Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,088	0	-242	-10.4%
2.	Michael	1,389	0	-147	-9.6%
3.	David	1,360	+1	+97	+7.7%
4.	Patrick	1,310	-1	-133	-9.2%
5.	Paul	1,108	0	-31	-2.7%
6.	James	1,033	0	-26	-2.5%
7.	Mark	863	0	-116	-11.8%
8.	Thomas	823	0	-61	-6.9%
9.	Alan	747	+1	+91	+13.9%
10.	Brian	726	-1	+38	+5.5%
11.	Stephen	692	+1	+86	+14.2%
12.	Martin	548	+1	-31	-5.4%
13.	William	538	-2	-99	-15.5%
14.	Oliver	537	+78	+459	+588%
15.	Anthony	521	-1	-26	-4.8%
16.	Kevin	465	-1	-58	-11.1%
17.	Keith	459	+2	+19	+4.3%
18.	Gerard	456	+4	+35	+8.3%
19.	Robert	437	-2	-13	-2.9%
20.	Peter	432	0	-5	-1.1%
21.	Declan	408	0	-26	-6.0%
22.	Shane	401	+1	+32	+8.7%
23.	Joseph	389	-7	-73	-15.8%
24.	Brendan	381	+3	+38	+11.1%
25.	Jason	370	-7	-72	-16.3%
26.	Niall	368	-2	+18	+5.1%
27.	Richard	345	+2	+12	+3.6%
28.	Derek	318	0	-17	-5.1%
29.	Daniel	304	+8	+36	+13.4%
30.	Kenneth	299	-4	-47	-13.6%
31.	Edward	287	-6	-60	-17.3%
32.	Noel	280	+2	-4	-1.4%
33.	Andrew	279	+3	+5	+1.8%
34.	Sean	278	-4	-49	-15.0%
35.	Darren	267	-4	-42	-13.6%
36.	Barry	263	-4	-24	-8.4%
37.	Philip	259	+5	+17	+7.0%
38.	Raymond	246	-6	-41	-14.3%
39.	Ian	245	+4	+6	+2.5%
40.	Francis	243	+1	-2	-0.8%
41.	Adrian	237	+5	+18	+8.2%
42.	Kieran	236	-7	-41	-14.8%
43.	Ronan	232	+6	+29	+14.3%
44.	Conor	231	+6	+32	+16.1%
45.	Colm	224	0	-4	-1.8%
46.	Christopher	223	-9	-45	-16.8%
46.	Damien	223	-6	-27	-10.8%
48.	Denis	210	-4	-28	-11.8%
49.	Dermot	204	-2	-13	-6.0%
50.	Colin	203	+1	+10	+5.2%
51.	Trevor	198	+2	+9	+4.8%
52.	Ciaran	193	+5	+13	+7.2%
53.	Timothy	192	+1	+4	+2.1%
54.	Aidan	189	-15	-69	-26.7%
55.	Jonathan	188	-4	-5	-2.6%
56.	Donal	164	-8	-50	-23.4%
57.	Damian	157	+2	+3	+1.9%
58.	Gary	149	-3	-38	-20.3%
59.	Fergal	147	-1	-21	-12.5%
59.	Simon	147	+21	+59	+67.0%
61.	Seamus	146	+2	+12	+9.0%
62.	Eoin	145	-1	-4	-2.7%
63.	Liam	142	-7	-40	-22.0%
64.	Graham	134	-2	-4	-2.9%
65.	Vincent	133	-5	-18	-11.9%
66.	Bernard	131	-1	+13	+11.0%
67.	Nigel	128	+7	+34	+36.2%
68.	Cathal	123	+1	+15	+13.9%
69.	Gavin	122	-6	-12	-9.0%
70.	Enda	120	0	+14	+13.2%
71.	Wayne	115	+21	+37	+47.4%
72.	Padraig	114	-6	-2	-1.7%
73.	Maurice	108	-5	-3	-2.7%
74.	Rory	102	+16	+23	+29.1%
75.	Eamonn	99	-3	-1	-1.0%
75.	Eugene	99	+14	+18	+22.2%
77.	Neil	98	-4	0	0.0%
78.	Karl	97	-11	-15	-13.4%
79.	Desmond	96	-1	+5	+5.5%
80.	Eamon	93	+19	+30	+47.6%
81.	Jeremiah	92	-5	0	0.0%
82.	Cormac	90	+8	+11	+13.9%
83.	Cornelius	88	+2	+3	+3.5%
83.	Nicholas	88	+3	+4	+4.8%
85.	Matthew	87	-14	-15	-14.7%
86.	Fergus	86	+2	+4	+4.9%
87.	Owen	84	-11	-8	-8.7%
88.	Stuart	79	new	new	new
88.	Terence	79	-9	-11	-12.2%
90.	Charles	78	+4	+4	+5.4%
91.	Justin	74	-11	-14	-15.9%
92.	Gerald	72	new	new	new
93.	Steven	69	new	new	new
94.	Hugh	68	-14	-20	-22.7%
94.	Laurence	68	-11	-19	-21.8%
96.	George	66	-10	-18	-21.4%
96.	Gordon	66	+1	-2	-2.9%
98.	Eric	65	-2	-5	-7.1%
98.	Garry	65	new	new	new
100.	Glen	64	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,227	0	-148	-10.8%
2.	Sinead	825	+3	+256	+45.0%
3.	Catherine	682	-1	-69	-9.2%
4.	Olivia	618	+69	+488	+375%
5.	Margaret	569	-2	-36	-6.0%
6.	Michelle	562	0	+29	+5.4%
7.	Caroline	517	-3	-64	-11.0%
8.	Sharon	501	-1	-17	-3.3%
9.	Elizabeth	468	0	-20	-4.1%
10.	Deirdre	464	-2	-31	-6.3%
11.	Elaine	460	+3	+33	+7.7%
12.	Fiona	451	-1	-13	-2.8%
13.	Jennifer	442	+7	+76	+20.8%
14.	Karen	435	-2	-26	-5.6%
15.	Ann	424	-5	-41	-8.8%
16.	Anne	413	-3	-37	-8.2%
17.	Linda	385	-1	-21	-5.2%
18.	Patricia	376	-3	-32	-7.8%
19.	Lisa	361	-2	-41	-10.2%
20.	Susan	359	-2	-24	-6.3%
21.	Siobhan	340	+5	+39	+13.0%
22.	Sandra	330	0	-20	-5.7%
23.	Niamh	327	-2	-28	-7.9%
24.	Louise	320	-5	-56	-14.9%
25.	Lorraine	314	0	+3	+1.0%
25.	Sarah	314	-2	-5	-1.6%
27.	Nicola	296	0	+3	+1.0%
28.	Helen	288	0	+10	+3.6%
29.	Yvonne	279	+5	+34	+13.9%
30.	Martina	268	-6	-47	-14.9%
31.	Maria	253	+4	+9	+3.7%
32.	Claire	251	+7	+26	+11.6%
33.	Orla	247	+5	+21	+9.3%
34.	Olive	239	new	new	new
35.	Denise	233	+1	-8	-3.3%
36.	Gillian	227	0	-14	-5.8%
36.	Marie	227	-6	-33	-12.7%
38.	Emma	226	+3	+6	+2.7%
39.	Amanda	225	-8	-33	-12.8%
40.	Geraldine	216	-8	-34	-13.6%
41.	Bridget	213	-12	-54	-20.2%
42.	Rachel	210	+4	+24	+12.9%
43.	Aisling	209	+9	+38	+22.2%
44.	Laura	195	+35	+78	+66.7%
45.	Jacqueline	187	-12	-62	-24.9%
46.	Kathleen	186	-2	-9	-4.6%
47.	Carol	185	+2	+7	+3.9%
48.	Joanne	182	+3	+9	+5.2%
49.	Ciara	181	-2	-4	-2.2%
50.	Eileen	175	-5	-12	-6.4%
50.	Suzanne	175	-7	-34	-16.3%
52.	Ruth	173	-4	-6	-3.4%
53.	Deborah	170	-13	-52	-23.4%
54.	Paula	168	-4	-8	-4.5%
55.	Bernadette	162	-13	-48	-22.9%
56.	Aoife	157	+2	-5	-3.1%
57.	Clare	152	+2	-9	-5.6%
58.	Angela	151	-2	-15	-9.0%
59.	Mairead	150	+11	+17	+12.8%
60.	Alison	145	+5	+4	+2.8%
61.	Grainne	144	+4	+3	+2.1%
62.	Carmel	142	-7	-26	-15.5%
62.	Edel	142	-10	-29	-17.0%
62.	Tara	142	-1	-9	-6.0%
65.	Audrey	140	-11	-30	-17.6%
65.	Colette	140	+3	+6	+4.5%
67.	Anna	135	-4	-7	-4.9%
68.	Emer	134	-6	-11	-7.6%
69.	Teresa	130	-12	-34	-20.7%
70.	Valerie	129	-10	-28	-17.8%
71.	Barbara	128	-8	-14	-9.9%
72.	Christina	121	+2	0	0.0%
72.	Jane	121	-1	-11	-8.3%
74.	Tracey	117	-6	-17	-12.7%
75.	Sheila	114	-3	-17	-13.0%
76.	Josephine	113	+2	-6	-5.0%
77.	Tracy	110	-3	-11	-9.1%
78.	Julie	109	+3	-2	-1.8%
79.	Aine	107	new	new	new
80.	Nora	105	-6	-16	-13.2%
81.	Anita	102	+8	+7	+7.4%
82.	Clodagh	98	+3	-1	-1.0%
83.	Joan	97	+1	-10	-9.3%
83.	Shirley	97	-16	-43	-30.7%
85.	Brenda	96	+7	+4	+4.3%
85.	Helena	96	new	new	new
85.	Lorna	96	+13	+7	+7.9%
85.	Roisin	96	+2	-2	-2.0%
89.	Catriona	95	-4	-4	-4.0%
89.	Ellen	95	-8	-16	-14.4%
91.	Jean	92	-8	-16	-14.8%
92.	Samantha	90	+7	+3	+3.4%
93.	Noreen	89	-13	-26	-22.6%
94.	Evelyn	88	new	new	new
94.	Pauline	88	-17	-32	-26.7%
96.	Christine	85	-3	-6	-6.6%
96.	Hazel	85	new	new	new
98.	Tanya	84	new	new	new
98.	Una	84	new	new	new
100.	Brigid	83	-1	-4	-4.6%

Popularity extremes for Ireland