Popular Names in Ireland

Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John
2,981 0
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Michael
1,958 0
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Patrick
1,915 0
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James
1,349 0
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Paul
1,275 0
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Thomas
1,175 0
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David
1,125 0
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William
849 0
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Martin
798 0
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Gerard
684 0
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Brian
616 +3
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Joseph
612 -1
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Anthony
592 -1
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Peter
531 -1
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Mark
457 +6
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Brendan
405 0
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Edward
397 0
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Kevin
379 -3
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Stephen
379 -1
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Alan
376 +3
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Declan
366 +1
22.
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Noel
356 -3
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Francis
336 -3
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Robert
332 +1
25.
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Richard
314 +2
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Daniel
304 -2
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Denis
303 -1
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Kieran
275 +4
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Derek
273 -1
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Christopher
269 -2
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Raymond
252 +4
32.
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Timothy
238 -2
33.
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Andrew
234 -2
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Kenneth
225 +5
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Philip
222 -1
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Sean
221 -3
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Dermot
215 0
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Aidan
198 +3
39.
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Colm
191 -1
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Niall
184 0
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Bernard
164 -5
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Vincent
156 0
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Donal
155 +1
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Cornelius
144 -1
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Jeremiah
140 0
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Maurice
139 +8
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Ian
138 +1
48.
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Conor
129 -1
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Ciaran
120 +1
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Liam
120 +8
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Desmond
119 -5
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Damian
116 +16
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Eugene
116 -1
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Terence
112 +4
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Seamus
110 0
56.
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Charles
104 -3
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Hugh
104 +6
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Laurence
100 -9
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Matthew
99 -7
60.
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Eamon
98 -1
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Ronan
98 +1
62.
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Eamonn
96 -2
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Enda
93 +2
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George
91 -9
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Adrian
90 +15
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Gary
86 +2
67.
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Barry
82 0
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Damien
81 +8
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Colin
79 -1
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Simon
77 +8
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Shane
76 0
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Gregory
74 +1
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Gerald
73 -9
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Oliver
73 +6
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Fergus
72 -4
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Eoin
69 0
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Nicholas
67 -14
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Garrett
66 -12
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Padraig
66 -5
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Owen
64 -5
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Keith
60 +7
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Cathal
58 +3
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Henry
58 +1
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Rory
58 +1
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Edmond
51 +3
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Cormac
50 +9
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Neil
50 -5
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Fergal
49 -3
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Fintan
48 new
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Finbar
45 +4
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Karl
44 -3
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Finbarr
43 -10
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Diarmuid
42 -2
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Leo
41 +3
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Nigel
41 new
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Eric
40 -1
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Garry
40 new
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Gabriel
39 new
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Justin
39 new
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Donald
37 new
Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary
2,591 0
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Margaret
1,108 +1
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Catherine
1,086 -1
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Ann
715 0
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Anne
681 0
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Elizabeth
670 0
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Bridget
545 +1
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Patricia
525 +1
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Deirdre
504 -2
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Geraldine
482 0
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Martina
402 +1
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Caroline
396 +1
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Helen
381 -2
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Fiona
371 +10
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Susan
368 +6
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Sandra
359 -1
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Bernadette
337 -3
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Jacqueline
335 -2
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Sharon
334 +2
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Linda
309 -3
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Eileen
308 -3
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Marie
290 +1
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Kathleen
273 -4
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Maria
273 +7
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Paula
269 +9
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Carmel
267 -1
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Pauline
257 +1
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Karen
255 -1
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Teresa
254 -9
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Angela
252 +2
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Siobhan
242 0
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Joan
226 +1
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Nora
218 -4
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Josephine
217 +3
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Anna
197 +1
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Michelle
192 +15
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Elaine
187 +12
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Orla
186 +1
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Ellen
184 -4
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Yvonne
183 +1
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Carol
169 -3
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Brigid
162 -16
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Denise
160 -1
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Audrey
152 +19
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Barbara
151 +3
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Frances
151 +7
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Sheila
151 0
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Louise
147 -2
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Valerie
147 -6
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Jennifer
146 +14
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Lorraine
146 -6
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Christina
142 -5
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Jacinta
141 +35
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Deborah
131 +15
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Suzanne
131 +10
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Niamh
129 0
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Sarah
129 -16
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Grainne
122 -1
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Julia
122 +1
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Sinead
121 +16
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Colette
115 -9
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Edel
113 +24
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Annette
110 -5
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Clare
110 -11
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Theresa
109 +1
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Ruth
108 +17
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Brenda
107 -7
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Helena
107 +1
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Veronica
105 -17
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Noreen
103 -10
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Rose
102 -21
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Johanna
98 -5
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Miriam
97 +5
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Claire
94 -4
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Alice
93 -2
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Jean
91 -4
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Rosemary
91 +7
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Christine
90 -3
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Majella
90 +15
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Michele
90 -18
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Jane
86 -11
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Una
84 -8
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Katherine
83 -5
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Pamela
83 +7
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Adrienne
82 -8
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Gillian
82 new
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Rita
80 -7
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Alison
79 +10
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Laura
79 -7
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Antoinette
75 new
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Evelyn
75 0
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Marian
75 -5
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Emer
74 new
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Dolores
72 -4
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Irene
72 new
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Olive
71 new
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Amanda
70 0
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Maeve
69 new
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Rosaleen
68 new
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Nuala
66 -7