Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
Boys
Rank Name Times
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John		 3,696
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Patrick		 2,235
3.
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Michael		 2,157
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Paul		 1,814
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James		 1,554
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Thomas		 1,349
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David		 936
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William		 875
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Martin		 849
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Gerard		 815
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Joseph		 737
12.
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Anthony		 613
13.
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Peter		 527
14.
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Brian		 464
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Kevin		 452
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Francis		 429
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Brendan		 426
18.
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Edward		 425
19.
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Daniel		 395
20.
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Noel		 394
21.
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Denis		 347
22.
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Robert		 342
23.
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Declan		 321
24.
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Richard		 301
25.
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Stephen		 296
26.
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Timothy		 295
27.
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Christopher		 289
28.
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Mark		 279
29.
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Alan		 245
30.
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Derek		 237
30.
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Raymond		 237
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Kieran		 224
33.
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Bernard		 201
34.
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Andrew		 195
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Dermot		 195
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Philip		 187
37.
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Aidan		 182
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Sean		 171
39.
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Cornelius		 161
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Jeremiah		 161
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Kenneth		 150
42.
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Vincent		 148
43.
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Charles		 145
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Desmond		 145
45.
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Colm		 144
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Donal		 144
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Niall		 142
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Laurence		 141
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Ciaran		 124
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Eugene		 123
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Maurice		 120
52.
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George		 115
53.
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Hugh		 112
54.
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Liam		 111
55.
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Terence		 102
56.
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Conor		 97
57.
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Gerald		 94
58.
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Nicholas		 92
59.
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Matthew		 89
60.
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Henry		 87
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Seamus		 87
62.
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Eamon		 86
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Ian		 86
64.
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Eamonn		 83
65.
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Adrian		 75
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Fergus		 71
67.
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Ronan		 70
68.
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Oliver		 69
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Barry		 62
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Finbarr		 61
71.
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Owen		 59
72.
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Gabriel		 57
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Damian		 56
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Rory		 56
75.
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Damien		 49
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Enda		 49
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Shane		 49
78.
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Garrett		 47
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Gregory		 47
80.
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Edmond		 45
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Bartholomew		 44
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Neil		 43
83.
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Eoin		 42
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Dominic		 41
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Gary		 41
86.
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Karl		 40
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Cormac		 39
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Padraig		 38
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Colin		 37
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Ronald		 37
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Leslie		 36
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Simon		 36
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Fergal		 35
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Aiden		 34
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Eric		 34
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Cathal		 32
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Keith		 32
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Arthur		 31
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Nigel		 31
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Fintan		 29
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Girls
Rank Name Times
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Mary		 3,471
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Catherine		 1,412
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Margaret		 1,392
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Ann		 866
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Anne		 834
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Elizabeth		 722
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Caroline		 617
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Bridget		 595
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Geraldine		 579
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Patricia		 536
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Jacqueline		 529
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Pauline		 460
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Helen		 437
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Deirdre		 408
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Bernadette		 392
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Sandra		 358
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Eileen		 344
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Martina		 339
19.
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Teresa		 328
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Paula		 311
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Carmel		 304
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Susan		 303
23.
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Kathleen		 301
24.
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Angela		 291
25.
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Josephine		 287
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Marie		 284
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Ellen		 282
28.
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Linda		 279
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Brigid		 272
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Nora		 264
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Joan		 262
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Fiona		 249
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Maria		 236
34.
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Anna		 214
35.
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Siobhan		 207
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Carol		 185
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Sheila		 176
38.
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Frances		 173
39.
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Sharon		 172
40.
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Christina		 169
41.
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Karen		 165
42.
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Julia		 157
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Barbara		 156
44.
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Johanna		 146
45.
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Yvonne		 139
46.
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Sarah		 137
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Colette		 135
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Lorraine		 135
49.
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Rose		 130
50.
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Valerie		 129
51.
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Veronica		 126
52.
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Orla		 120
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Miriam		 117
54.
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Louise		 116
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Clare		 115
56.
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Denise		 113
57.
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Alice		 111
58.
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Elaine		 107
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Jane		 106
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Rita		 106
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Theresa		 100
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Grainne		 99
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Brenda		 98
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Helena		 98
65.
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Christine		 92
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Noreen		 92
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Suzanne		 91
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Annette		 90
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Jennifer		 90
70.
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Monica		 87
71.
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Rosemary		 86
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Olive		 84
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Philomena		 84
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Adrienne		 80
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Claire		 78
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Deborah		 77
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Katherine		 76
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Jean		 75
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Marian		 75
80.
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Dolores		 74
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Maeve		 74
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Rosaleen		 74
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Edel		 73
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Evelyn		 73
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Audrey		 72
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Irene		 72
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Imelda		 70
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Ruth		 70
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Una		 70
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Nuala		 68
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Hannah		 67
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Maureen		 67
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Jacinta		 66
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Winifred		 66
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Antoinette		 65
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Dorothy		 65
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Majella		 65
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Eleanor		 64
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Ursula		 64
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Aileen		 63
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Popularity extremes for Ireland