Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,071	0	-439	-17.5%
2.	David	1,633	0	-107	-6.1%
3.	Michael	1,320	0	-106	-7.4%
4.	Patrick	1,217	+1	-1	-0.1%
5.	Paul	1,110	-1	-152	-12.0%
6.	James	1,098	0	+11	+1.0%
7.	Brian	907	0	-37	-3.9%
8.	Stephen	826	+3	+53	+6.9%
9.	Thomas	823	-1	-21	-2.5%
10.	Mark	789	0	-25	-3.1%
11.	Alan	785	-2	-30	-3.7%
12.	Robert	658	0	-12	-1.8%
13.	Kevin	590	0	+22	+3.9%
14.	Shane	538	+1	-2	-0.4%
15.	Martin	501	+1	-5	-1.0%
16.	William	487	-2	-54	-10.0%
17.	Anthony	486	+1	+3	+0.6%
18.	Jonathan	476	+5	+75	+18.7%
19.	Peter	467	-2	-22	-4.5%
20.	Sean	445	+8	+75	+20.3%
21.	Daniel	431	+4	+58	+15.5%
22.	Joseph	426	-2	-20	-4.5%
23.	Keith	411	-4	-42	-9.3%
24.	Niall	410	0	+17	+4.3%
25.	Gerard	408	-4	-21	-4.9%
26.	Andrew	394	+4	+35	+9.7%
27.	Barry	384	-5	-39	-9.2%
28.	Richard	360	+1	-5	-1.4%
29.	Brendan	343	-3	-29	-7.8%
29.	Declan	343	+3	-5	-1.4%
31.	Derek	332	+1	-16	-4.6%
32.	Ronan	331	-1	-25	-7.0%
33.	Gary	322	+6	+24	+8.1%
34.	Conor	319	+4	+20	+6.7%
35.	Eoin	312	-1	-34	-9.8%
36.	Darren	307	-10	-65	-17.5%
37.	Damien	306	-2	-33	-9.7%
38.	Philip	291	-2	-45	-13.4%
39.	Ciaran	288	+1	-9	-3.0%
40.	Christopher	276	+8	+21	+8.2%
41.	Colm	275	+8	+22	+8.7%
42.	Edward	260	+2	-12	-4.4%
42.	Kieran	260	+4	-3	-1.1%
44.	Kenneth	255	-3	-35	-12.1%
45.	Jason	253	-8	-66	-20.7%
46.	Aidan	240	+4	-3	-1.2%
47.	Ian	239	-2	-32	-11.8%
48.	Noel	235	-6	-47	-16.7%
49.	Gavin	205	+3	-25	-10.9%
50.	Francis	204	+5	+12	+6.3%
51.	Liam	197	0	-34	-14.7%
52.	Padraig	193	+12	+36	+22.9%
53.	Colin	190	-6	-70	-26.9%
53.	Timothy	190	+6	+17	+9.8%
55.	Gareth	179	-13	-103	-36.5%
56.	Denis	174	+2	-8	-4.4%
57.	Raymond	169	-3	-30	-15.1%
58.	Trevor	166	-5	-37	-18.2%
59.	Dermot	164	+2	-2	-1.2%
60.	Donal	161	-3	-25	-13.4%
61.	Graham	156	+2	-6	-3.7%
62.	Adrian	151	-2	-18	-10.7%
63.	Vincent	145	+5	+13	+9.8%
64.	Neil	144	+1	+7	+5.1%
64.	Simon	144	-2	-19	-11.7%
66.	Seamus	143	+5	+15	+11.7%
67.	Ross	137	+3	+7	+5.4%
68.	Damian	133	-2	-3	-2.2%
68.	Wayne	133	0	+1	+0.8%
70.	Karl	132	-15	-60	-31.3%
71.	Eamonn	129	+2	+13	+11.2%
72.	Rory	124	+2	+9	+7.8%
73.	Enda	116	-1	-6	-4.9%
74.	Cathal	115	-7	-20	-14.8%
75.	Matthew	114	+1	+4	+3.6%
76.	Bernard	111	-1	-2	-1.8%
77.	Darragh	108	+10	+32	+42.1%
78.	Owen	102	0	0	0.0%
79.	Steven	100	+19	+36	+56.3%
80.	Nicholas	89	+3	+5	+6.0%
81.	Maurice	85	+3	+3	+3.7%
82.	Cormac	83	-5	-21	-20.2%
83.	Fergal	82	-2	-3	-3.5%
83.	Hugh	82	-2	-3	-3.5%
85.	Garry	81	-6	-17	-17.3%
86.	Eugene	80	+11	+13	+19.4%
87.	Emmet	75	new	new	new
88.	Adam	74	new	new	new
89.	Cian	71	new	new	new
90.	Bryan	70	+3	-1	-1.4%
91.	Desmond	69	-5	-12	-14.8%
92.	Charles	67	-12	-20	-23.0%
92.	Justin	67	new	new	new
94.	Eric	66	-4	-7	-9.6%
95.	Eoghan	63	-6	-12	-16.0%
95.	Jeremiah	63	-5	-10	-13.7%
95.	Micheal	63	new	new	new
98.	Aaron	62	new	new	new
99.	Diarmuid	61	-4	-8	-11.6%
99.	Oliver	61	-5	-9	-12.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	882	0	-82	-8.5%
2.	Michelle	702	+1	+53	+8.2%
3.	Sarah	696	-1	+43	+6.6%
4.	Jennifer	635	+5	+82	+14.8%
5.	Lisa	629	+1	+43	+7.3%
6.	Sinead	610	+2	+49	+8.7%
7.	Emma	568	+4	+43	+8.2%
8.	Catherine	535	-4	-98	-15.5%
9.	Karen	530	+1	-19	-3.5%
10.	Louise	528	-5	-70	-11.7%
11.	Niamh	501	+3	+9	+1.8%
12.	Caroline	491	-5	-82	-14.3%
13.	Elaine	489	-1	-18	-3.6%
14.	Laura	488	+3	+42	+9.4%
15.	Aoife	471	+13	+127	+36.9%
16.	Claire	457	0	-1	-0.2%
17.	Deirdre	456	-2	-8	-1.7%
18.	Fiona	442	-5	-57	-11.4%
19.	Margaret	399	0	-21	-5.0%
20.	Ann	379	+4	+24	+6.8%
21.	Lorraine	376	-3	-64	-14.5%
22.	Ciara	363	+3	+11	+3.1%
23.	Nicola	359	+2	+7	+2.0%
24.	Elizabeth	332	-3	-32	-8.8%
24.	Linda	332	+3	-15	-4.3%
26.	Anne	318	-3	-38	-10.7%
26.	Siobhan	318	+7	+4	+1.3%
28.	Sharon	308	-8	-73	-19.2%
29.	Patricia	306	+2	-21	-6.4%
30.	Susan	304	-1	-31	-9.3%
31.	Denise	303	+5	+24	+8.6%
32.	Aisling	285	+8	+27	+10.5%
33.	Marie	274	+5	+2	+0.7%
34.	Maria	265	+8	+17	+6.9%
35.	Joanne	263	-3	-56	-17.6%
36.	Orla	261	-14	-100	-27.7%
37.	Pamela	256	-7	-74	-22.4%
38.	Deborah	248	+10	+37	+17.5%
39.	Rachel	229	+10	+28	+13.9%
40.	Gillian	227	+1	-30	-11.7%
40.	Helen	227	+3	-16	-6.6%
42.	Sandra	225	-7	-58	-20.5%
43.	Donna	224	+8	+40	+21.7%
44.	Yvonne	219	-5	-44	-16.7%
45.	Amanda	207	-8	-68	-24.7%
46.	Martina	203	-2	-39	-16.1%
47.	Paula	199	-13	-101	-33.7%
47.	Ruth	199	+7	+19	+10.6%
49.	Edel	195	-3	-30	-13.3%
50.	Bridget	192	+1	+8	+4.3%
51.	Aine	184	-4	-29	-13.6%
52.	Carol	183	-7	-46	-20.1%
53.	Mairead	180	+7	+18	+11.1%
54.	Grainne	176	-4	-19	-9.7%
55.	Suzanne	168	+2	-4	-2.3%
56.	Julie	166	+8	+21	+14.5%
57.	Jacqueline	165	+2	-5	-2.9%
58.	Clare	159	0	-12	-7.0%
59.	Bernadette	158	-4	-18	-10.2%
60.	Kathleen	150	+2	0	0.0%
60.	Roisin	150	+11	+23	+18.1%
62.	Emer	147	+1	0	0.0%
63.	Alison	144	+4	+7	+5.1%
64.	Anna	138	+6	+7	+5.3%
65.	Eimear	136	-12	-45	-24.9%
65.	Geraldine	136	-9	-38	-21.8%
67.	Tracey	135	-6	-21	-13.5%
68.	Rebecca	133	+6	+12	+9.9%
69.	Jane	125	+14	+19	+17.9%
70.	Catriona	123	+2	-1	-0.8%
70.	Gemma	123	+14	+18	+17.1%
72.	Amy	122	+3	+2	+1.7%
73.	Tracy	118	-4	-14	-10.6%
74.	Teresa	116	+4	0	0.0%
75.	Caitriona	115	+7	+3	+2.7%
76.	Christina	112	+4	-2	-1.8%
76.	Eileen	112	-10	-28	-20.0%
78.	Audrey	111	-11	-26	-19.0%
78.	Barbara	111	+17	+19	+20.7%
80.	Angela	110	-8	-14	-11.3%
81.	Tara	108	-3	-8	-6.9%
82.	Maeve	106	new	new	new
83.	Lorna	103	-8	-17	-14.2%
84.	Tanya	102	new	new	new
85.	Ellen	101	-1	-4	-3.8%
86.	Valerie	99	-5	-14	-12.4%
87.	Emily	94	0	-10	-9.6%
88.	Aileen	93	+7	+1	+1.1%
88.	Anita	93	new	new	new
90.	Olivia	92	-1	-10	-9.8%
91.	Melissa	89	+3	-4	-4.3%
92.	Christine	87	-8	-18	-17.1%
92.	Stephanie	87	+5	-3	-3.3%
94.	Grace	86	new	new	new
95.	Andrea	83	-7	-20	-19.4%
95.	Carmel	83	-6	-19	-18.6%
95.	Sheila	83	new	new	new
98.	Pauline	82	-33	-62	-43.1%
99.	Miriam	81	-6	-13	-13.8%
100.	Helena	79	0	-9	-10.2%

Popularity extremes for Ireland