Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	David	1,186	0	-132	-10.0%
2.	John	1,062	0	-48	-4.3%
3.	Michael	899	0	-4	-0.4%
4.	James	854	+2	+30	+3.6%
5.	Patrick	739	+2	-71	-8.8%
6.	Stephen	735	-2	-116	-13.6%
7.	Shane	693	-2	-137	-16.5%
8.	Paul	610	+1	-106	-14.8%
9.	Sean	594	+2	+34	+6.1%
10.	Mark	583	-2	-146	-20.0%
11.	Daniel	575	+2	+58	+11.2%
12.	Thomas	499	-2	-93	-15.7%
13.	Kevin	498	-1	-57	-10.3%
14.	Brian	489	+1	-3	-0.6%
15.	Robert	485	-1	-19	-3.8%
16.	Christopher	475	0	+18	+3.9%
17.	Alan	438	0	+10	+2.3%
18.	Conor	437	+1	+17	+4.0%
19.	Jason	416	+1	+57	+15.9%
20.	Darren	350	-2	-75	-17.6%
21.	Joseph	333	+3	+2	+0.6%
22.	Keith	330	0	-7	-2.1%
23.	Andrew	326	+4	+5	+1.6%
24.	Eoin	318	+5	+2	+0.6%
25.	Martin	316	0	-8	-2.5%
26.	Niall	310	-5	-40	-11.4%
27.	Anthony	309	-4	-26	-7.8%
28.	Richard	298	+3	+5	+1.7%
29.	Ian	296	+4	+18	+6.5%
30.	Ciaran	291	-2	-26	-8.2%
31.	Jonathan	278	+1	-4	-1.4%
32.	Peter	260	-2	-39	-13.0%
33.	William	254	-7	-68	-21.1%
34.	Gary	250	+1	-14	-5.3%
35.	Gerard	232	-1	-44	-15.9%
36.	Philip	219	+5	+26	+13.5%
37.	Barry	200	-1	-41	-17.0%
37.	Colm	200	0	-36	-15.3%
39.	Brendan	198	0	-10	-4.8%
40.	Kieran	191	+5	+13	+7.3%
41.	Dean	184	-1	-20	-9.8%
41.	Ronan	184	+2	-1	-0.5%
43.	Gavin	183	-5	-26	-12.4%
44.	Aaron	180	+9	+45	+33.3%
45.	Declan	172	-3	-17	-9.0%
46.	Liam	167	+2	-3	-1.8%
47.	Karl	164	+12	+40	+32.3%
48.	Darragh	161	+2	+14	+9.5%
49.	Damien	153	-2	-18	-10.5%
50.	Aidan	149	0	+2	+1.4%
51.	Cian	144	+11	+22	+18.0%
52.	Jamie	143	+26	+63	+78.8%
53.	Colin	141	-9	-38	-21.2%
54.	Craig	137	+13	+26	+23.4%
55.	Padraig	134	+3	+6	+4.7%
56.	Adam	130	-1	-1	-0.8%
56.	Edward	130	-6	-17	-11.6%
58.	Matthew	129	-9	-36	-21.8%
59.	Cathal	128	+2	+5	+4.1%
60.	Graham	127	-5	-4	-3.1%
61.	Noel	125	+7	+26	+26.3%
62.	Luke	124	-5	-5	-3.9%
63.	Simon	120	-17	-53	-30.6%
64.	Eoghan	111	+10	+17	+18.1%
65.	Ross	109	-11	-25	-18.7%
66.	Steven	107	-2	-9	-7.8%
67.	Timothy	99	-2	-16	-13.9%
68.	Donal	98	-3	-17	-14.8%
69.	Raymond	96	+4	+1	+1.1%
70.	Kenneth	95	-7	-22	-18.8%
71.	Neil	94	+4	+6	+6.8%
72.	Derek	91	-13	-33	-26.6%
73.	Wayne	89	-5	-10	-10.1%
74.	Adrian	88	-6	-11	-11.1%
74.	Francis	88	-3	-10	-10.2%
76.	Seamus	87	+3	+8	+10.1%
77.	Nicholas	85	0	-2	-2.3%
77.	Rory	85	+2	+6	+7.6%
79.	Denis	81	-8	-17	-17.3%
79.	Owen	81	+6	+11	+15.7%
81.	Lee	80	-6	-8	-9.1%
82.	Cormac	79	-1	+4	+5.3%
83.	Enda	70	+3	+7	+11.1%
84.	Bernard	69	+7	+12	+21.1%
85.	Killian	64	+13	+11	+20.8%
85.	Shaun	64	+2	+3	+4.9%
87.	Jack	63	new	new	new
88.	Gareth	61	+3	+4	+7.0%
89.	Dermot	60	-6	-14	-18.9%
89.	Vincent	60	+4	+4	+7.1%
91.	Hugh	58	-2	-1	-1.7%
91.	Micheal	58	new	new	new
93.	Bryan	56	-10	-18	-24.3%
94.	Eamonn	55	-7	-6	-9.8%
95.	Tomas	54	new	new	new
96.	Eric	53	-15	-22	-29.3%
97.	Carl	50	new	new	new
97.	Gregory	50	new	new	new
99.	Emmet	49	new	new	new
100.	Samuel	48	-1	-3	-5.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	936	0	+15	+1.6%
2.	Laura	716	0	-55	-7.1%
3.	Emma	609	0	-4	-0.7%
4.	Ciara	547	+1	-17	-3.0%
5.	Lisa	511	-1	-70	-12.0%
6.	Niamh	499	0	-15	-2.9%
7.	Michelle	482	+1	-19	-3.8%
8.	Mary	460	-1	-45	-8.9%
9.	Sinead	450	+2	-10	-2.2%
10.	Aoife	437	0	-34	-7.2%
10.	Jennifer	437	-1	-59	-11.9%
12.	Amy	395	+2	+48	+13.8%
13.	Aisling	375	+3	+35	+10.3%
14.	Claire	365	-2	-62	-14.5%
15.	Catherine	352	+2	+13	+3.8%
16.	Louise	330	-3	-71	-17.7%
17.	Rachel	325	-2	-21	-6.1%
18.	Fiona	303	+2	+14	+4.8%
19.	Karen	280	-1	-29	-9.4%
20.	Elaine	270	-2	-39	-12.6%
21.	Danielle	242	+4	+41	+20.4%
22.	Rebecca	233	+8	+39	+20.1%
23.	Nicola	222	-2	-45	-16.9%
24.	Elizabeth	201	+13	+24	+13.6%
25.	Amanda	198	-2	-18	-8.3%
25.	Siobhan	198	+1	-1	-0.5%
27.	Orla	197	+3	+3	+1.5%
28.	Margaret	187	-6	-40	-17.6%
29.	Aine	173	+4	-15	-8.0%
29.	Grace	173	0	-23	-11.7%
31.	Denise	172	+6	-5	-2.8%
32.	Roisin	168	+19	+30	+21.7%
33.	Alison	166	+25	+41	+32.8%
33.	Ann	166	+2	-14	-7.8%
35.	Stephanie	165	+8	+11	+7.1%
36.	Kate	160	+9	+9	+6.0%
37.	Grainne	156	+12	+13	+9.1%
38.	Maria	153	-11	-45	-22.7%
39.	Deirdre	151	-7	-40	-20.9%
39.	Katie	151	+21	+29	+23.8%
41.	Leanne	150	-14	-48	-24.2%
42.	Marie	146	0	-9	-5.8%
42.	Tara	146	-1	-18	-11.0%
44.	Caroline	144	-20	-58	-28.7%
44.	Gillian	144	0	-8	-5.3%
44.	Jessica	144	+2	-5	-3.4%
44.	Ruth	144	+11	+13	+9.9%
48.	Clare	143	+11	+19	+15.3%
49.	Donna	137	+3	+1	+0.7%
50.	Eimear	134	-2	-14	-9.5%
51.	Kelly	132	+1	-4	-2.9%
52.	Christine	130	+5	+4	+3.2%
52.	Sharon	130	-13	-46	-26.1%
52.	Susan	130	-6	-19	-12.8%
55.	Anne	129	-15	-36	-21.8%
55.	Edel	129	+1	+2	+1.6%
57.	Linda	128	-23	-55	-30.1%
58.	Christina	125	+8	+17	+15.7%
59.	Anna	122	+10	+15	+14.0%
60.	Patricia	119	+5	+6	+5.3%
61.	Stacey	118	+24	+39	+49.4%
62.	Mairead	114	+2	-1	-0.9%
63.	Joanne	111	-2	-6	-5.1%
64.	Lorraine	110	-28	-68	-38.2%
64.	Samantha	110	-3	-7	-6.0%
66.	Tracey	105	+16	+17	+19.3%
67.	Helen	103	-17	-38	-27.0%
67.	Kathleen	103	-4	-13	-11.2%
67.	Melissa	103	-1	-5	-4.6%
70.	Kim	99	+5	+2	+2.1%
71.	Deborah	97	+1	-5	-4.9%
72.	Rachael	92	new	new	new
73.	Bridget	89	-3	-14	-13.6%
73.	Emer	89	+5	-3	-3.3%
75.	Lauren	87	+19	+14	+19.2%
75.	Martina	87	+5	-4	-4.4%
77.	Nicole	86	+7	+3	+3.6%
78.	Natalie	85	new	new	new
79.	Gemma	84	-9	-19	-18.4%
80.	Charlene	83	-28	-53	-39.0%
80.	Sandra	83	-7	-17	-17.0%
82.	Jane	82	+3	+3	+3.8%
83.	Julie	80	-9	-19	-19.2%
83.	Suzanne	80	-5	-12	-13.0%
83.	Yvonne	80	+8	+6	+8.1%
86.	Maeve	79	new	new	new
87.	Carol	78	-11	-18	-18.8%
87.	Jacqueline	78	+12	+9	+13.0%
89.	Megan	77	new	new	new
90.	Lorna	76	-7	-11	-12.6%
90.	Natasha	76	-9	-14	-15.6%
92.	Paula	75	+3	+3	+4.2%
93.	Ellen	74	+2	+2	+2.8%
93.	Hannah	74	new	new	new
95.	Caitriona	73	0	+1	+1.4%
95.	Caoimhe	73	-10	-6	-7.6%
97.	Chloe	72	new	new	new
97.	Hazel	72	new	new	new
99.	Eileen	71	new	new	new
99.	Emily	71	-8	-3	-4.1%

Popularity extremes for Ireland