Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Wayne	57	new	new	new
99.	Oliver	61	-7	-4	-6.2%
98.	Neil	65	new	new	new
97.	Justin	67	-9	-3	-4.3%
96.	Diarmuid	68	new	new	new
94.	Finbarr	69	+3	+19	+38.0%
94.	Fintan	69	new	new	new
93.	Gerald	73	-13	-7	-8.8%
92.	Gregory	74	-7	-1	-1.3%
91.	Garry	76	+6	+26	+52.0%
90.	Owen	77	-9	-1	-1.3%
89.	Simon	80	-11	-2	-2.4%
88.	Padraig	81	-22	-22	-21.4%
87.	Cormac	82	-3	+6	+7.9%
86.	Gavin	83	+13	+36	+76.6%
85.	Nicholas	84	-4	+6	+7.7%
84.	Garrett	85	-13	-11	-11.5%
83.	Fergus	86	+3	+13	+17.8%
82.	Eamon	87	+5	+16	+22.5%
81.	Rory	88	+9	+20	+29.4%
80.	Cathal	90	+10	+22	+32.4%
78.	Hugh	92	-3	-1	-1.1%
78.	Matthew	92	-2	0	0.0%
77.	Charles	94	-15	-20	-17.5%
76.	Maurice	96	-13	-17	-15.0%
75.	Nigel	97	+13	+27	+38.6%
74.	George	98	+3	+13	+15.3%
73.	Graham	99	+21	+46	+86.8%
72.	Terence	100	-1	+4	+4.2%
70.	Eugene	102	-4	-1	-1.0%
70.	Jeremiah	102	-11	-17	-14.3%
69.	Eamonn	103	+2	+7	+7.3%
68.	Karl	104	+1	+3	+3.0%
67.	Jonathan	107	+11	+25	+30.5%
66.	Enda	109	-1	+4	+3.8%
65.	Eoin	113	+16	+35	+44.9%
64.	Laurence	118	+6	+21	+21.6%
63.	Desmond	120	-8	-16	-11.8%
62.	Trevor	126	+12	+31	+32.6%
61.	Liam	127	-11	-20	-13.6%
60.	Damian	130	-3	+4	+3.2%
59.	Fergal	139	-13	-14	-9.2%
58.	Vincent	140	-2	+13	+10.2%
57.	Cornelius	142	+3	+24	+20.3%
56.	Seamus	146	+8	+34	+30.4%
54.	Donal	160	-10	-5	-3.0%
54.	Gary	160	+4	+38	+31.1%
53.	Ian	162	-3	+15	+10.2%
52.	Adrian	169	0	+26	+18.2%
51.	Bernard	171	-4	+20	+13.2%
50.	Ciaran	173	-7	+7	+4.2%
49.	Ronan	188	+5	+50	+36.2%
48.	Shane	200	-6	+10	+5.3%
47.	Colin	204	+21	+102	+100%
46.	Damien	206	+3	+57	+38.3%
45.	Barry	211	+3	+61	+40.7%
44.	Aidan	213	-9	-21	-9.0%
43.	Colm	217	-11	-39	-15.2%
42.	Conor	219	+3	+57	+35.2%
41.	Dermot	220	-3	-9	-3.9%
40.	Keith	227	+21	+112	+97.4%
39.	Raymond	232	-5	-9	-3.7%
38.	Timothy	233	-1	+2	+0.9%
37.	Jason	252	+16	+111	+78.7%
35.	Darren	265	+5	+57	+27.4%
35.	Niall	265	-7	-12	-4.3%
34.	Christopher	268	+5	+47	+21.3%
33.	Philip	272	+8	+66	+32.0%
32.	Kieran	273	-2	+3	+1.1%
31.	Kenneth	277	+2	+23	+9.1%
30.	Denis	284	-2	+7	+2.5%
28.	Daniel	288	-2	-42	-12.7%
28.	Francis	288	-1	-17	-5.6%
27.	Sean	291	+4	+32	+12.4%
26.	Andrew	294	+10	+62	+26.7%
25.	Richard	328	0	-7	-2.1%
24.	Derek	335	0	-7	-2.0%
23.	Edward	339	0	-23	-6.4%
22.	Noel	360	0	-12	-3.2%
21.	Brendan	368	0	-27	-6.8%
20.	Robert	481	-1	+33	+7.4%
19.	Joseph	508	-3	+25	+5.2%
18.	Kevin	519	0	+70	+15.6%
17.	Peter	521	+3	+94	+22.0%
16.	Gerard	524	-5	-113	-17.7%
15.	Anthony	556	-1	-7	-1.2%
14.	Stephen	568	+3	+101	+21.6%
13.	Alan	569	0	+2	+0.4%
12.	Declan	574	+3	+56	+10.8%
11.	Martin	599	+1	-4	-0.7%
10.	William	698	-2	-41	-5.5%
9.	Brian	736	+1	+85	+13.1%
8.	Mark	748	+1	+78	+11.6%
7.	Paul	1,030	0	-1	-0.1%
6.	Thomas	1,054	0	-41	-3.7%
5.	James	1,190	0	+60	+5.3%
4.	David	1,269	0	+109	+9.4%
3.	Patrick	1,705	0	+31	+1.9%
2.	Michael	1,745	0	+37	+2.2%
1.	John	2,654	0	+25	+1.0%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Nuala	86	new	new	new
99.	Katherine	87	new	new	new
98.	Miriam	88	-3	+7	+8.6%
97.	Rose	89	-24	-21	-19.1%
94.	Majella	91	+1	+10	+12.3%
94.	Pamela	91	-3	+2	+2.2%
94.	Una	91	-6	-4	-4.2%
90.	Andrea	93	new	new	new
90.	Antoinette	93	+10	+14	+17.7%
90.	Maeve	93	new	new	new
90.	Michele	93	-29	-42	-31.1%
89.	Veronica	94	-4	-5	-5.1%
88.	Julia	96	-12	-12	-11.1%
86.	Clare	97	+1	+1	+1.0%
86.	Laura	97	+4	+7	+7.8%
85.	Clodagh	98	+10	+17	+21.0%
83.	Jean	99	+1	-1	-1.0%
83.	Samantha	99	-1	-2	-2.0%
82.	Emer	100	+3	+1	+1.0%
79.	Frances	107	-7	-4	-3.6%
79.	Helena	107	-3	-1	-0.9%
79.	Noreen	107	+3	+6	+5.9%
78.	Jane	111	+3	+7	+6.7%
77.	Brenda	113	+2	+8	+7.6%
76.	Alison	114	-7	-7	-5.8%
75.	Anita	120	+19	+36	+42.9%
74.	Grainne	121	-8	-6	-4.7%
73.	Edel	126	+2	+17	+15.6%
71.	Annette	127	+17	+32	+33.7%
71.	Tracey	127	+2	+17	+15.5%
70.	Ellen	128	-10	-18	-12.3%
69.	Colette	131	-5	+2	+1.6%
68.	Ruth	132	-7	-3	-2.2%
67.	Tara	133	-14	-29	-17.9%
65.	Joanne	134	+4	+13	+10.7%
65.	Pauline	134	-10	-26	-16.3%
64.	Shirley	135	+31	+54	+66.7%
63.	Ciara	139	+16	+34	+32.4%
62.	Sheila	143	-10	-20	-12.3%
61.	Christina	144	-5	-14	-8.9%
59.	Joan	147	-15	-38	-20.5%
59.	Nicola	147	+7	+20	+15.7%
58.	Aisling	153	+13	+36	+30.8%
57.	Claire	155	+11	+32	+26.0%
56.	Amanda	156	+1	0	0.0%
55.	Brigid	157	-5	-11	-6.5%
54.	Tracy	160	+9	+26	+19.4%
53.	Josephine	161	-2	-6	-3.6%
52.	Anna	164	+6	+11	+7.2%
51.	Paula	169	-9	-19	-10.1%
50.	Valerie	170	-4	-12	-6.6%
49.	Barbara	172	+10	+25	+17.0%
48.	Audrey	174	0	-6	-3.3%
47.	Nora	183	+2	+7	+4.0%
46.	Deborah	190	-6	-4	-2.1%
45.	Kathleen	196	-19	-55	-21.9%
44.	Suzanne	198	+2	+16	+8.8%
43.	Rachel	200	-2	+11	+5.8%
42.	Teresa	207	-14	-39	-15.9%
39.	Angela	209	-4	-5	-2.3%
39.	Jacqueline	209	-3	-3	-1.4%
39.	Orla	209	0	+8	+4.0%
38.	Louise	214	+4	+26	+13.8%
37.	Carmel	215	-4	0	0.0%
36.	Gillian	221	+29	+93	+72.7%
35.	Carol	225	+2	+22	+10.8%
34.	Sarah	229	+10	+44	+23.8%
33.	Denise	233	-1	+12	+5.4%
32.	Niamh	238	+1	+23	+10.7%
31.	Eileen	240	-4	-9	-3.6%
30.	Yvonne	247	+1	+22	+9.8%
29.	Jennifer	251	+8	+48	+23.6%
28.	Lisa	254	+26	+93	+57.8%
27.	Lorraine	260	-2	+6	+2.4%
26.	Marie	271	+2	+25	+10.2%
25.	Maria	289	+5	+62	+27.3%
24.	Bernadette	302	-1	+34	+12.7%
23.	Susan	335	-4	+10	+3.1%
22.	Helen	339	-8	-35	-9.4%
21.	Martina	344	-9	-41	-10.6%
20.	Bridget	348	-7	-30	-7.9%
19.	Geraldine	349	+1	+27	+8.4%
16.	Elaine	354	+6	+63	+21.6%
16.	Karen	354	0	-3	-0.8%
16.	Linda	354	+1	+11	+3.2%
15.	Siobhan	401	+6	+89	+28.5%
14.	Sandra	422	+1	+49	+13.1%
13.	Michelle	434	+5	+100	+29.9%
12.	Patricia	467	-1	+52	+12.5%
11.	Caroline	484	-1	+41	+9.3%
10.	Deirdre	535	-1	+21	+4.1%
9.	Anne	538	-2	+7	+1.3%
8.	Sharon	570	-3	-31	-5.2%
7.	Elizabeth	579	-1	+33	+6.0%
6.	Ann	582	-2	-37	-6.0%
5.	Sinead	598	+19	+332	+125%
4.	Fiona	616	+4	+97	+18.7%
3.	Margaret	837	0	+7	+0.8%
2.	Catherine	914	0	-25	-2.7%
1.	Mary	1,907	0	+11	+0.6%

Popularity extremes for Ireland