Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,506	0	-148	-5.6%
2.	Michael	1,639	0	-106	-6.1%
3.	Patrick	1,523	0	-182	-10.7%
4.	David	1,253	0	-16	-1.3%
5.	James	1,128	0	-62	-5.2%
6.	Paul	1,061	+1	+31	+3.0%
7.	Thomas	942	-1	-112	-10.6%
8.	Mark	824	0	+76	+10.2%
9.	Brian	684	0	-52	-7.1%
10.	William	677	0	-21	-3.0%
11.	Alan	646	+2	+77	+13.5%
12.	Martin	612	-1	+13	+2.2%
13.	Stephen	593	+1	+25	+4.4%
14.	Anthony	571	+1	+15	+2.7%
15.	Declan	526	-3	-48	-8.4%
16.	Gerard	503	0	-21	-4.0%
17.	Joseph	474	+2	-34	-6.7%
18.	Robert	472	+2	-9	-1.9%
19.	Kevin	462	-1	-57	-11.0%
20.	Peter	447	-3	-74	-14.2%
21.	Edward	349	+2	+10	+2.9%
22.	Derek	346	+2	+11	+3.3%
23.	Brendan	345	-2	-23	-6.3%
24.	Niall	331	+11	+66	+24.9%
25.	Jason	311	+12	+59	+23.4%
26.	Kenneth	304	+5	+27	+9.7%
27.	Noel	297	-5	-63	-17.5%
28.	Richard	289	-3	-39	-11.9%
29.	Francis	282	-1	-6	-2.1%
30.	Dermot	280	+11	+60	+27.3%
31.	Shane	277	+17	+77	+38.5%
32.	Darren	276	+3	+11	+4.2%
33.	Sean	274	-6	-17	-5.8%
34.	Raymond	272	+5	+40	+17.2%
35.	Denis	269	-5	-15	-5.3%
36.	Daniel	257	-8	-31	-10.8%
37.	Colm	256	+6	+39	+18.0%
38.	Andrew	251	-12	-43	-14.6%
39.	Keith	248	+1	+21	+9.3%
40.	Barry	246	+5	+35	+16.6%
41.	Kieran	241	-9	-32	-11.7%
42.	Philip	237	-9	-35	-12.9%
43.	Christopher	229	-9	-39	-14.6%
44.	Timothy	222	-6	-11	-4.7%
45.	Aidan	218	-1	+5	+2.3%
46.	Ronan	201	+3	+13	+6.9%
47.	Damien	200	-1	-6	-2.9%
48.	Ian	189	+5	+27	+16.7%
49.	Colin	187	-2	-17	-8.3%
50.	Adrian	184	+2	+15	+8.9%
51.	Ciaran	183	-1	+10	+5.8%
52.	Conor	171	-10	-48	-21.9%
53.	Fergal	170	+6	+31	+22.3%
54.	Donal	159	0	-1	-0.6%
54.	Gary	159	0	-1	-0.6%
56.	Gavin	158	+30	+75	+90.4%
57.	Liam	154	+4	+27	+21.3%
58.	Seamus	146	-2	0	0.0%
59.	Vincent	140	-1	0	0.0%
60.	Bernard	138	-9	-33	-19.3%
61.	Cornelius	136	-4	-6	-4.2%
62.	Desmond	134	+1	+14	+11.7%
63.	Trevor	128	-1	+2	+1.6%
64.	Damian	126	-4	-4	-3.1%
64.	Jonathan	126	+3	+19	+17.8%
66.	Karl	120	+2	+16	+15.4%
67.	Cathal	119	+13	+29	+32.2%
68.	Matthew	116	+10	+24	+26.1%
69.	Simon	113	+20	+33	+41.3%
70.	Jeremiah	112	0	+10	+9.8%
70.	Maurice	112	+6	+16	+16.7%
72.	Enda	110	-6	+1	+0.9%
73.	Eoin	109	-8	-4	-3.5%
73.	Laurence	109	-9	-9	-7.6%
73.	Terence	109	-1	+9	+9.0%
76.	Graham	108	-3	+9	+9.1%
77.	Eugene	106	-7	+4	+3.9%
78.	Hugh	98	0	+6	+6.5%
79.	Nicholas	95	+6	+11	+13.1%
80.	Rory	94	+1	+6	+6.8%
81.	George	89	-7	-9	-9.2%
81.	Owen	89	+9	+12	+15.6%
83.	Cormac	86	+4	+4	+4.9%
84.	Padraig	85	+4	+4	+4.9%
85.	Garrett	84	-1	-1	-1.2%
86.	Justin	83	+11	+16	+23.9%
87.	Eamonn	81	-18	-22	-21.4%
88.	Charles	79	-11	-15	-16.0%
89.	Eamon	77	-7	-10	-11.5%
89.	Fergus	77	-6	-9	-10.5%
91.	Nigel	76	-16	-21	-21.6%
92.	Gregory	73	0	-1	-1.4%
93.	Neil	70	+5	+5	+7.7%
94.	Diarmuid	69	+2	+1	+1.5%
94.	Eric	69	new	new	new
96.	Oliver	64	+3	+3	+4.9%
97.	Finbarr	62	-3	-7	-10.1%
97.	Fintan	62	-3	-7	-10.1%
99.	Garry	59	-8	-17	-22.4%
99.	Ivan	59	new	new	new
99.	Marcus	59	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,581	0	-326	-17.1%
2.	Catherine	853	0	-61	-6.7%
3.	Margaret	766	0	-71	-8.5%
4.	Fiona	657	0	+41	+6.7%
5.	Sinead	606	0	+8	+1.3%
6.	Elizabeth	544	+1	-35	-6.0%
7.	Ann	533	-1	-49	-8.4%
8.	Sharon	525	0	-45	-7.9%
9.	Deirdre	516	+1	-19	-3.6%
10.	Anne	510	-1	-28	-5.2%
11.	Caroline	488	0	+4	+0.8%
12.	Michelle	444	+1	+10	+2.3%
13.	Patricia	398	-1	-69	-14.8%
14.	Karen	394	+2	+40	+11.3%
15.	Linda	379	+1	+25	+7.1%
16.	Elaine	365	0	+11	+3.1%
17.	Martina	356	+4	+12	+3.5%
18.	Sandra	355	-4	-67	-15.9%
19.	Jennifer	330	+10	+79	+31.5%
19.	Lorraine	330	+8	+70	+26.9%
21.	Susan	320	+2	-15	-4.5%
22.	Siobhan	319	-7	-82	-20.4%
23.	Bridget	313	-3	-35	-10.1%
24.	Helen	301	-2	-38	-11.2%
25.	Lisa	290	+3	+36	+14.2%
26.	Yvonne	284	+4	+37	+15.0%
27.	Maria	281	-2	-8	-2.8%
28.	Niamh	278	+4	+40	+16.8%
29.	Geraldine	271	-10	-78	-22.3%
29.	Marie	271	-3	0	0.0%
31.	Sarah	258	+3	+29	+12.7%
32.	Orla	256	+7	+47	+22.5%
33.	Louise	250	+5	+36	+16.8%
34.	Gillian	239	+2	+18	+8.1%
35.	Kathleen	237	+10	+41	+20.9%
36.	Bernadette	228	-12	-74	-24.5%
37.	Denise	226	-4	-7	-3.0%
38.	Eileen	220	-7	-20	-8.3%
38.	Jacqueline	220	+1	+11	+5.3%
40.	Paula	215	+11	+46	+27.2%
41.	Carol	204	-6	-21	-9.3%
42.	Suzanne	201	+2	+3	+1.5%
43.	Rachel	200	0	0	0.0%
44.	Deborah	198	+2	+8	+4.2%
45.	Carmel	185	-8	-30	-14.0%
45.	Teresa	185	-3	-22	-10.6%
47.	Nicola	182	+12	+35	+23.8%
48.	Aisling	180	+10	+27	+17.6%
49.	Claire	175	+8	+20	+12.9%
50.	Amanda	173	+6	+17	+10.9%
51.	Angela	166	-12	-43	-20.6%
52.	Tara	157	+15	+24	+18.0%
53.	Grainne	152	+21	+31	+25.6%
54.	Barbara	150	-5	-22	-12.8%
55.	Anna	148	-3	-16	-9.8%
56.	Audrey	147	-8	-27	-15.5%
57.	Tracy	146	-3	-14	-8.8%
57.	Valerie	146	-7	-24	-14.1%
59.	Ciara	144	+4	+5	+3.6%
60.	Joan	136	-1	-11	-7.5%
61.	Christina	135	0	-9	-6.3%
62.	Edel	134	+11	+8	+6.3%
62.	Ruth	134	+6	+2	+1.5%
64.	Alison	129	+12	+15	+13.2%
64.	Emer	129	+18	+29	+29.0%
66.	Ellen	128	+4	0	0.0%
66.	Nora	128	-19	-55	-30.1%
66.	Shirley	128	-2	-7	-5.2%
69.	Brigid	126	-14	-31	-19.7%
69.	Joanne	126	-4	-8	-6.0%
69.	Pauline	126	-4	-8	-6.0%
72.	Jane	124	+6	+13	+11.7%
72.	Tracey	124	-1	-3	-2.4%
74.	Josephine	123	-21	-38	-23.6%
75.	Sheila	119	-13	-24	-16.8%
76.	Colette	118	-7	-13	-9.9%
77.	Mairead	113	new	new	new
78.	Jean	109	+5	+10	+10.1%
78.	Noreen	109	+1	+2	+1.9%
80.	Aoife	104	new	new	new
81.	Clare	103	+5	+6	+6.2%
81.	Frances	103	-2	-4	-3.7%
81.	Laura	103	+5	+6	+6.2%
84.	Christine	101	new	new	new
85.	Anita	97	-10	-23	-19.2%
86.	Emma	96	new	new	new
87.	Annette	95	-16	-32	-25.2%
88.	Helena	93	-9	-14	-13.1%
89.	Samantha	92	-6	-7	-7.1%
90.	Pamela	91	+4	0	0.0%
91.	Aileen	90	new	new	new
91.	Clodagh	90	-6	-8	-8.2%
91.	Miriam	90	+7	+2	+2.3%
91.	Roisin	90	new	new	new
95.	Julie	89	new	new	new
96.	Irene	87	new	new	new
97.	Michele	85	-7	-8	-8.6%
98.	Una	84	-4	-7	-7.7%
99.	Brenda	83	-22	-30	-26.5%
99.	Veronica	83	-10	-11	-11.7%

Popularity extremes for Ireland