Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,629	0	-182	-6.5%
2.	Michael	1,708	+1	-45	-2.6%
3.	Patrick	1,674	-1	-123	-6.8%
4.	David	1,160	+2	+33	+2.9%
5.	James	1,130	-1	-56	-4.7%
6.	Thomas	1,095	-1	-44	-3.9%
7.	Paul	1,031	0	-44	-4.1%
8.	William	739	0	+9	+1.2%
9.	Mark	670	+2	+44	+7.0%
10.	Brian	651	0	-27	-4.0%
11.	Gerard	637	+1	+82	+14.8%
12.	Martin	603	-3	-77	-11.3%
13.	Alan	567	+2	+50	+9.7%
14.	Anthony	563	-1	+12	+2.2%
15.	Declan	518	+5	+105	+25.4%
16.	Joseph	483	-2	-53	-9.9%
17.	Stephen	467	+1	+1	+0.2%
18.	Kevin	449	-1	-24	-5.1%
19.	Robert	448	0	+28	+6.7%
20.	Peter	427	-4	-63	-12.9%
21.	Brendan	395	0	+5	+1.3%
22.	Noel	372	+1	+40	+12.0%
23.	Edward	362	-1	-15	-4.0%
24.	Derek	342	0	+11	+3.3%
25.	Richard	335	+1	+38	+12.8%
26.	Daniel	330	-1	+32	+10.7%
27.	Francis	305	0	+33	+12.1%
28.	Denis	277	+1	+16	+6.1%
28.	Niall	277	+4	+25	+9.9%
30.	Kieran	270	+1	+10	+3.8%
31.	Sean	259	+4	+27	+11.6%
32.	Colm	256	+7	+65	+34.0%
33.	Kenneth	254	-5	-15	-5.6%
34.	Raymond	241	-5	-20	-7.7%
35.	Aidan	234	+6	+49	+26.5%
36.	Andrew	232	0	+6	+2.7%
37.	Timothy	231	-3	-6	-2.5%
38.	Dermot	229	+1	+38	+19.9%
39.	Christopher	221	-6	-22	-9.1%
40.	Darren	208	+48	+145	+230%
41.	Philip	206	-4	-6	-2.8%
42.	Shane	190	+13	+67	+54.5%
43.	Ciaran	166	0	+5	+3.1%
44.	Donal	165	0	+5	+3.1%
45.	Conor	162	+5	+29	+21.8%
46.	Fergal	153	+19	+50	+48.5%
47.	Bernard	151	-9	-44	-22.6%
48.	Barry	150	0	+15	+11.1%
49.	Damien	149	-7	-20	-11.8%
50.	Ian	147	-5	+7	+5.0%
50.	Liam	147	+7	+29	+24.6%
52.	Adrian	143	-4	+8	+5.9%
53.	Jason	141	+35	+78	+124%
54.	Ronan	138	-7	+1	+0.7%
55.	Desmond	136	-3	+8	+6.3%
56.	Vincent	127	-5	-5	-3.8%
57.	Damian	126	-11	-13	-9.4%
58.	Gary	122	+9	+27	+28.4%
59.	Jeremiah	119	+1	+9	+8.2%
60.	Cornelius	118	-7	-9	-7.1%
61.	Keith	115	+3	+10	+9.5%
62.	Charles	114	+4	+18	+18.8%
63.	Maurice	113	-7	-6	-5.0%
64.	Seamus	112	-5	-2	-1.8%
65.	Enda	105	-5	-5	-4.5%
66.	Eugene	103	-12	-23	-18.3%
66.	Padraig	103	+24	+42	+68.9%
68.	Colin	102	-5	-4	-3.8%
69.	Karl	101	+11	+27	+36.5%
70.	Laurence	97	-12	-20	-17.1%
71.	Eamonn	96	-2	+4	+4.3%
71.	Garrett	96	0	+5	+5.5%
71.	Terence	96	-9	-12	-11.1%
74.	Trevor	95	+10	+28	+41.8%
75.	Hugh	93	-2	+6	+6.9%
76.	Matthew	92	-9	-3	-3.2%
77.	George	85	-5	-3	-3.4%
78.	Jonathan	82	+17	+30	+57.7%
78.	Simon	82	+13	+23	+39.0%
80.	Gerald	80	+14	+25	+45.5%
81.	Eoin	78	-3	+1	+1.3%
81.	Nicholas	78	-6	0	0.0%
81.	Owen	78	-12	-14	-15.2%
84.	Cormac	76	+3	+12	+18.8%
85.	Gregory	75	-7	-2	-2.6%
86.	Fergus	73	-11	-5	-6.4%
87.	Eamon	71	-4	+3	+4.4%
88.	Justin	70	+9	+20	+40.0%
88.	Nigel	70	+5	+12	+20.7%
90.	Cathal	68	-8	-5	-6.8%
90.	Rory	68	-15	-10	-12.8%
92.	Oliver	65	-12	-9	-12.2%
93.	Eric	58	new	new	new
94.	Graham	53	new	new	new
94.	Henry	53	-10	-14	-20.9%
96.	Edmond	52	+2	+4	+8.3%
97.	Finbarr	50	-11	-15	-23.1%
97.	Garry	50	+1	+2	+4.2%
99.	Gavin	47	new	new	new
100.	Ivan	46	-9	-13	-22.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,896	0	-286	-13.1%
2.	Catherine	939	0	-68	-6.8%
3.	Margaret	830	0	-74	-8.2%
4.	Ann	619	0	-26	-4.0%
5.	Sharon	601	+2	+60	+11.1%
6.	Elizabeth	546	-1	-51	-8.5%
7.	Anne	531	-1	-46	-8.0%
8.	Fiona	519	+2	+65	+14.3%
9.	Deirdre	514	-1	-14	-2.7%
10.	Caroline	443	+1	+12	+2.8%
11.	Patricia	415	-2	-69	-14.3%
12.	Martina	385	+3	+6	+1.6%
13.	Bridget	378	0	-19	-4.8%
14.	Helen	374	0	-12	-3.1%
15.	Sandra	373	+4	+26	+7.5%
16.	Karen	357	0	-10	-2.7%
17.	Linda	343	+1	-10	-2.8%
18.	Michelle	334	+3	+32	+10.6%
19.	Susan	325	-2	-41	-11.2%
20.	Geraldine	322	0	-12	-3.6%
21.	Siobhan	312	+1	+17	+5.8%
22.	Elaine	291	+1	0	0.0%
23.	Bernadette	268	-11	-147	-35.4%
24.	Sinead	266	+17	+74	+38.5%
25.	Lorraine	254	+3	+22	+9.5%
26.	Kathleen	251	-1	-24	-8.7%
27.	Eileen	249	-1	+4	+1.6%
28.	Marie	246	-4	-34	-12.1%
28.	Teresa	246	+1	+17	+7.4%
30.	Maria	227	+4	+20	+9.7%
31.	Yvonne	225	+5	+21	+10.3%
32.	Denise	221	+7	+23	+11.6%
33.	Carmel	215	-6	-23	-9.7%
33.	Niamh	215	+10	+27	+14.4%
35.	Angela	214	+1	+10	+4.9%
36.	Jacqueline	212	-5	-8	-3.6%
37.	Carol	203	-2	-2	-1.0%
37.	Jennifer	203	-4	-12	-5.6%
39.	Orla	201	-9	-23	-10.3%
40.	Deborah	194	+12	+31	+19.0%
41.	Rachel	189	+22	+71	+60.2%
42.	Louise	188	+2	+2	+1.1%
42.	Paula	188	-10	-28	-13.0%
44.	Joan	185	-4	-11	-5.6%
44.	Sarah	185	+5	+9	+5.1%
46.	Suzanne	182	0	0	0.0%
46.	Valerie	182	+4	+8	+4.6%
48.	Audrey	180	+5	+19	+11.8%
49.	Nora	176	-11	-23	-11.6%
50.	Brigid	168	-3	-11	-6.1%
51.	Josephine	167	-6	-18	-9.7%
52.	Sheila	163	+1	+2	+1.2%
53.	Tara	162	+43	+85	+110%
54.	Lisa	161	+6	+35	+27.8%
55.	Pauline	160	-13	-30	-15.8%
56.	Christina	158	+1	+18	+12.9%
57.	Amanda	156	+1	+20	+14.7%
58.	Anna	153	-10	-24	-13.6%
59.	Barbara	147	-3	-4	-2.6%
60.	Ellen	146	-9	-27	-15.6%
61.	Michele	135	-2	+6	+4.7%
61.	Ruth	135	+16	+32	+31.1%
63.	Tracy	134	new	new	new
64.	Colette	129	-9	-28	-17.8%
65.	Gillian	128	+8	+23	+21.9%
66.	Grainne	127	-5	+7	+5.8%
66.	Nicola	127	+6	+21	+19.8%
68.	Claire	123	-6	+4	+3.4%
69.	Alison	121	+2	+13	+12.0%
69.	Joanne	121	new	new	new
71.	Aisling	117	+23	+38	+48.1%
72.	Frances	111	+2	+7	+6.7%
73.	Rose	110	+18	+26	+31.0%
73.	Tracey	110	new	new	new
75.	Edel	109	-12	-9	-7.6%
76.	Helena	108	-6	-2	-1.8%
76.	Julia	108	-8	-3	-2.7%
78.	Christine	107	-11	-6	-5.3%
79.	Brenda	105	-13	-9	-7.9%
79.	Ciara	105	-11	-6	-5.4%
81.	Jane	104	+1	+10	+10.6%
82.	Noreen	101	-5	-2	-1.9%
82.	Samantha	101	new	new	new
84.	Jean	100	0	+12	+13.6%
85.	Emer	99	+3	+13	+15.1%
85.	Veronica	99	-11	-5	-4.8%
87.	Clare	96	-7	-5	-5.0%
88.	Annette	95	-25	-23	-19.5%
88.	Una	95	-4	+7	+8.0%
90.	Laura	90	-8	-4	-4.3%
91.	Pamela	89	-17	-15	-14.4%
92.	Jacinta	88	new	new	new
93.	Emma	87	new	new	new
94.	Anita	84	new	new	new
95.	Clodagh	81	new	new	new
95.	Majella	81	-11	-7	-8.0%
95.	Miriam	81	-14	-17	-17.3%
95.	Shirley	81	-2	+1	+1.3%
99.	Aileen	80	-11	-6	-7.0%
100.	Antoinette	79	-12	-7	-8.1%

Popularity extremes for Ireland