Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Sean	872	+1	+68	+8.5%
2.	Conor	867	-1	+56	+6.9%
3.	James	757	+4	+90	+13.5%
4.	Michael	676	0	-11	-1.6%
5.	John	636	+1	-41	-6.1%
6.	Shane	633	-3	-63	-9.1%
7.	David	617	+1	-23	-3.6%
8.	Daniel	607	-3	-77	-11.3%
9.	Aaron	594	0	+38	+6.8%
10.	Jack	568	+2	+54	+10.5%
11.	Patrick	553	+2	+46	+9.1%
12.	Adam	532	-1	+17	+3.3%
13.	Dylan	531	+1	+40	+8.1%
14.	Stephen	524	-4	-9	-1.7%
15.	Mark	469	+1	+24	+5.4%
16.	Thomas	449	-1	-27	-5.7%
17.	Ryan	437	0	+8	+1.9%
18.	Cian	402	+4	+42	+11.7%
19.	Luke	400	-1	+5	+1.3%
20.	Eoin	381	0	+19	+5.2%
21.	Kevin	357	-1	-5	-1.4%
22.	Robert	336	+1	-7	-2.0%
23.	Andrew	316	-4	-59	-15.7%
24.	Brian	315	0	-14	-4.3%
25.	Ciaran	306	0	-21	-6.4%
26.	Paul	303	+2	+4	+1.3%
27.	Jordan	302	+12	+85	+39.2%
28.	Liam	297	+9	+60	+25.3%
29.	Darragh	295	0	+14	+5.0%
30.	Christopher	293	-4	-31	-9.6%
31.	Dean	290	+1	+30	+11.5%
32.	Jamie	281	-2	+10	+3.7%
33.	Joseph	268	+1	+12	+4.7%
34.	Jason	261	-7	-39	-13.0%
35.	Darren	254	-4	-13	-4.9%
35.	Niall	254	-2	-3	-1.2%
37.	Cathal	243	+6	+46	+23.4%
38.	Matthew	234	+2	+18	+8.3%
39.	William	217	-3	-23	-9.6%
40.	Ross	211	+8	+33	+18.5%
41.	Peter	206	0	-6	-2.8%
42.	Alan	205	-7	-43	-17.3%
43.	Gavin	201	-1	-2	-1.0%
44.	Evan	197	-6	-25	-11.3%
45.	Lee	186	-2	-11	-5.6%
46.	Craig	178	+4	+8	+4.7%
47.	Martin	174	+4	+13	+8.1%
47.	Nathan	174	+4	+13	+8.1%
49.	Oisin	171	+8	+39	+29.5%
50.	Anthony	169	-7	-28	-14.2%
51.	Ronan	167	-5	-28	-14.4%
52.	Eoghan	164	+4	+27	+19.7%
53.	Gary	155	0	-5	-3.1%
54.	Colm	151	+1	+2	+1.3%
55.	Ian	145	-8	-37	-20.3%
55.	Keith	145	-6	-28	-16.2%
57.	Joshua	139	+4	+16	+13.0%
58.	Kyle	134	+13	+34	+34.0%
59.	Ben	130	+15	+36	+38.3%
60.	Kieran	127	+5	+19	+17.6%
61.	Killian	123	+12	+28	+29.5%
62.	Aidan	121	+1	+8	+7.1%
63.	Jonathan	118	-9	-36	-23.4%
64.	Jake	116	+3	+10	+9.4%
65.	Colin	114	+10	+21	+22.6%
65.	Cormac	114	-6	-12	-9.5%
67.	Richard	112	-9	-16	-12.5%
68.	Philip	110	-4	0	0.0%
69.	Karl	109	-1	+5	+4.8%
70.	Brandon	106	+29	+48	+82.8%
71.	Samuel	103	-2	0	0.0%
72.	Cillian	101	-2	-1	-1.0%
73.	Brendan	100	-13	-25	-20.0%
74.	Padraig	99	+3	+12	+13.8%
74.	Rory	99	+7	+17	+20.7%
76.	Barry	98	+1	+11	+12.6%
77.	Edward	95	+3	+9	+10.5%
77.	Eric	95	-15	-19	-16.7%
79.	Gerard	94	-8	-6	-6.0%
80.	Steven	87	-4	-2	-2.2%
81.	Declan	82	-4	-5	-5.7%
82.	Alexander	81	+1	+4	+5.2%
83.	Donal	73	+13	+13	+21.7%
84.	Alex	70	-2	-9	-11.4%
84.	Benjamin	70	+4	+6	+9.4%
86.	Dillon	69	new	new	new
86.	Graham	69	-20	-38	-35.5%
88.	Daire	67	+6	+6	+9.8%
88.	Simon	67	+9	+8	+13.6%
88.	Timothy	67	-4	-8	-10.7%
91.	Micheal	64	new	new	new
92.	Leon	60	-6	-5	-7.7%
93.	Denis	57	new	new	new
94.	Glenn	55	new	new	new
95.	Daragh	54	new	new	new
96.	Emmet	53	+3	-5	-8.6%
97.	Hugh	51	new	new	new
97.	Owen	51	-11	-14	-21.5%
99.	Fionn	50	new	new	new
99.	Francis	50	-2	-9	-15.3%
99.	Gareth	50	new	new	new
99.	Shaun	50	-11	-14	-21.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	840	0	+41	+5.1%
2.	Aoife	727	+3	+143	+24.5%
3.	Ciara	624	+1	+28	+4.7%
4.	Emma	623	-2	+6	+1.0%
5.	Niamh	622	-2	+10	+1.6%
6.	Rachel	543	+6	+146	+36.8%
7.	Rebecca	525	+1	+51	+10.8%
8.	Amy	524	+1	+82	+18.6%
9.	Chloe	510	+2	+89	+21.1%
10.	Laura	501	-4	-76	-13.2%
11.	Megan	482	-1	+59	+13.9%
12.	Lauren	473	-5	-12	-2.5%
13.	Katie	436	+1	+44	+11.2%
14.	Shannon	385	+3	+49	+14.6%
15.	Shauna	370	-2	-26	-6.6%
16.	Mary	345	0	-11	-3.1%
17.	Nicole	322	-2	-36	-10.1%
18.	Aisling	306	-1	-30	-8.9%
19.	Jessica	301	0	-10	-3.2%
20.	Sinead	282	0	-5	-1.7%
21.	Roisin	272	+1	+24	+9.7%
22.	Hannah	269	-1	+18	+7.2%
23.	Sophie	261	+6	+51	+24.3%
24.	Ellen	260	+3	+41	+18.7%
25.	Caoimhe	252	+15	+91	+56.5%
26.	Kate	245	-1	+22	+9.9%
27.	Emily	225	+4	+35	+18.4%
28.	Claire	206	0	-6	-2.8%
29.	Lisa	200	+1	-2	-1.0%
30.	Eimear	197	-4	-25	-11.3%
31.	Jennifer	194	-7	-43	-18.1%
32.	Michelle	189	-9	-56	-22.9%
33.	Leah	185	+5	+18	+10.8%
34.	Catherine	182	+1	+1	+0.6%
35.	Aine	173	-2	-11	-6.0%
36.	Orla	172	0	+1	+0.6%
37.	Tara	168	+4	+10	+6.3%
38.	Kelly	165	-2	-6	-3.5%
39.	Anna	153	+4	+12	+8.5%
39.	Danielle	153	-6	-31	-16.8%
41.	Jade	152	+4	+21	+16.0%
42.	Elizabeth	151	+2	+18	+13.5%
43.	Louise	145	-11	-44	-23.3%
44.	Saoirse	142	+7	+29	+25.7%
45.	Grace	133	+5	+18	+15.7%
45.	Kayleigh	133	+11	+34	+34.3%
47.	Zoe	132	+12	+38	+40.4%
48.	Hayley	130	+12	+40	+44.4%
49.	Clodagh	125	-1	+7	+5.9%
50.	Fiona	121	-3	-1	-0.8%
51.	Gemma	120	+10	+34	+39.5%
52.	Maria	118	+2	+18	+18.0%
53.	Alison	114	-7	-9	-7.3%
53.	Grainne	114	+12	+33	+40.7%
53.	Michaela	114	+1	+14	+14.0%
56.	Leanne	104	-18	-63	-37.7%
57.	Siobhan	100	-9	-18	-15.3%
58.	Stephanie	97	-6	-12	-11.0%
59.	Courtney	94	new	new	new
59.	Margaret	94	-17	-55	-36.9%
61.	Karen	93	0	+7	+8.1%
62.	Jane	92	+18	+28	+43.8%
63.	Lucy	89	+25	+28	+45.9%
64.	Rachael	84	+9	+16	+23.5%
65.	Holly	83	+2	+4	+5.1%
66.	Maeve	82	new	new	new
67.	Ruth	81	-14	-26	-24.3%
68.	Eva	80	+10	+15	+23.1%
69.	Nicola	78	-12	-19	-19.6%
69.	Robyn	78	+26	+21	+36.8%
71.	Elaine	77	-6	-4	-4.9%
72.	Natasha	76	-3	0	0.0%
73.	Samantha	75	-1	+6	+8.7%
74.	Kathleen	74	+16	+14	+23.3%
75.	Emer	73	-14	-13	-15.1%
76.	Caroline	71	-19	-26	-26.8%
76.	Sorcha	71	+4	+7	+10.9%
78.	Chelsea	70	new	new	new
78.	Hazel	70	new	new	new
80.	Melissa	67	-16	-16	-19.3%
80.	Molly	67	new	new	new
82.	Lorna	66	-4	+1	+1.5%
83.	Anne	63	-15	-14	-18.2%
84.	Erica	62	new	new	new
85.	Alannah	61	new	new	new
85.	Helen	61	-5	-3	-4.7%
85.	Joanne	61	-9	-5	-7.6%
88.	Alice	60	-18	-11	-15.5%
88.	Deirdre	60	-8	-4	-6.3%
90.	Mairead	59	new	new	new
90.	Marie	59	-16	-8	-11.9%
92.	Ann	58	+3	+1	+1.8%
92.	Lorraine	58	-12	-6	-9.4%
94.	Cliona	57	-2	-1	-1.7%
94.	Orlaith	57	new	new	new
96.	Aimee	55	-20	-11	-16.7%
96.	Bridget	55	-25	-15	-21.4%
98.	Caitlin	54	new	new	new
98.	Julie	54	new	new	new
98.	Kim	54	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland