Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,330	0	-101	-4.2%
2.	Michael	1,536	0	-64	-4.0%
3.	Patrick	1,443	0	-41	-2.8%
4.	David	1,263	0	+1	+0.1%
5.	Paul	1,139	0	+27	+2.4%
6.	James	1,059	0	+57	+5.7%
7.	Mark	979	+1	+52	+5.6%
8.	Thomas	884	-1	-112	-11.2%
9.	Brian	688	0	-4	-0.6%
10.	Alan	656	0	+51	+8.4%
11.	William	637	+2	+55	+9.5%
12.	Stephen	606	0	+4	+0.7%
13.	Martin	579	-3	-26	-4.3%
14.	Anthony	547	+1	+29	+5.6%
15.	Kevin	523	+2	+52	+11.0%
16.	Joseph	462	+4	+4	+0.9%
17.	Robert	450	+2	-16	-3.4%
18.	Jason	442	+3	+24	+5.7%
19.	Keith	440	+5	+79	+21.9%
20.	Peter	437	-2	-33	-7.0%
21.	Declan	434	-7	-95	-18.0%
22.	Gerard	421	-6	-65	-13.4%
23.	Shane	369	+2	+18	+5.1%
24.	Niall	350	+4	+31	+9.7%
25.	Edward	347	+4	+30	+9.5%
26.	Kenneth	346	+5	+41	+13.4%
27.	Brendan	343	-5	-31	-8.3%
28.	Derek	335	-1	-6	-1.8%
29.	Richard	333	-3	-11	-3.2%
30.	Sean	327	-1	+10	+3.2%
31.	Darren	309	+1	+17	+5.8%
32.	Barry	287	+5	+27	+10.4%
32.	Raymond	287	+4	+23	+8.7%
34.	Noel	284	-11	-79	-21.8%
35.	Kieran	277	-1	-6	-2.1%
36.	Andrew	274	+2	+15	+5.8%
37.	Christopher	268	+2	+17	+6.8%
37.	Daniel	268	-4	-17	-6.0%
39.	Aidan	258	+2	+16	+6.6%
40.	Damien	250	+9	+47	+23.2%
41.	Francis	245	-6	-27	-9.9%
42.	Philip	242	-2	-5	-2.0%
43.	Ian	239	+2	+23	+10.6%
44.	Denis	238	-2	+2	+0.8%
45.	Colm	228	-1	+6	+2.7%
46.	Adrian	219	-3	-10	-4.4%
47.	Dermot	217	+1	+8	+3.8%
48.	Donal	214	+5	+15	+7.5%
49.	Ronan	203	0	0	0.0%
50.	Conor	199	-3	-11	-5.2%
51.	Colin	193	-2	-10	-4.9%
51.	Jonathan	193	+7	+35	+22.2%
53.	Trevor	189	+1	+14	+8.0%
54.	Timothy	188	-2	-12	-6.0%
55.	Gary	187	+5	+34	+22.2%
56.	Liam	182	0	+13	+7.7%
57.	Ciaran	180	-12	-36	-16.7%
58.	Fergal	168	+2	+15	+9.8%
59.	Damian	154	-2	-14	-8.3%
60.	Vincent	151	+5	+14	+10.2%
61.	Eoin	149	+2	+6	+4.2%
62.	Graham	138	+1	-5	-3.5%
63.	Gavin	134	-9	-41	-23.4%
63.	Seamus	134	-3	-19	-12.4%
65.	Bernard	118	-6	-38	-24.4%
66.	Padraig	116	+20	+26	+28.9%
67.	Karl	112	-1	-19	-14.5%
68.	Maurice	111	0	-8	-6.7%
69.	Cathal	108	+1	-6	-5.3%
70.	Enda	106	-3	-23	-17.8%
71.	Matthew	102	+6	+3	+3.0%
72.	Eamonn	100	+8	+3	+3.1%
73.	Neil	98	+6	0	0.0%
74.	Nigel	94	+19	+13	+16.0%
75.	Garrett	93	-4	-19	-17.0%
76.	Jeremiah	92	+14	+8	+9.5%
76.	Owen	92	-4	-17	-15.6%
78.	Desmond	91	+3	-5	-5.2%
79.	Terence	90	-3	-13	-12.6%
80.	Hugh	88	+1	-8	-8.3%
80.	Justin	88	+8	0	0.0%
80.	Simon	88	-7	-20	-18.5%
83.	Laurence	87	-8	-18	-17.1%
84.	Gregory	86	+10	+13	+17.8%
85.	Cornelius	85	-16	-32	-27.4%
86.	George	84	+1	-5	-5.6%
86.	Nicholas	84	+2	-4	-4.5%
88.	Fergus	82	-11	-17	-17.2%
89.	Eugene	81	-15	-25	-23.6%
90.	Cormac	79	-7	-16	-16.8%
90.	Rory	79	-5	-13	-14.1%
92.	Oliver	78	+7	+21	+36.8%
92.	Wayne	78	+5	+9	+13.0%
94.	Charles	74	-4	-10	-11.9%
95.	Glenn	73	new	new	new
96.	Eric	70	-6	-14	-16.7%
97.	Gordon	68	-3	-5	-6.8%
98.	Gareth	65	-4	-8	-11.0%
99.	Eamon	63	0	+6	+10.5%
99.	Finbarr	63	-1	+2	+3.3%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,375	0	-154	-10.1%
2.	Catherine	751	0	-34	-4.3%
3.	Margaret	605	0	-81	-11.8%
4.	Caroline	581	+1	-23	-3.8%
5.	Sinead	569	-1	-90	-13.7%
6.	Michelle	533	+4	+65	+13.9%
7.	Sharon	518	+4	+58	+12.6%
8.	Deirdre	495	-1	-34	-6.4%
9.	Elizabeth	488	-1	-32	-6.2%
10.	Ann	465	+2	+12	+2.6%
11.	Fiona	464	-5	-99	-17.6%
12.	Karen	461	+2	+36	+8.5%
13.	Anne	450	-4	-39	-8.0%
14.	Elaine	427	+2	+39	+10.1%
15.	Patricia	408	+3	+32	+8.5%
16.	Linda	406	-3	-31	-7.1%
17.	Lisa	402	+3	+44	+12.3%
18.	Susan	383	+6	+61	+18.9%
19.	Louise	376	+4	+51	+15.7%
20.	Jennifer	366	-1	+5	+1.4%
21.	Niamh	355	+5	+42	+13.4%
22.	Sandra	350	-5	-28	-7.4%
23.	Sarah	319	+10	+70	+28.1%
24.	Martina	315	-9	-76	-19.4%
25.	Lorraine	311	-3	-16	-4.9%
26.	Siobhan	301	-5	-31	-9.3%
27.	Nicola	293	+8	+58	+24.7%
28.	Helen	278	-1	-11	-3.8%
29.	Bridget	267	-4	-47	-15.0%
30.	Marie	260	-1	-19	-6.8%
31.	Amanda	258	+6	+28	+12.2%
32.	Geraldine	250	0	-10	-3.8%
33.	Jacqueline	249	+3	+16	+6.9%
34.	Yvonne	245	-6	-42	-14.6%
35.	Maria	244	-5	-19	-7.2%
36.	Denise	241	-2	+3	+1.3%
36.	Gillian	241	-5	-20	-7.7%
38.	Orla	226	0	+3	+1.3%
39.	Claire	225	0	+10	+4.7%
40.	Deborah	222	+2	+13	+6.2%
41.	Emma	220	+9	+43	+24.3%
42.	Bernadette	210	-3	-5	-2.3%
43.	Suzanne	209	+5	+24	+13.0%
44.	Kathleen	195	-1	-8	-3.9%
45.	Eileen	187	+1	-7	-3.6%
46.	Rachel	186	+3	+4	+2.2%
47.	Ciara	185	+9	+20	+12.1%
48.	Ruth	179	+8	+14	+8.5%
49.	Carol	178	+5	+12	+7.2%
50.	Paula	176	+4	+10	+6.0%
51.	Joanne	173	+10	+24	+16.1%
52.	Aisling	171	-8	-31	-15.3%
52.	Edel	171	0	-4	-2.3%
54.	Audrey	170	-7	-17	-9.1%
55.	Carmel	168	-10	-32	-16.0%
56.	Angela	166	-3	-5	-2.9%
57.	Teresa	164	-18	-51	-23.7%
58.	Aoife	162	+9	+25	+18.2%
59.	Clare	161	-1	-1	-0.6%
60.	Valerie	157	+3	+16	+11.3%
61.	Tara	151	-11	-26	-14.7%
62.	Emer	145	-3	-6	-4.0%
63.	Anna	142	+1	+2	+1.4%
63.	Barbara	142	+4	+5	+3.6%
65.	Alison	141	+6	+7	+5.2%
65.	Grainne	141	-5	-9	-6.0%
67.	Shirley	140	+2	+4	+2.9%
68.	Colette	134	+5	+6	+4.7%
68.	Tracey	134	-6	-10	-6.9%
70.	Mairead	133	+10	+24	+22.0%
71.	Jane	132	+3	+6	+4.8%
72.	Sheila	131	-7	-8	-5.8%
73.	Olivia	130	+15	+36	+38.3%
74.	Christina	121	+1	-3	-2.4%
74.	Nora	121	-5	-15	-11.0%
74.	Tracy	121	+5	+10	+9.0%
77.	Pauline	120	-5	-12	-9.1%
78.	Josephine	119	-13	-20	-14.4%
79.	Laura	117	-2	0	0.0%
80.	Noreen	115	+4	+9	+8.5%
81.	Ellen	111	-4	-6	-5.1%
81.	Julie	111	+15	+22	+24.7%
83.	Jean	108	+16	+24	+28.6%
84.	Joan	107	-8	-14	-11.6%
85.	Catriona	99	+1	+1	+1.0%
85.	Clodagh	99	0	-2	-2.0%
87.	Irene	98	new	new	new
87.	Roisin	98	+5	+6	+6.5%
89.	Anita	95	-7	-13	-12.0%
90.	Annette	93	-7	-14	-13.1%
90.	Sonya	93	-10	-16	-14.7%
92.	Brenda	92	+2	+1	+1.1%
93.	Christine	91	+6	+7	+8.3%
93.	Natasha	91	new	new	new
93.	Regina	91	new	new	new
96.	Frances	90	-7	-3	-3.2%
96.	Rose	90	new	new	new
98.	Lorna	89	-9	-4	-4.3%
99.	Andrea	87	new	new	new
99.	Brigid	87	-7	-5	-5.4%
99.	Pamela	87	-4	-3	-3.3%
99.	Samantha	87	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland