Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	1,608	0	-102	-6.0%
2.	David	1,556	0	-75	-4.6%
3.	Michael	1,214	0	+40	+3.4%
4.	Patrick	1,074	+1	-36	-3.2%
5.	Stephen	1,024	-1	-92	-8.2%
6.	James	955	0	-38	-3.8%
7.	Paul	912	0	-53	-5.5%
8.	Mark	858	0	-7	-0.8%
9.	Thomas	730	+1	+23	+3.3%
10.	Brian	728	-1	-19	-2.5%
11.	Alan	647	0	-40	-5.8%
12.	Kevin	630	+1	-7	-1.1%
13.	Shane	612	-1	-50	-7.6%
14.	Robert	573	0	-42	-6.8%
15.	Sean	476	0	+12	+2.6%
16.	Daniel	462	0	+7	+1.5%
17.	Christopher	434	+6	+4	+0.9%
18.	William	428	-2	-27	-5.9%
19.	Anthony	420	+1	-29	-6.5%
20.	Martin	416	+1	-32	-7.1%
21.	Joseph	411	-3	-42	-9.3%
22.	Peter	400	0	-40	-9.1%
23.	Barry	396	+1	-13	-3.2%
24.	Andrew	381	+4	+4	+1.1%
25.	Keith	372	-6	-80	-17.7%
26.	Jonathan	366	-1	-29	-7.3%
27.	Darren	351	+2	-11	-3.0%
28.	Gerard	341	-2	-45	-11.7%
29.	Gary	340	+3	+15	+4.6%
30.	Conor	337	+4	+28	+9.1%
31.	Niall	327	-4	-52	-13.7%
32.	Brendan	315	+1	-7	-2.2%
33.	Eoin	314	-2	-20	-6.0%
33.	Richard	314	-3	-34	-9.8%
35.	Ciaran	285	0	-22	-7.2%
36.	Ian	283	+5	+16	+6.0%
37.	Jason	281	+6	+23	+8.9%
38.	Colm	280	+4	+15	+5.7%
39.	Damien	275	-2	-1	-0.4%
40.	Derek	273	-4	-4	-1.4%
41.	Colin	269	+6	+49	+22.3%
42.	Declan	253	-2	-16	-5.9%
43.	Philip	250	-5	-22	-8.1%
44.	Ronan	239	-5	-32	-11.8%
45.	Aidan	225	+1	-4	-1.7%
46.	Kieran	224	-1	-6	-2.6%
47.	Edward	212	-3	-36	-14.5%
48.	Gavin	195	+14	+55	+39.3%
49.	Liam	189	0	+2	+1.1%
50.	Kenneth	184	+3	+6	+3.4%
51.	Noel	173	-1	-10	-5.5%
52.	Graham	156	+7	+10	+6.8%
53.	Padraig	153	-1	-26	-14.5%
54.	Denis	152	0	-7	-4.4%
55.	Simon	151	+2	-1	-0.7%
56.	Donal	150	+5	+9	+6.4%
57.	Adrian	147	-1	-7	-4.5%
58.	Neil	146	+8	+26	+21.7%
59.	Francis	143	-8	-39	-21.4%
59.	Matthew	143	-4	-14	-8.9%
59.	Raymond	143	-11	-53	-27.0%
62.	Timothy	142	-2	-2	-1.4%
63.	Cathal	134	+2	+11	+8.9%
64.	Steven	133	0	+5	+3.9%
65.	Trevor	118	-7	-30	-20.3%
65.	Wayne	118	+8	+18	+18.0%
67.	Rory	117	+5	+11	+10.4%
68.	Karl	114	+3	+5	+4.6%
69.	Owen	106	+7	+15	+16.5%
70.	Dermot	103	-1	-12	-10.4%
71.	Seamus	101	-1	-9	-8.2%
72.	Darragh	100	+2	+2	+2.0%
73.	Ross	95	-10	-41	-30.1%
74.	Adam	92	-7	-25	-21.4%
75.	Cormac	86	+14	+16	+22.9%
76.	Enda	85	0	-6	-6.6%
77.	Cian	84	+15	+21	+33.3%
77.	Damian	84	+2	0	0.0%
79.	Nicholas	83	-1	-5	-5.7%
79.	Vincent	83	-11	-33	-28.4%
81.	Eamonn	82	-6	-15	-15.5%
82.	Bernard	79	-2	-3	-3.7%
82.	Bryan	79	-1	+1	+1.3%
84.	Aaron	74	+8	+11	+17.5%
85.	Dean	72	new	new	new
86.	Eoghan	70	+2	-2	-2.8%
87.	Craig	66	new	new	new
87.	Hugh	66	+3	0	0.0%
89.	Garry	65	-3	-8	-11.0%
89.	Luke	65	new	new	new
91.	Diarmuid	63	-8	-11	-14.9%
91.	Eric	63	-9	-13	-17.1%
93.	Gareth	60	-2	-4	-6.3%
94.	Fergal	59	-11	-15	-20.3%
94.	Micheal	59	+2	0	0.0%
96.	Gregory	56	new	new	new
97.	Eamon	55	-11	-18	-24.7%
97.	Maurice	55	-14	-19	-25.7%
99.	Cornelius	54	new	new	new
99.	Jeremiah	54	-5	-8	-12.9%
99.	Oliver	54	new	new	new
99.	Terence	54	-4	-6	-10.0%
99.	Tomas	54	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	830	0	+1	+0.1%
2.	Mary	669	0	-75	-10.1%
3.	Lisa	666	+3	+61	+10.1%
4.	Laura	665	-1	-49	-6.9%
5.	Jennifer	661	0	-21	-3.1%
6.	Michelle	608	-2	-76	-11.1%
7.	Catherine	498	+5	+14	+2.9%
8.	Emma	493	-1	-67	-12.0%
9.	Karen	461	0	-52	-10.1%
10.	Claire	455	+5	+37	+8.9%
11.	Sinead	453	-3	-88	-16.3%
12.	Niamh	444	+2	+18	+4.2%
13.	Ciara	438	+5	+32	+7.9%
14.	Elaine	434	-1	-13	-2.9%
15.	Louise	429	-5	-60	-12.3%
16.	Aoife	420	-6	-69	-14.1%
17.	Fiona	370	+1	-36	-8.9%
18.	Caroline	351	-2	-63	-15.2%
19.	Aisling	311	+12	+55	+21.5%
20.	Deirdre	309	0	-78	-20.2%
21.	Sharon	300	-4	-112	-27.2%
22.	Rachel	299	+4	+10	+3.5%
23.	Nicola	296	-1	-27	-8.4%
24.	Linda	287	-1	-25	-8.0%
25.	Lorraine	285	-4	-56	-16.4%
26.	Margaret	282	-2	-27	-8.7%
27.	Elizabeth	279	-2	-14	-4.8%
28.	Amy	247	+12	+38	+18.2%
28.	Anne	247	-1	-32	-11.5%
30.	Siobhan	244	-1	-14	-5.4%
30.	Susan	244	-1	-14	-5.4%
32.	Ann	240	-4	-27	-10.1%
32.	Maria	240	0	-15	-5.9%
34.	Orla	236	+3	+10	+4.4%
35.	Joanne	230	0	-5	-2.1%
36.	Marie	228	-2	-8	-3.4%
37.	Patricia	224	-4	-23	-9.3%
38.	Edel	211	+4	+6	+2.9%
39.	Gillian	204	+2	-3	-1.4%
40.	Denise	199	-3	-27	-11.9%
41.	Aine	195	+8	+23	+13.4%
42.	Sandra	190	+6	+7	+3.8%
43.	Carol	184	+9	+16	+9.5%
44.	Donna	181	-8	-50	-21.6%
45.	Helen	179	-2	-16	-8.2%
46.	Yvonne	171	+7	+4	+2.4%
47.	Amanda	164	-2	-27	-14.1%
48.	Melissa	162	+9	+8	+5.2%
49.	Emer	159	-6	-36	-18.5%
50.	Gemma	157	+28	+53	+51.0%
51.	Stephanie	154	+4	-11	-6.7%
52.	Martina	153	-7	-38	-19.9%
53.	Mairead	152	+10	+13	+9.4%
54.	Ruth	151	-4	-20	-11.7%
55.	Deborah	148	-4	-21	-12.4%
56.	Bridget	147	+3	-6	-3.9%
56.	Grace	147	-17	-64	-30.3%
58.	Tara	145	+13	+25	+20.8%
59.	Rebecca	142	+7	+12	+9.2%
60.	Roisin	141	+4	+8	+6.0%
61.	Pamela	140	-14	-50	-26.3%
61.	Suzanne	140	0	-2	-1.4%
63.	Tracey	139	+6	+16	+13.0%
64.	Clare	136	-7	-18	-11.7%
65.	Anna	135	+7	+18	+15.4%
66.	Jacqueline	134	-6	-10	-6.9%
67.	Alison	124	+6	+11	+9.7%
68.	Kathleen	123	-6	-18	-12.8%
69.	Grainne	122	-13	-41	-25.2%
69.	Julie	122	-5	-11	-8.3%
71.	Bernadette	121	+4	+12	+11.0%
72.	Samantha	115	+12	+18	+18.6%
73.	Eimear	112	-19	-54	-32.5%
74.	Jane	110	+1	+1	+0.9%
75.	Caitriona	105	+11	+11	+11.7%
75.	Catriona	105	-6	-18	-14.6%
77.	Geraldine	104	-10	-21	-16.8%
78.	Danielle	102	+7	+6	+6.3%
78.	Jessica	102	-4	-9	-8.1%
80.	Lorna	100	+10	+9	+9.9%
81.	Paula	99	-14	-26	-20.8%
81.	Teresa	99	-1	-4	-3.9%
83.	Christina	98	-5	-6	-5.8%
84.	Andrea	94	+10	+12	+14.6%
85.	Christine	93	+2	+1	+1.1%
85.	Kim	93	+9	+11	+13.4%
85.	Tanya	93	+9	+11	+13.4%
88.	Kate	89	-7	-12	-11.9%
89.	Kelly	87	new	new	new
89.	Tracy	87	-2	-5	-5.4%
91.	Ashling	86	-4	-6	-6.5%
92.	Eileen	81	-15	-26	-24.3%
92.	Maeve	81	-9	-17	-17.3%
92.	Victoria	81	0	-6	-6.9%
95.	Emily	79	-2	-6	-7.1%
96.	Natasha	76	new	new	new
97.	Angela	75	-7	-16	-17.6%
98.	Audrey	74	-1	-5	-6.3%
98.	Natalie	74	0	-3	-3.9%
100.	Barbara	73	new	new	new
100.	Carmel	73	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland