Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	David	1,091	0	-17	-1.5%
2.	John	952	0	-20	-2.1%
3.	James	866	+2	+81	+10.3%
4.	Stephen	809	0	-14	-1.7%
5.	Michael	798	-2	-85	-9.6%
6.	Shane	682	0	-72	-9.5%
7.	Sean	657	+3	+37	+6.0%
8.	Patrick	631	-1	-80	-11.3%
9.	Mark	624	-1	-3	-0.5%
10.	Daniel	610	-1	-13	-2.1%
11.	Conor	591	+6	+131	+28.5%
12.	Kevin	535	0	-36	-6.3%
13.	Paul	527	-2	-48	-8.3%
14.	Thomas	503	+1	+1	+0.2%
15.	Robert	459	+1	-22	-4.6%
16.	Niall	440	+5	+71	+19.2%
17.	Brian	427	-3	-83	-16.3%
18.	Christopher	421	-5	-101	-19.3%
19.	Andrew	388	-1	-25	-6.1%
20.	Darren	383	0	+9	+2.4%
21.	Alan	373	-2	-18	-4.6%
22.	Eoin	324	0	-16	-4.7%
23.	Joseph	293	+2	-1	-0.3%
24.	Ciaran	287	+2	+1	+0.3%
25.	Gary	280	+6	+20	+7.7%
26.	Keith	271	+4	-1	-0.4%
27.	Jason	270	+5	+18	+7.1%
28.	Aaron	268	+8	+54	+25.2%
29.	Anthony	267	-3	-19	-6.6%
30.	Martin	259	-1	-20	-7.2%
31.	Adam	257	+13	+64	+33.2%
32.	Dean	253	+3	+29	+12.9%
33.	William	252	-10	-73	-22.5%
34.	Ian	249	-10	-48	-16.2%
35.	Richard	237	-7	-45	-16.0%
36.	Jonathan	236	-3	-1	-0.4%
37.	Cian	228	+8	+39	+20.6%
38.	Peter	224	-5	-13	-5.5%
39.	Darragh	214	-1	+4	+1.9%
40.	Craig	205	-1	-3	-1.4%
41.	Gerard	191	-4	-22	-10.3%
42.	Gavin	189	-2	-18	-8.7%
42.	Philip	189	0	-13	-6.4%
44.	Liam	187	+3	+9	+5.1%
45.	Kieran	184	+2	+6	+3.4%
46.	Matthew	182	+5	+17	+10.3%
47.	Colm	176	-4	-23	-11.6%
48.	Barry	165	-7	-39	-19.1%
49.	Jamie	160	+3	-4	-2.4%
50.	Ronan	159	-4	-23	-12.6%
51.	Luke	156	+7	+18	+13.0%
52.	Cathal	155	+4	+13	+9.2%
53.	Brendan	149	-3	-18	-10.8%
53.	Graham	149	+9	+27	+22.1%
55.	Aidan	143	+6	+20	+16.3%
56.	Colin	141	-1	-6	-4.1%
57.	Karl	139	+2	+2	+1.5%
58.	Padraig	136	+6	+18	+15.3%
59.	Declan	133	-10	-40	-23.1%
60.	Damien	129	-7	-29	-18.4%
61.	Edward	128	-7	-21	-14.1%
62.	Eoghan	121	+1	+1	+0.8%
63.	Simon	117	-3	-16	-12.0%
64.	Jack	115	+21	+42	+57.5%
65.	Steven	111	-8	-30	-21.3%
66.	Lee	102	+18	+26	+34.2%
67.	Donal	96	-2	-13	-11.9%
68.	Denis	95	0	-7	-6.9%
68.	Ross	95	-2	-13	-12.0%
70.	Rory	91	-1	-10	-9.9%
71.	Cormac	88	+7	-2	-2.2%
72.	Evan	84	+26	+30	+55.6%
73.	Adrian	83	-6	-22	-21.0%
73.	Noel	83	+1	-11	-11.7%
75.	Ryan	82	+12	+11	+15.5%
75.	Seamus	82	-5	-18	-18.0%
75.	Wayne	82	+1	-10	-10.9%
78.	Derek	80	-5	-16	-16.7%
78.	Francis	80	+2	-6	-7.0%
78.	Timothy	80	-7	-19	-19.2%
81.	Kenneth	79	-6	-14	-15.1%
81.	Neil	79	0	-3	-3.7%
83.	Owen	78	-4	-9	-10.3%
84.	Oisin	75	+5	+6	+8.7%
85.	Dylan	70	new	new	new
85.	Raymond	70	-13	-28	-28.6%
85.	Shaun	70	+7	+6	+9.4%
88.	Eric	67	-2	-5	-6.9%
89.	Killian	66	+4	+5	+8.2%
90.	Emmet	65	-2	-5	-7.1%
91.	Bryan	64	0	-2	-3.0%
91.	Enda	64	-15	-28	-30.4%
91.	Gareth	64	+4	+5	+8.5%
91.	Hugh	64	+9	+12	+23.1%
95.	Nicholas	63	-13	-18	-22.2%
96.	Samuel	61	-7	-8	-11.6%
97.	Nathan	58	new	new	new
98.	Bernard	57	new	new	new
98.	Dermot	57	-4	-3	-5.0%
100.	Cillian	54	0	+2	+3.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	967	0	+1	+0.1%
2.	Emma	682	0	+65	+10.5%
3.	Laura	666	0	+50	+8.1%
4.	Aoife	576	+3	+47	+8.9%
5.	Ciara	556	0	-40	-6.7%
6.	Niamh	550	0	+17	+3.2%
7.	Amy	465	+5	+62	+15.4%
8.	Aisling	451	+1	-20	-4.2%
9.	Rachel	425	+4	+34	+8.7%
10.	Mary	419	+1	-26	-5.8%
11.	Sinead	411	-7	-193	-32.0%
12.	Lisa	394	-4	-109	-21.7%
13.	Jennifer	387	+1	+3	+0.8%
14.	Michelle	368	-4	-93	-20.2%
15.	Rebecca	361	+2	+36	+11.1%
16.	Claire	349	-1	+12	+3.6%
17.	Shauna	329	+13	+132	+67.0%
18.	Louise	284	-3	-53	-15.7%
19.	Catherine	282	-2	-43	-13.2%
20.	Fiona	255	0	+8	+3.2%
21.	Karen	250	-2	-11	-4.2%
22.	Jessica	248	-1	+19	+8.3%
23.	Danielle	238	-1	+11	+4.8%
24.	Orla	230	0	+23	+11.1%
25.	Elaine	209	+6	+17	+8.9%
26.	Stephanie	205	-3	-18	-8.1%
27.	Leanne	201	-1	+1	+0.5%
28.	Katie	197	-3	-7	-3.4%
29.	Nicola	191	-3	-9	-4.5%
30.	Kate	189	+10	+32	+20.4%
31.	Roisin	183	+5	+14	+8.3%
32.	Lauren	179	+39	+83	+86.5%
33.	Siobhan	174	-1	-17	-8.9%
34.	Margaret	168	0	-5	-2.9%
35.	Megan	165	+30	+60	+57.1%
36.	Aine	162	-8	-37	-18.6%
37.	Maria	160	0	-5	-3.0%
38.	Nicole	158	+15	+42	+36.2%
39.	Alison	151	-1	-10	-6.2%
39.	Amanda	151	-6	-35	-18.8%
41.	Grace	150	+5	+15	+11.1%
42.	Deirdre	145	+1	+2	+1.4%
42.	Elizabeth	145	-14	-54	-27.1%
44.	Ruth	140	0	+1	+0.7%
45.	Tara	138	-3	-7	-4.8%
46.	Kelly	136	+2	+3	+2.3%
47.	Caroline	134	-13	-39	-22.5%
48.	Lorraine	129	-3	-9	-6.5%
49.	Samantha	127	0	-4	-3.1%
50.	Chloe	124	+20	+27	+27.8%
51.	Marie	123	-1	-4	-3.1%
52.	Denise	121	-11	-30	-19.9%
52.	Grainne	121	+3	+8	+7.1%
54.	Ann	120	-7	-14	-10.4%
55.	Gillian	117	+5	+8	+7.3%
56.	Hannah	115	+4	+6	+5.5%
56.	Melissa	115	+7	+8	+7.5%
58.	Anne	113	+4	+5	+4.6%
58.	Gemma	113	+27	+29	+34.5%
60.	Rachael	112	+12	+17	+17.9%
61.	Stacey	111	-22	-47	-29.7%
62.	Anna	110	+4	+7	+6.8%
62.	Eimear	110	-11	-13	-10.6%
64.	Ellen	109	+26	+35	+47.3%
65.	Emily	106	+28	+33	+45.2%
66.	Caoimhe	105	+20	+23	+28.0%
67.	Joanne	104	+6	+10	+10.6%
67.	Sharon	104	-15	-16	-13.3%
69.	Donna	99	-6	-8	-7.5%
70.	Christine	97	-12	-13	-11.8%
71.	Lorna	96	+7	+7	+7.9%
72.	Mairead	95	-15	-17	-15.2%
73.	Christina	91	+1	-2	-2.2%
74.	Emer	90	-20	-24	-21.1%
75.	Natasha	88	+8	+3	+3.5%
76.	Edel	87	-18	-23	-20.9%
76.	Helen	87	-1	-5	-5.4%
78.	Jane	83	+12	+9	+12.2%
78.	Patricia	83	-11	-17	-17.0%
78.	Sophie	83	new	new	new
81.	Clodagh	82	+18	+16	+24.2%
81.	Maeve	82	+7	+6	+7.9%
81.	Susan	82	-12	-17	-17.2%
84.	Victoria	81	+6	+7	+9.5%
85.	Natalie	80	-4	-6	-7.0%
86.	Clare	79	-19	-21	-21.0%
86.	Kim	79	-3	-6	-7.1%
86.	Linda	79	-31	-34	-30.1%
89.	Kathleen	76	-13	-15	-16.5%
90.	Jade	75	new	new	new
91.	Ashling	74	-15	-17	-18.7%
91.	Deborah	74	-13	-15	-16.9%
91.	Olivia	74	new	new	new
91.	Yvonne	74	new	new	new
95.	Suzanne	72	+1	+2	+2.9%
96.	Julie	69	-7	-6	-8.0%
97.	Bridget	68	-16	-18	-20.9%
97.	Cliona	68	new	new	new
99.	Alice	64	new	new	new
100.	Andrea	63	-20	-25	-28.4%

Popularity extremes for Ireland