Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	James	859	+2	+112	+15.0%
2.	David	793	-1	-73	-8.4%
3.	Conor	712	+6	+136	+23.6%
4.	John	709	-2	-116	-14.1%
5.	Michael	693	-1	-29	-4.0%
6.	Shane	657	-1	-30	-4.4%
7.	Sean	628	-1	-34	-5.1%
8.	Stephen	623	-1	-29	-4.4%
9.	Patrick	560	-1	-61	-9.8%
10.	Daniel	518	0	-46	-8.2%
11.	Mark	462	+1	-26	-5.3%
12.	Kevin	454	-1	-37	-7.5%
13.	Thomas	451	+1	-15	-3.2%
14.	Robert	399	+1	-54	-11.9%
15.	Adam	379	+6	+47	+14.2%
16.	Paul	373	-3	-95	-20.3%
16.	Ryan	373	+9	+78	+26.4%
18.	Aaron	366	+2	+28	+8.3%
19.	Brian	360	-2	-19	-5.0%
20.	Andrew	358	-4	-63	-15.0%
21.	Christopher	351	-3	-26	-6.9%
22.	Eoin	338	0	+20	+6.3%
23.	Dylan	311	+10	+62	+24.9%
24.	Jason	303	+5	+37	+13.9%
24.	Niall	303	-5	-39	-11.4%
26.	Dean	296	-2	-14	-4.5%
27.	Luke	286	+4	+33	+13.0%
28.	Darren	280	-5	-36	-11.4%
29.	Ciaran	269	-3	-18	-6.3%
29.	Joseph	269	-2	-16	-5.6%
31.	Cian	267	+3	+21	+8.5%
32.	Gavin	261	+14	+77	+41.8%
33.	Jack	255	-1	+4	+1.6%
34.	Alan	249	-6	-28	-10.1%
34.	Gary	249	+10	+62	+33.2%
36.	Peter	233	+2	+7	+3.1%
37.	Jamie	222	-7	-33	-12.9%
38.	Darragh	218	+4	+27	+14.1%
39.	Anthony	217	-2	-12	-5.2%
40.	Martin	208	-4	-27	-11.5%
41.	Ian	199	-2	-9	-4.3%
42.	William	195	-7	-46	-19.1%
43.	Jonathan	180	-2	-26	-12.6%
44.	Craig	177	+4	+18	+11.3%
45.	Keith	172	-1	-15	-8.0%
45.	Liam	172	+4	+17	+11.0%
47.	Matthew	162	-8	-46	-22.1%
48.	Richard	160	-5	-30	-15.8%
49.	Ronan	148	+8	+16	+12.1%
50.	Colm	146	+2	-3	-2.0%
51.	Cathal	145	-4	-28	-16.2%
52.	Lee	143	+9	+22	+18.2%
52.	Philip	143	-2	-10	-6.5%
54.	Brendan	134	0	-10	-6.9%
54.	Kieran	134	+1	-3	-2.2%
56.	Evan	131	+10	+27	+26.0%
57.	Colin	130	+3	+6	+4.8%
58.	Gerard	127	0	0	0.0%
59.	Barry	123	+6	+11	+9.8%
60.	Oisin	120	+13	+28	+30.4%
61.	Eoghan	117	-3	-10	-7.9%
62.	Aidan	110	-9	-36	-24.7%
63.	Padraig	108	-1	-12	-10.0%
64.	Edward	104	0	-10	-8.8%
64.	Graham	104	-1	-14	-11.9%
64.	Nathan	104	+3	+2	+2.0%
67.	Jordan	102	+9	+18	+21.4%
67.	Ross	102	-16	-49	-32.5%
69.	Declan	100	0	-1	-1.0%
70.	Cormac	99	+1	+1	+1.0%
71.	Karl	96	-15	-40	-29.4%
72.	Samuel	91	+17	+24	+35.8%
72.	Steven	91	-5	-11	-10.8%
74.	Joshua	86	new	new	new
75.	Eric	81	+6	+5	+6.6%
76.	Timothy	80	+1	-3	-3.6%
77.	Donal	79	+11	+11	+16.2%
78.	Killian	77	-4	-9	-10.5%
79.	Alexander	76	+7	+5	+7.0%
79.	Rory	76	-4	-9	-10.6%
81.	Adrian	75	-3	-6	-7.4%
82.	Jake	74	+18	+18	+32.1%
83.	Neil	73	-4	-5	-6.4%
84.	Damien	72	-14	-27	-27.3%
85.	Francis	66	-5	-11	-14.3%
86.	Wayne	65	-2	-9	-12.2%
87.	Noel	64	-3	-10	-13.5%
88.	Owen	63	+3	-2	-3.1%
89.	Dale	62	new	new	new
90.	Cillian	60	0	-6	-9.1%
90.	Denis	60	+3	-2	-3.2%
92.	Raymond	59	+3	-2	-3.3%
92.	Simon	59	-20	-35	-37.2%
94.	Diarmuid	58	-7	-12	-17.1%
95.	Benjamin	57	new	new	new
95.	Emmet	57	+2	-2	-3.4%
97.	Seamus	55	-4	-7	-11.3%
97.	Tomas	55	new	new	new
99.	Ben	54	new	new	new
99.	Glen	54	-16	-21	-28.0%
99.	Hugh	54	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	760	0	-53	-6.5%
2.	Niamh	672	0	-47	-6.5%
3.	Laura	659	+1	+54	+8.9%
4.	Emma	617	-1	-21	-3.3%
5.	Ciara	559	+2	+27	+5.1%
6.	Aoife	524	-1	-51	-8.9%
7.	Shauna	461	-1	-84	-15.4%
8.	Rebecca	457	+1	+7	+1.6%
9.	Amy	447	-1	-38	-7.8%
10.	Rachel	357	0	-45	-11.2%
11.	Lauren	354	+15	+141	+66.2%
12.	Mary	352	0	-12	-3.3%
13.	Aisling	348	-2	-38	-9.8%
14.	Katie	326	+1	+12	+3.8%
15.	Megan	323	+5	+49	+17.9%
16.	Jessica	286	0	-23	-7.4%
17.	Jennifer	278	+1	-21	-7.0%
18.	Nicole	276	+2	+2	+0.7%
19.	Michelle	274	-5	-41	-13.0%
20.	Claire	268	+2	+22	+8.9%
21.	Sinead	265	-4	-35	-11.7%
22.	Lisa	260	-9	-56	-17.7%
23.	Chloe	232	+12	+65	+38.9%
24.	Catherine	230	-5	-50	-17.9%
25.	Orla	193	+8	+21	+12.2%
26.	Kate	191	+2	-1	-0.5%
27.	Louise	189	-4	-40	-17.5%
28.	Danielle	185	-3	-33	-15.1%
29.	Hannah	182	-2	-14	-7.1%
30.	Roisin	179	-1	-12	-6.3%
31.	Aine	177	0	-3	-1.7%
32.	Leanne	176	+2	+8	+4.8%
33.	Ellen	171	+13	+39	+29.5%
34.	Fiona	170	-10	-54	-24.1%
35.	Kelly	160	+7	+14	+9.6%
36.	Grace	159	+7	+22	+16.1%
36.	Nicola	159	-6	-29	-15.4%
38.	Eimear	147	+2	-3	-2.0%
39.	Stephanie	145	-3	-16	-9.9%
40.	Karen	144	-8	-35	-19.6%
41.	Emily	141	+2	+4	+2.9%
42.	Shannon	135	+10	+20	+17.4%
43.	Tara	134	-6	-26	-16.3%
44.	Elizabeth	127	-5	-25	-16.4%
45.	Caoimhe	124	+3	+1	+0.8%
45.	Margaret	124	-7	-29	-19.0%
45.	Siobhan	124	0	-9	-6.8%
48.	Elaine	123	-1	-3	-2.4%
49.	Anna	120	+8	+15	+14.3%
50.	Alison	110	-9	-38	-25.7%
51.	Maria	106	-1	-14	-11.7%
52.	Grainne	105	+2	-3	-2.8%
53.	Caroline	104	-4	-17	-14.0%
54.	Gemma	103	+2	-3	-2.8%
55.	Melissa	100	+6	+4	+4.2%
56.	Rachael	99	+31	+30	+43.5%
56.	Samantha	99	+2	+1	+1.0%
58.	Sophie	98	+5	+7	+7.7%
59.	Amanda	97	-6	-12	-11.0%
60.	Jade	95	+2	0	0.0%
61.	Clodagh	90	-2	-7	-7.2%
61.	Deirdre	90	-10	-29	-24.4%
61.	Lorna	90	+5	+3	+3.4%
61.	Ruth	90	+8	+4	+4.7%
65.	Jane	89	+11	+7	+8.5%
66.	Kathleen	83	-2	-6	-6.7%
66.	Leah	83	+28	+22	+36.1%
66.	Michaela	83	new	new	new
69.	Denise	82	+5	-2	-2.4%
70.	Clare	78	-4	-9	-10.3%
71.	Anne	77	-12	-20	-20.6%
71.	Gillian	77	+16	+8	+11.6%
71.	Natasha	77	-1	-8	-9.4%
74.	Donna	76	+9	+5	+7.0%
74.	Emer	76	0	-8	-9.5%
74.	Joanne	76	+12	+6	+8.6%
77.	Lorraine	75	-11	-12	-13.8%
77.	Marie	75	-7	-10	-11.8%
79.	Sharon	73	-9	-12	-14.1%
80.	Shannen	72	new	new	new
81.	Christina	71	-27	-37	-34.3%
81.	Patricia	71	-11	-14	-16.5%
83.	Saoirse	70	new	new	new
84.	Bridget	69	-1	-2	-2.8%
84.	Edel	69	-2	-4	-5.5%
86.	Mairead	68	-5	-8	-10.5%
86.	Stacey	68	-8	-11	-13.9%
88.	Ann	67	-24	-22	-24.7%
88.	Hayley	67	+2	0	0.0%
88.	Maeve	67	+1	-1	-1.5%
88.	Susan	67	+4	+3	+4.7%
92.	Alice	66	-14	-13	-16.5%
93.	Naomi	63	-17	-19	-23.2%
94.	Holly	62	new	new	new
94.	Kim	62	-16	-17	-21.5%
96.	Aishling	60	new	new	new
96.	Helen	60	-1	0	0.0%
96.	Zoe	60	-3	-2	-3.2%
99.	Ashling	59	-3	0	0.0%
99.	Julie	59	new	new	new
99.	Sorcha	59	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland