Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,280	0	+194	+9.3%
2.	David	1,637	0	+66	+4.2%
3.	Paul	1,343	+2	+229	+20.6%
4.	Michael	1,327	-1	-22	-1.6%
5.	Patrick	1,166	-1	-61	-5.0%
6.	James	949	0	+22	+2.4%
7.	Mark	919	+1	+55	+6.4%
8.	Brian	857	-1	-8	-0.9%
9.	Thomas	811	0	+41	+5.3%
10.	Stephen	710	0	+6	+0.9%
11.	Alan	674	0	-5	-0.7%
12.	Robert	555	+4	+85	+18.1%
13.	Martin	536	0	+1	+0.2%
14.	Kevin	496	0	-26	-5.0%
15.	Anthony	484	-3	-58	-10.7%
16.	William	458	-1	-39	-7.8%
17.	Gerard	415	+1	-28	-6.3%
18.	Shane	413	-1	-55	-11.8%
19.	Peter	409	0	-6	-1.4%
20.	Barry	407	+5	+59	+17.0%
21.	Brendan	393	+1	+9	+2.3%
22.	Keith	381	-1	-8	-2.1%
23.	Joseph	374	-3	-37	-9.0%
24.	Andrew	366	+5	+48	+15.1%
25.	Niall	362	-2	-8	-2.2%
26.	Declan	349	-2	-13	-3.6%
27.	Richard	342	-2	-6	-1.7%
28.	Derek	324	-1	-14	-4.1%
29.	Daniel	322	+2	+6	+1.9%
30.	Philip	314	+6	+48	+18.0%
31.	Darren	285	+3	-9	-3.1%
32.	Edward	281	+3	+11	+4.1%
33.	Jonathan	277	+15	+55	+24.8%
34.	Sean	275	-7	-63	-18.6%
35.	Colm	268	+14	+49	+22.4%
36.	Ian	264	-4	-50	-15.9%
36.	Jason	264	-6	-53	-16.7%
38.	Kenneth	249	0	-11	-4.2%
39.	Ronan	248	+1	+4	+1.6%
40.	Gavin	246	-7	-53	-17.7%
41.	Kieran	241	-5	-25	-9.4%
41.	Noel	241	-2	-15	-5.9%
43.	Adrian	227	+6	+8	+3.7%
44.	Conor	224	-1	-8	-3.4%
45.	Colin	223	+2	-1	-0.4%
46.	Ciaran	222	+5	+15	+7.2%
47.	Aidan	221	-3	-6	-2.6%
48.	Francis	217	-3	-9	-4.0%
49.	Damien	215	-7	-24	-10.0%
50.	Eoin	211	+9	+54	+34.4%
51.	Raymond	210	-10	-31	-12.9%
52.	Christopher	206	-6	-19	-8.4%
53.	Trevor	205	-1	+5	+2.5%
54.	Graham	185	+4	+25	+15.6%
55.	Neil	180	+4	+23	+14.6%
56.	Liam	177	0	+2	+1.1%
57.	Denis	173	-3	-10	-5.5%
58.	Dermot	171	-1	+1	+0.6%
59.	Gary	168	+5	+25	+17.5%
60.	Timothy	167	-7	-23	-12.1%
61.	Donal	152	-6	-26	-14.6%
62.	Seamus	144	-3	-13	-8.3%
63.	Padraig	142	+6	+19	+15.4%
64.	Damian	136	-1	-10	-6.8%
65.	Vincent	134	+5	+12	+9.8%
66.	Karl	133	+15	+42	+46.2%
66.	Simon	133	+1	-2	-1.5%
68.	Owen	128	+5	+24	+23.1%
69.	Rory	125	-1	-5	-3.8%
70.	Enda	117	-4	-19	-14.0%
71.	Cathal	112	+1	-7	-5.9%
72.	Matthew	111	+7	+19	+20.7%
73.	Wayne	107	+5	+12	+12.6%
74.	Gareth	105	+10	+22	+26.5%
75.	Fergal	104	-5	-18	-14.8%
76.	Eamonn	103	-1	+2	+2.0%
77.	Bernard	96	-12	-43	-30.9%
78.	Maurice	90	+4	+4	+4.7%
79.	Desmond	87	-3	-13	-13.0%
79.	Stuart	87	+19	+19	+27.9%
81.	Oliver	84	-7	-18	-17.6%
82.	Cormac	83	+13	+13	+18.6%
83.	Ross	82	+5	+7	+9.3%
84.	Nigel	81	0	-2	-2.4%
85.	Darragh	80	+6	+8	+11.1%
85.	Laurence	80	-1	-3	-3.6%
87.	Garrett	75	0	-1	-1.3%
87.	Gregory	75	+6	+4	+5.6%
87.	Nicholas	75	-10	-24	-24.2%
87.	Terence	75	+11	+7	+10.3%
91.	Charles	73	-3	-2	-2.7%
91.	Hugh	73	+4	+3	+4.3%
93.	Garry	72	+4	+3	+4.3%
94.	Cornelius	69	-15	-23	-25.0%
94.	Jeremiah	69	-1	-2	-2.8%
94.	Wesley	69	-32	-86	-55.5%
97.	Eric	68	new	new	new
98.	Emmet	67	new	new	new
99.	Bryan	65	-1	-3	-4.4%
100.	George	64	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	1,005	0	+33	+3.4%
2.	Michelle	650	+2	+56	+9.4%
3.	Sinead	629	-1	-65	-9.4%
4.	Catherine	628	-1	-65	-9.4%
5.	Caroline	578	+1	+15	+2.7%
6.	Jennifer	535	+4	+84	+18.6%
7.	Fiona	507	+2	+47	+10.2%
8.	Deirdre	499	-1	-41	-7.6%
9.	Karen	482	-4	-88	-15.4%
10.	Lisa	466	+5	+84	+22.0%
11.	Sarah	463	+1	+50	+12.1%
12.	Margaret	449	-4	-14	-3.0%
13.	Louise	434	+10	+104	+31.5%
14.	Niamh	431	0	+41	+10.5%
15.	Elaine	426	-4	-4	-0.9%
16.	Lorraine	418	+5	+77	+22.6%
17.	Elizabeth	410	-1	+29	+7.6%
18.	Claire	404	+5	+74	+22.4%
19.	Sharon	394	-6	0	0.0%
20.	Ann	386	-2	+22	+6.0%
21.	Linda	371	-4	-1	-0.3%
22.	Anne	364	-2	+8	+2.2%
23.	Nicola	362	+2	+42	+13.1%
24.	Emma	348	+6	+65	+23.0%
25.	Susan	343	-6	-17	-4.7%
26.	Patricia	323	-4	-16	-4.7%
27.	Laura	311	+8	+48	+18.3%
28.	Gillian	306	-1	+9	+3.0%
29.	Orla	305	+4	+26	+9.3%
30.	Siobhan	304	0	+21	+7.4%
31.	Aoife	290	+5	+38	+15.1%
32.	Yvonne	278	-6	-28	-9.2%
33.	Sandra	277	-4	-8	-2.8%
34.	Marie	269	+3	+26	+10.7%
35.	Denise	263	+7	+55	+26.4%
36.	Amanda	259	+7	+54	+26.3%
37.	Martina	251	-9	-36	-12.5%
38.	Ciara	249	+2	+27	+12.2%
39.	Joanne	242	-7	-40	-14.2%
40.	Paula	240	+15	+76	+46.3%
41.	Helen	227	-7	-37	-14.0%
41.	Maria	227	-3	-10	-4.2%
43.	Suzanne	224	+3	+26	+13.1%
44.	Aisling	222	+3	+25	+12.7%
45.	Carol	210	+4	+26	+14.1%
46.	Bridget	197	-1	-3	-1.5%
47.	Sabrina	194	-8	-35	-15.3%
48.	Geraldine	188	-7	-23	-10.9%
49.	Deborah	187	-1	0	0.0%
49.	Edel	187	+7	+26	+16.1%
51.	Jacqueline	185	+2	+16	+9.5%
52.	Julie	182	-1	+4	+2.2%
53.	Rachel	181	+1	+15	+9.0%
54.	Ruth	172	-10	-29	-14.4%
55.	Angela	167	+5	+18	+12.1%
55.	Grainne	167	+1	+6	+3.7%
57.	Aine	161	+3	+12	+8.1%
58.	Kathleen	160	+7	+18	+12.7%
59.	Emer	159	+3	+13	+8.9%
60.	Olivia	154	-8	-21	-12.0%
61.	Mairead	150	-3	-4	-2.6%
62.	Eileen	148	+1	+3	+2.1%
63.	Bernadette	144	-13	-35	-19.6%
64.	Clare	143	-5	-7	-4.7%
65.	Alison	140	+1	0	0.0%
66.	Valerie	131	+2	0	0.0%
67.	Anna	129	+5	+4	+3.2%
68.	Audrey	128	-4	-15	-10.5%
69.	Jane	127	+5	+3	+2.4%
70.	Tracey	126	-2	-5	-3.8%
71.	Roisin	125	+19	+32	+34.4%
72.	Tracy	124	-4	-7	-5.3%
73.	Pauline	123	+17	+30	+32.3%
74.	Barbara	122	-3	-4	-3.2%
75.	Teresa	119	-3	-6	-4.8%
76.	Tara	117	-9	-22	-15.8%
77.	Donna	114	new	new	new
78.	Christina	112	+3	+11	+10.9%
79.	Brenda	107	+16	+18	+20.2%
80.	Sheila	104	-2	-4	-3.7%
81.	Caitriona	102	+16	+21	+25.9%
82.	Annette	97	new	new	new
83.	Christine	96	new	new	new
84.	Carmel	95	-8	-15	-13.6%
85.	Evelyn	92	new	new	new
86.	Gemma	91	-5	-10	-9.9%
86.	Jean	91	new	new	new
88.	Helena	89	-9	-15	-14.4%
89.	Georgina	88	new	new	new
90.	Colette	87	-15	-27	-23.7%
90.	Rebecca	87	+3	-3	-3.3%
92.	Ashling	85	-5	-10	-10.5%
93.	Andrea	84	0	-6	-6.7%
93.	Ellen	84	-6	-11	-11.6%
93.	Lynn	84	new	new	new
93.	Nora	84	new	new	new
93.	Pamela	84	new	new	new
98.	Eimear	83	-2	-4	-4.6%
98.	Josephine	83	-14	-14	-14.4%
98.	Lorna	83	-6	-8	-8.8%
98.	Tanya	83	-13	-13	-13.5%
98.	Una	83	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Ireland