5
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Pamela
90 -5
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Julie
89 -1
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Aine
88 new
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Helena
87 -10
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Christine
84 -15
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Jean
84 -21