Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,510	0	-197	-7.3%
2.	David	1,740	0	+45	+2.7%
3.	Michael	1,426	+1	+94	+7.1%
4.	Paul	1,262	-1	-230	-15.4%
5.	Patrick	1,218	0	-9	-0.7%
6.	James	1,087	0	+64	+6.3%
7.	Brian	944	0	+49	+5.5%
8.	Thomas	844	+1	+50	+6.3%
9.	Alan	815	+1	+80	+10.9%
10.	Mark	814	-2	-64	-7.3%
11.	Stephen	773	0	+53	+7.4%
12.	Robert	670	0	+91	+15.7%
13.	Kevin	568	0	+39	+7.4%
14.	William	541	+2	+84	+18.4%
15.	Shane	540	+3	+102	+23.3%
16.	Martin	506	-2	+4	+0.8%
17.	Peter	489	0	+42	+9.4%
18.	Anthony	483	-3	+1	+0.2%
19.	Keith	453	+1	+35	+8.4%
20.	Joseph	446	-1	+25	+5.9%
21.	Gerard	429	+1	+32	+8.1%
22.	Barry	423	+4	+64	+17.8%
23.	Jonathan	401	+9	+111	+38.3%
24.	Niall	393	+1	+20	+5.4%
25.	Daniel	373	+2	+23	+6.6%
26.	Brendan	372	-3	-17	-4.4%
26.	Darren	372	+9	+89	+31.4%
28.	Sean	370	0	+24	+6.9%
29.	Richard	365	-5	-20	-5.2%
30.	Andrew	359	-9	-52	-12.7%
31.	Ronan	356	+5	+79	+28.5%
32.	Declan	348	-2	+38	+12.3%
32.	Derek	348	-1	+47	+15.6%
34.	Eoin	346	-1	+57	+19.7%
35.	Damien	339	+4	+77	+29.4%
36.	Philip	336	-3	+47	+16.3%
37.	Jason	319	-8	+4	+1.3%
38.	Conor	299	+2	+40	+15.4%
39.	Gary	298	+10	+84	+39.3%
40.	Ciaran	297	+2	+44	+17.4%
41.	Kenneth	290	+5	+54	+22.9%
42.	Gareth	282	+15	+105	+59.3%
42.	Noel	282	+1	+32	+12.8%
44.	Edward	272	-3	+18	+7.1%
45.	Ian	271	-8	-2	-0.7%
46.	Kieran	263	-8	-5	-1.9%
47.	Colin	260	-2	+15	+6.1%
48.	Christopher	255	-4	+6	+2.4%
49.	Colm	253	-1	+26	+11.5%
50.	Aidan	243	-3	+13	+5.7%
51.	Liam	231	+2	+44	+23.5%
52.	Gavin	230	0	+28	+13.9%
53.	Trevor	203	+2	+23	+12.8%
54.	Raymond	199	+2	+21	+11.8%
55.	Francis	192	-6	-22	-10.3%
55.	Karl	192	+3	+17	+9.7%
57.	Donal	186	+10	+42	+29.2%
58.	Denis	182	-5	-5	-2.7%
59.	Timothy	173	+2	+18	+11.6%
60.	Adrian	169	-9	-36	-17.6%
61.	Dermot	166	+7	+31	+23.0%
62.	Simon	163	0	+10	+6.5%
63.	Graham	162	-4	-3	-1.8%
64.	Padraig	157	0	+7	+4.7%
65.	Neil	137	-3	-16	-10.5%
66.	Damian	136	+6	+19	+16.2%
67.	Cathal	135	-7	-21	-13.5%
68.	Vincent	132	+1	-1	-0.8%
68.	Wayne	132	-2	-13	-9.0%
70.	Ross	130	+12	+36	+38.3%
71.	Seamus	128	-6	-20	-13.5%
72.	Enda	122	-2	-1	-0.8%
73.	Eamonn	116	-2	-6	-4.9%
74.	Rory	115	-2	-2	-1.7%
75.	Bernard	113	+2	+8	+7.6%
76.	Matthew	110	+3	+12	+12.2%
77.	Cormac	104	-3	-7	-6.3%
78.	Owen	102	-2	-5	-4.7%
79.	Garry	98	new	new	new
80.	Charles	87	+18	+23	+35.9%
81.	Fergal	85	+2	-6	-6.6%
81.	Hugh	85	+3	-3	-3.4%
83.	Nicholas	84	-2	-11	-11.6%
84.	Laurence	82	+4	+5	+6.5%
84.	Maurice	82	+10	+11	+15.5%
86.	Desmond	81	-1	-3	-3.6%
87.	Cornelius	76	+3	+1	+1.3%
87.	Darragh	76	-8	-22	-22.4%
89.	Eoghan	75	new	new	new
90.	Eric	73	-3	-7	-8.8%
90.	Jeremiah	73	+10	+12	+19.7%
92.	Nigel	72	-14	-29	-28.7%
93.	Bryan	71	0	-1	-1.4%
94.	Oliver	70	+2	+2	+2.9%
95.	Diarmuid	69	new	new	new
96.	George	68	+2	+4	+6.3%
97.	Eugene	67	new	new	new
98.	Steven	64	-7	-10	-13.5%
99.	Terence	63	-5	-8	-11.3%
100.	Gregory	62	-8	-11	-15.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	964	0	+20	+2.1%
2.	Sarah	653	+5	+147	+29.1%
3.	Michelle	649	-1	-1	-0.2%
4.	Catherine	633	0	+15	+2.4%
5.	Louise	598	+11	+151	+33.8%
6.	Lisa	586	0	+50	+9.3%
7.	Caroline	573	-4	-74	-11.4%
8.	Sinead	561	-3	-33	-5.6%
9.	Jennifer	553	+1	+67	+13.8%
10.	Karen	549	-1	+55	+11.1%
11.	Emma	525	0	+45	+9.4%
12.	Elaine	507	+5	+61	+13.7%
13.	Fiona	499	-1	+30	+6.4%
14.	Niamh	492	-2	+23	+4.9%
15.	Deirdre	464	-7	-34	-6.8%
16.	Claire	458	+8	+89	+24.1%
17.	Laura	446	+1	+51	+12.9%
18.	Lorraine	440	-4	-20	-4.3%
19.	Margaret	420	+3	+46	+12.3%
20.	Sharon	381	+5	+13	+3.5%
21.	Elizabeth	364	+2	-6	-1.6%
22.	Orla	361	+8	+48	+15.3%
23.	Anne	356	+3	-7	-1.9%
24.	Ann	355	-4	-25	-6.6%
25.	Ciara	352	+7	+63	+21.8%
25.	Nicola	352	+2	+9	+2.6%
27.	Linda	347	-8	-43	-11.0%
28.	Aoife	344	-7	-35	-9.2%
29.	Susan	335	-1	+3	+0.9%
30.	Pamela	330	+11	+88	+36.4%
31.	Patricia	327	+5	+54	+19.8%
32.	Joanne	319	-3	0	0.0%
33.	Siobhan	314	+2	+33	+11.7%
34.	Paula	300	-19	-153	-33.8%
35.	Sandra	283	-1	+1	+0.4%
36.	Denise	279	+3	+18	+6.9%
37.	Amanda	275	+6	+53	+23.9%
38.	Marie	272	-5	-15	-5.2%
39.	Yvonne	263	+1	+19	+7.8%
40.	Aisling	258	-3	-12	-4.4%
41.	Gillian	257	-10	-36	-12.3%
42.	Maria	248	+2	+30	+13.8%
43.	Helen	243	-1	+17	+7.5%
44.	Martina	242	+2	+35	+16.9%
45.	Carol	229	-7	-39	-14.6%
46.	Edel	225	+1	+27	+13.6%
47.	Aine	213	+6	+42	+24.6%
48.	Deborah	211	+2	+25	+13.4%
49.	Rachel	201	0	+14	+7.5%
50.	Grainne	195	+6	+32	+19.6%
51.	Bridget	184	+3	+14	+8.2%
51.	Donna	184	+25	+64	+53.3%
53.	Eimear	181	+21	+57	+46.0%
54.	Ruth	180	-3	+4	+2.3%
55.	Bernadette	176	+5	+24	+15.8%
56.	Geraldine	174	+3	+19	+12.3%
57.	Suzanne	172	-9	-17	-9.0%
58.	Clare	171	-1	+9	+5.6%
59.	Jacqueline	170	-8	-6	-3.4%
60.	Mairead	162	+3	+15	+10.2%
61.	Tracey	156	+6	+17	+12.2%
62.	Kathleen	150	-2	-2	-1.3%
63.	Emer	147	-1	-2	-1.3%
64.	Julie	145	-9	-23	-13.7%
65.	Pauline	144	-20	-72	-33.3%
66.	Eileen	140	+9	+17	+13.8%
67.	Alison	137	-4	-10	-6.8%
67.	Audrey	137	+1	0	0.0%
69.	Tracy	132	+7	+12	+10.0%
70.	Anna	131	-4	-9	-6.4%
71.	Roisin	127	+10	+20	+18.7%
72.	Angela	124	+4	+4	+3.3%
72.	Catriona	124	-14	-34	-21.5%
74.	Rebecca	121	+26	+42	+53.2%
75.	Amy	120	new	new	new
75.	Lorna	120	+16	+28	+30.4%
77.	Sabrina	117	-6	-13	-10.0%
78.	Tara	116	-6	-11	-8.7%
78.	Teresa	116	-13	-29	-20.0%
80.	Christina	114	-11	-18	-13.6%
81.	Valerie	113	+5	+18	+18.9%
82.	Caitriona	112	-3	-2	-1.8%
83.	Jane	106	-14	-26	-19.7%
84.	Christine	105	+1	+8	+8.2%
84.	Ellen	105	new	new	new
84.	Gemma	105	-2	-1	-0.9%
87.	Emily	104	+6	+14	+15.6%
88.	Andrea	103	+2	+10	+10.8%
89.	Carmel	102	-6	-2	-1.9%
89.	Olivia	102	-16	-23	-18.4%
91.	Jean	98	-11	-13	-11.7%
92.	Colette	96	+6	+14	+17.1%
93.	Miriam	94	new	new	new
94.	Melissa	93	new	new	new
95.	Aileen	92	-9	-3	-3.2%
95.	Barbara	92	-11	-11	-10.7%
97.	Leona	90	new	new	new
97.	Stephanie	90	new	new	new
97.	Victoria	90	0	+7	+8.4%
100.	Helena	88	-2	+6	+7.3%

Popularity extremes for Ireland