Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
62.	Wesley	155	new	new	new
33.	Gavin	299	+24	+129	+75.9%
59.	Neil	157	+18	+57	+57.0%
84.	Gareth	83	new	new	new
79.	Cornelius	92	+14	+19	+26.0%
87.	Garrett	76	new	new	new
77.	Nicholas	99	+11	+18	+22.2%
91.	Diarmuid	72	new	new	new
84.	Laurence	83	+9	+10	+13.7%
29.	Andrew	318	+8	+51	+19.1%
40.	Ronan	244	+8	+32	+15.1%
65.	Bernard	139	+8	+34	+32.4%
27.	Sean	338	+7	+56	+19.9%
59.	Eoin	157	+7	+21	+15.4%
43.	Conor	232	+6	+22	+10.5%
58.	Graham	160	+6	+21	+15.1%
59.	Seamus	157	+6	+19	+13.8%
68.	Rory	130	+6	+27	+26.2%
36.	Kieran	266	+5	+25	+10.4%
88.	Charles	75	+5	+2	+2.7%
19.	Peter	415	+4	+23	+5.9%
36.	Philip	266	+4	+14	+5.6%
47.	Colin	224	+4	+38	+20.4%
76.	Desmond	100	+4	+5	+5.3%
42.	Damien	239	+3	+11	+4.8%
98.	Bryan	68	new	new	new
7.	Brian	865	+2	+53	+6.5%
12.	Anthony	542	+2	+38	+7.5%
14.	Kevin	522	+2	+48	+10.1%
18.	Gerard	443	+2	+21	+5.0%
20.	Joseph	411	+2	+15	+3.8%
23.	Niall	370	+2	+11	+3.1%
25.	Richard	348	+2	-4	-1.1%
34.	Darren	294	+2	+23	+8.5%
51.	Ciaran	207	+2	+26	+14.4%
69.	Padraig	123	+2	+17	+16.0%
72.	Cathal	119	+2	+16	+15.5%
16.	Robert	470	+1	+13	+2.8%
32.	Ian	314	+1	+27	+9.4%
46.	Christopher	225	+1	+10	+4.7%
53.	Timothy	190	+1	+10	+5.6%
66.	Enda	136	+1	+6	+4.6%
82.	Maurice	86	+1	+2	+2.4%
88.	Ross	75	+1	-3	-3.8%
97.	Garry	69	+1	+3	+4.5%
1.	John	2,086	0	-20	-0.9%
2.	David	1,571	0	+93	+6.3%
3.	Michael	1,349	0	-64	-4.5%
4.	Patrick	1,227	0	-37	-2.9%
5.	Paul	1,114	0	+16	+1.5%
6.	James	927	0	-83	-8.2%
10.	Stephen	704	0	-75	-9.6%
11.	Alan	679	0	-39	-5.4%
13.	Martin	535	0	+15	+2.9%
52.	Trevor	200	0	+18	+9.9%
55.	Donal	178	0	0	0.0%
56.	Liam	175	0	+3	+1.7%
57.	Dermot	170	0	0	0.0%
93.	Gregory	71	0	-2	-2.7%
8.	Mark	864	-1	-52	-5.7%
9.	Thomas	770	-1	-56	-6.8%
25.	Barry	348	-1	-33	-8.7%
27.	Derek	338	-1	-17	-4.8%
31.	Daniel	316	-1	+7	+2.3%
98.	Eamon	68	-1	-2	-2.9%
17.	Shane	468	-2	-10	-2.1%
83.	Eugene	85	-2	-7	-7.6%
15.	William	497	-3	-46	-8.5%
21.	Keith	389	-3	-64	-14.1%
22.	Brendan	384	-3	-48	-11.1%
24.	Declan	362	-3	-51	-12.3%
30.	Jason	317	-3	-35	-9.9%
35.	Edward	270	-3	-32	-10.6%
45.	Francis	226	-3	-9	-3.8%
49.	Adrian	219	-3	-3	-1.4%
64.	Gary	143	-3	-5	-3.4%
81.	Karl	91	-3	-6	-6.2%
54.	Denis	183	-4	-14	-7.1%
63.	Damian	146	-4	-7	-4.6%
73.	Owen	104	-4	-7	-6.3%
91.	Darragh	72	-4	-10	-12.2%
93.	Jeremiah	71	-4	-7	-9.0%
95.	Hugh	70	-4	-6	-7.9%
49.	Colm	219	-5	-14	-6.0%
67.	Simon	135	-5	-12	-8.2%
41.	Raymond	241	-6	-31	-11.4%
44.	Aidan	227	-6	-30	-11.7%
48.	Jonathan	222	-6	-13	-5.5%
38.	Kenneth	260	-7	-43	-14.2%
70.	Fergal	122	-7	-24	-16.4%
75.	Eamonn	101	-7	-28	-21.7%
90.	Gordon	73	-7	-11	-13.1%
78.	Wayne	95	-8	-15	-13.6%
79.	Matthew	92	-8	-14	-13.2%
84.	Nigel	83	-8	-19	-18.6%
95.	Cormac	70	-9	-13	-15.7%
39.	Noel	256	-10	-61	-19.2%
70.	Vincent	122	-10	-29	-19.2%
98.	Stuart	68	-15	-16	-19.0%
98.	Terence	68	-19	-28	-29.2%
74.	Oliver	102	-35	-153	-60.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
39.	Sabrina	229	new	new	new
68.	Tracy	131	new	new	new
79.	Maeve	104	new	new	new
79.	Helena	104	+21	+21	+25.3%
81.	Gemma	101	new	new	new
62.	Emer	146	+18	+39	+36.4%
85.	Clodagh	96	new	new	new
77.	Catriona	109	+12	+10	+10.1%
89.	Noreen	94	new	new	new
85.	Tanya	96	+11	+10	+11.6%
36.	Aoife	252	+10	+66	+35.5%
44.	Ruth	201	+10	+32	+18.9%
58.	Mairead	154	+10	+22	+16.7%
51.	Julie	178	+9	+34	+23.6%
92.	Lorna	91	new	new	new
93.	Rebecca	90	new	new	new
35.	Laura	263	+7	+54	+25.8%
66.	Alison	140	+7	+20	+16.7%
68.	Tracey	131	+7	+19	+17.0%
27.	Gillian	297	+6	+30	+11.2%
30.	Emma	283	+6	+35	+14.1%
50.	Bernadette	179	+6	+16	+9.8%
12.	Sarah	413	+5	+30	+7.8%
23.	Claire	330	+5	+23	+7.5%
59.	Clare	150	+5	+12	+8.7%
87.	Ellen	95	+5	+7	+8.0%
26.	Yvonne	306	+4	+18	+6.3%
55.	Paula	164	+4	+17	+11.6%
60.	Aine	149	+4	+11	+8.0%
87.	Ashling	95	+4	+2	+2.2%
97.	Caitriona	81	new	new	new
11.	Elaine	430	+3	+11	+2.6%
15.	Lisa	382	+3	0	0.0%
28.	Martina	287	+3	+9	+3.2%
41.	Geraldine	211	+3	+5	+2.4%
78.	Sheila	108	+3	+4	+3.8%
5.	Karen	570	+2	+56	+10.9%
7.	Deirdre	540	+2	+57	+11.8%
14.	Niamh	390	+2	0	0.0%
21.	Lorraine	341	+2	-2	-0.6%
32.	Joanne	282	+2	+24	+9.3%
33.	Orla	279	+2	+29	+11.6%
47.	Aisling	197	+2	+15	+8.2%
96.	Eimear	87	+2	+2	+2.4%
99.	Irene	80	new	new	new
9.	Fiona	460	+1	+8	+1.8%
19.	Susan	360	+1	-11	-3.0%
40.	Ciara	222	+1	+11	+5.2%
56.	Grainne	161	+1	+3	+1.9%
68.	Valerie	131	+1	+3	+2.3%
1.	Mary	972	0	-159	-14.1%
2.	Sinead	694	0	+6	+0.9%
3.	Catherine	693	0	+48	+7.4%
4.	Michelle	594	0	+23	+4.0%
22.	Patricia	339	0	-6	-1.7%
38.	Maria	237	0	-1	-0.4%
43.	Amanda	205	0	-3	-1.4%
46.	Suzanne	198	0	+12	+6.5%
49.	Carol	184	0	+2	+1.1%
81.	Christina	101	0	-3	-2.9%
6.	Caroline	563	-1	-1	-0.2%
13.	Sharon	394	-1	-29	-6.9%
20.	Anne	356	-1	-24	-6.3%
25.	Nicola	320	-1	-9	-2.7%
72.	Teresa	125	-1	-1	-0.8%
8.	Margaret	463	-2	-57	-11.0%
10.	Jennifer	451	-2	-43	-8.7%
17.	Linda	372	-2	-29	-7.2%
23.	Louise	330	-2	-29	-8.1%
29.	Sandra	285	-2	-26	-8.4%
34.	Helen	264	-2	-7	-2.6%
53.	Jacqueline	169	-2	-4	-2.3%
48.	Deborah	187	-3	-11	-5.6%
72.	Anna	125	-3	-3	-2.3%
74.	Jane	124	-3	-2	-1.6%
16.	Elizabeth	381	-4	-42	-9.9%
30.	Siobhan	283	-4	-31	-9.9%
71.	Barbara	126	-4	-7	-5.3%
42.	Denise	208	-5	-36	-14.8%
60.	Angela	149	-5	-19	-11.3%
67.	Tara	139	-5	-1	-0.7%
45.	Bridget	200	-6	-26	-11.5%
18.	Ann	364	-7	-70	-16.1%
65.	Kathleen	142	-7	-9	-6.0%
37.	Marie	243	-8	-62	-20.3%
56.	Edel	161	-8	-24	-13.0%
75.	Colette	114	-9	-23	-16.8%
83.	Anita	99	-9	-19	-16.1%
84.	Josephine	97	-9	-15	-13.4%
93.	Andrea	90	-10	-13	-12.6%
95.	Brenda	89	-10	-13	-12.7%
63.	Eileen	145	-11	-25	-14.7%
90.	Roisin	93	-11	-15	-13.9%
64.	Audrey	143	-12	-27	-15.9%
90.	Pauline	93	-13	-18	-16.2%
54.	Rachel	166	-14	-48	-22.4%
97.	Aileen	81	-14	-22	-21.4%
100.	Joan	79	-14	-22	-21.8%
76.	Carmel	110	-15	-32	-22.5%
52.	Olivia	175	-28	-154	-46.8%

Popularity extremes for Ireland