Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,710	0	-255	-13.0%
2.	David	1,631	0	-52	-3.1%
3.	Michael	1,174	0	-80	-6.4%
4.	Stephen	1,116	+3	+99	+9.7%
5.	Patrick	1,110	-1	+3	+0.3%
6.	James	993	0	-41	-4.0%
7.	Paul	965	-3	-142	-12.8%
8.	Mark	865	+2	+81	+10.3%
9.	Brian	747	-1	-88	-10.5%
10.	Thomas	707	-1	-121	-14.6%
11.	Alan	687	0	-46	-6.3%
12.	Shane	662	+2	+104	+18.6%
13.	Kevin	637	0	+41	+6.9%
14.	Robert	615	-2	-46	-7.0%
15.	Sean	464	+7	+21	+4.7%
16.	Daniel	455	+10	+60	+15.2%
16.	William	455	+1	-23	-4.8%
18.	Joseph	453	+3	+4	+0.9%
19.	Keith	452	+8	+69	+18.0%
20.	Anthony	449	-4	-44	-8.9%
21.	Martin	448	-6	-76	-14.5%
22.	Peter	440	-3	-18	-3.9%
23.	Christopher	430	+5	+54	+14.4%
24.	Barry	409	-2	-34	-7.7%
25.	Jonathan	395	-7	-80	-16.8%
26.	Gerard	386	-2	-22	-5.4%
27.	Niall	379	-2	-24	-6.0%
28.	Andrew	377	-8	-79	-17.3%
29.	Darren	362	+4	+28	+8.4%
30.	Richard	348	-1	-24	-6.5%
31.	Eoin	334	+1	-8	-2.3%
32.	Gary	325	+5	+17	+5.5%
33.	Brendan	322	-3	-43	-11.8%
34.	Conor	309	+2	-6	-1.9%
35.	Ciaran	307	-4	-52	-14.5%
36.	Derek	277	-1	-44	-13.7%
37.	Damien	276	-3	-47	-14.6%
38.	Philip	272	+1	-17	-5.9%
39.	Ronan	271	+2	-10	-3.6%
40.	Declan	269	-2	-36	-11.8%
41.	Ian	267	-2	-22	-7.6%
42.	Colm	265	+1	+5	+1.9%
43.	Jason	258	-1	-9	-3.4%
44.	Edward	248	0	-4	-1.6%
45.	Kieran	230	0	-15	-6.1%
46.	Aidan	229	0	-11	-4.6%
47.	Colin	220	+2	+22	+11.1%
48.	Raymond	196	+9	+36	+22.5%
49.	Liam	187	+1	-5	-2.6%
50.	Noel	183	-3	-54	-22.8%
51.	Francis	182	+3	+9	+5.2%
52.	Padraig	179	+13	+42	+30.7%
53.	Kenneth	178	-5	-38	-17.6%
54.	Denis	159	+1	-6	-3.6%
55.	Matthew	157	+12	+24	+18.0%
56.	Adrian	154	-3	-20	-11.5%
57.	Simon	152	+7	+11	+7.8%
58.	Trevor	148	+3	-3	-2.0%
59.	Graham	146	+4	+2	+1.4%
60.	Timothy	144	-2	-13	-8.3%
61.	Donal	141	-9	-37	-20.8%
62.	Gavin	140	-11	-44	-23.9%
63.	Ross	136	+5	+4	+3.0%
64.	Steven	128	+10	+15	+13.3%
65.	Cathal	123	+1	-11	-8.2%
66.	Neil	120	-10	-42	-25.9%
67.	Adam	117	+13	+19	+19.4%
68.	Vincent	116	+6	+3	+2.7%
69.	Dermot	115	-8	-36	-23.8%
70.	Seamus	110	-10	-42	-27.6%
71.	Karl	109	-2	-9	-7.6%
72.	Rory	106	-13	-49	-31.6%
73.	Wayne	100	-2	-16	-13.8%
74.	Darragh	98	-3	-18	-15.5%
75.	Eamonn	97	+2	-4	-4.0%
76.	Enda	91	0	-16	-15.0%
76.	Owen	91	-6	-26	-22.2%
78.	Nicholas	88	+7	+13	+17.3%
79.	Damian	84	-1	-16	-16.0%
80.	Bernard	82	-9	-34	-29.3%
81.	Bryan	78	+19	+18	+30.0%
82.	Eric	76	+5	+3	+4.1%
83.	Diarmuid	74	+2	-1	-1.3%
83.	Fergal	74	-1	-10	-11.9%
83.	Maurice	74	new	new	new
86.	Eamon	73	+10	+11	+17.7%
86.	Garry	73	-4	-11	-13.1%
88.	Eoghan	72	-6	-12	-14.3%
89.	Cormac	70	-10	-29	-29.3%
90.	Hugh	66	+5	+2	+3.1%
91.	Gareth	64	-10	-25	-28.1%
92.	Aaron	63	-2	-8	-11.3%
92.	Cian	63	-3	-9	-12.5%
94.	Jeremiah	62	new	new	new
95.	Terence	60	-4	-9	-13.0%
96.	Desmond	59	-9	-14	-19.2%
96.	George	59	new	new	new
96.	Micheal	59	-4	-9	-13.2%
96.	Nigel	59	+2	-2	-3.3%
100.	Glen	56	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	829	+1	+40	+5.1%
2.	Mary	744	-1	-78	-9.5%
3.	Laura	714	+8	+183	+34.5%
4.	Michelle	684	-1	-48	-6.6%
5.	Jennifer	682	-1	+32	+4.9%
6.	Lisa	605	-1	-44	-6.8%
7.	Emma	560	+1	-10	-1.8%
8.	Sinead	541	+1	+3	+0.6%
9.	Karen	513	+7	+52	+11.3%
10.	Aoife	489	+4	+23	+4.9%
10.	Louise	489	-3	-112	-18.6%
12.	Catherine	484	-2	-51	-9.5%
13.	Elaine	447	-7	-160	-26.4%
14.	Niamh	426	-1	-55	-11.4%
15.	Claire	418	-3	-81	-16.2%
16.	Caroline	414	+2	-30	-6.8%
17.	Sharon	412	+6	+67	+19.4%
18.	Ciara	406	+1	+15	+3.8%
18.	Fiona	406	-1	-41	-9.2%
20.	Deirdre	387	-5	-76	-16.4%
21.	Lorraine	341	+5	+6	+1.8%
22.	Nicola	323	-2	-64	-16.5%
23.	Linda	312	-2	-52	-14.3%
24.	Margaret	309	+1	-29	-8.6%
25.	Elizabeth	293	+5	-2	-0.7%
26.	Rachel	289	+14	+59	+25.7%
27.	Anne	279	-5	-76	-21.4%
28.	Ann	267	-4	-75	-21.9%
29.	Siobhan	258	-1	-44	-14.6%
29.	Susan	258	-2	-49	-16.0%
31.	Aisling	256	0	-25	-8.9%
32.	Maria	255	+4	+4	+1.6%
33.	Patricia	247	+2	-15	-5.7%
34.	Marie	236	-3	-45	-16.0%
35.	Joanne	235	-1	-34	-12.6%
36.	Donna	231	-3	-41	-15.1%
37.	Denise	226	0	-10	-4.2%
37.	Orla	226	-8	-72	-24.2%
39.	Grace	211	+26	+69	+48.6%
40.	Amy	209	+11	+28	+15.5%
41.	Gillian	207	-2	-25	-10.8%
42.	Edel	205	-5	-31	-13.1%
43.	Emer	195	+11	+28	+16.8%
43.	Helen	195	-2	-33	-14.5%
45.	Amanda	191	-2	-24	-11.2%
45.	Martina	191	+9	+24	+14.4%
47.	Pamela	190	0	-7	-3.6%
48.	Sandra	183	-4	-28	-13.3%
49.	Aine	172	+4	+3	+1.8%
50.	Ruth	171	+10	+12	+7.5%
51.	Deborah	169	-9	-51	-23.2%
52.	Carol	168	-4	-27	-13.8%
53.	Yvonne	167	-3	-16	-8.7%
54.	Eimear	166	-5	-18	-9.8%
55.	Stephanie	165	+28	+66	+66.7%
56.	Grainne	163	-11	-39	-19.3%
57.	Clare	154	-5	-19	-11.0%
57.	Melissa	154	+42	+71	+85.5%
59.	Bridget	153	+2	-3	-1.9%
60.	Jacqueline	144	+4	+1	+0.7%
61.	Suzanne	142	-5	-24	-14.5%
62.	Kathleen	141	0	-5	-3.4%
63.	Mairead	139	-17	-61	-30.5%
64.	Julie	133	+4	-1	-0.7%
64.	Roisin	133	-7	-28	-17.4%
66.	Rebecca	130	-9	-31	-19.3%
67.	Geraldine	125	+1	-9	-6.7%
67.	Paula	125	-10	-36	-22.4%
69.	Catriona	123	+7	+4	+3.4%
69.	Tracey	123	+1	-7	-5.4%
71.	Tara	120	+1	-4	-3.2%
72.	Anna	117	-7	-25	-17.6%
73.	Alison	113	-3	-17	-13.1%
74.	Jessica	111	+4	-3	-2.6%
75.	Bernadette	109	-1	-14	-11.4%
75.	Jane	109	+2	-8	-6.8%
77.	Eileen	107	-14	-37	-25.7%
78.	Christina	104	+2	+2	+2.0%
78.	Gemma	104	-11	-35	-25.2%
80.	Teresa	103	+4	+5	+5.1%
81.	Aileen	101	new	new	new
81.	Kate	101	new	new	new
83.	Maeve	98	+9	+7	+7.7%
84.	Samantha	97	+16	+16	+19.8%
85.	Danielle	96	new	new	new
86.	Caitriona	94	-11	-27	-22.3%
87.	Ashling	92	new	new	new
87.	Christine	92	+1	-3	-3.2%
87.	Tracy	92	-8	-21	-18.6%
90.	Angela	91	-8	-10	-9.9%
90.	Lorna	91	-18	-33	-26.6%
92.	Victoria	87	0	-4	-4.4%
93.	Emily	85	-3	-8	-8.6%
94.	Andrea	82	-4	-11	-11.8%
94.	Kim	82	+4	-2	-2.4%
94.	Tanya	82	new	new	new
97.	Audrey	79	-17	-23	-22.5%
98.	Natalie	77	-9	-17	-18.1%
99.	Anita	76	-13	-21	-21.6%
99.	Hazel	76	new	new	new
99.	Jean	76	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland