Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Justin	64	-9	-10	-13.5%
99.	Fergus	65	-13	-21	-24.4%
98.	Garry	66	0	+1	+1.5%
97.	Eamon	70	-17	-23	-24.7%
93.	Charles	73	-3	-5	-6.4%
93.	Cornelius	73	-10	-15	-17.0%
93.	Gregory	73	new	new	new
93.	Laurence	73	+1	+5	+7.4%
92.	George	75	+4	+9	+13.6%
91.	Hugh	76	+3	+8	+11.8%
89.	Jeremiah	78	-8	-14	-15.2%
89.	Ross	78	new	new	new
88.	Nicholas	81	-5	-7	-8.0%
87.	Darragh	82	new	new	new
86.	Cormac	83	-4	-7	-7.8%
83.	Gordon	84	+13	+18	+27.3%
83.	Maurice	84	-10	-24	-22.2%
83.	Stuart	84	+5	+5	+6.3%
82.	Eric	86	+16	+21	+32.3%
81.	Eugene	92	-6	-7	-7.1%
80.	Desmond	95	-1	-1	-1.0%
79.	Terence	96	+9	+17	+21.5%
78.	Karl	97	0	0	0.0%
77.	Neil	100	0	+2	+2.0%
76.	Nigel	102	-9	-26	-20.3%
74.	Cathal	103	-6	-20	-16.3%
74.	Rory	103	0	+1	+1.0%
73.	Bernard	105	-7	-26	-19.8%
71.	Matthew	106	+14	+19	+21.8%
71.	Padraig	106	+1	-8	-7.0%
70.	Wayne	110	+1	-5	-4.3%
69.	Owen	111	+18	+27	+32.1%
68.	Eamonn	129	+7	+30	+30.3%
67.	Enda	130	+3	+10	+8.3%
66.	Eoin	136	-4	-9	-6.2%
65.	Seamus	138	-4	-8	-5.5%
64.	Graham	139	0	+5	+3.7%
63.	Fergal	146	-4	-1	-0.7%
62.	Simon	147	-3	0	0.0%
61.	Gary	148	-3	-1	-0.7%
60.	Vincent	151	+5	+18	+13.5%
59.	Damian	153	-2	-4	-2.5%
57.	Dermot	170	-8	-34	-16.7%
57.	Gavin	170	+12	+48	+39.3%
56.	Liam	172	+7	+30	+21.1%
55.	Donal	178	+1	+14	+8.5%
54.	Timothy	180	-1	-12	-6.3%
53.	Ciaran	181	-1	-12	-6.2%
52.	Trevor	182	-1	-16	-8.1%
51.	Colin	186	-1	-17	-8.4%
50.	Denis	197	-2	-13	-6.2%
49.	Conor	210	-5	-21	-9.1%
48.	Ronan	212	-5	-20	-8.6%
47.	Christopher	215	-1	-8	-3.6%
46.	Adrian	222	-5	-15	-6.3%
45.	Damien	228	+1	+5	+2.2%
44.	Colm	233	+1	+9	+4.0%
42.	Francis	235	-2	-8	-3.3%
42.	Jonathan	235	+13	+47	+25.0%
41.	Kieran	241	+1	+5	+2.1%
40.	Philip	252	-3	-7	-2.7%
39.	Oliver	255	-25	-282	-52.5%
38.	Aidan	257	+16	+68	+36.0%
37.	Andrew	267	-4	-12	-4.3%
36.	Darren	271	-1	+4	+1.5%
35.	Raymond	272	+3	+26	+10.6%
34.	Sean	282	0	+4	+1.4%
33.	Ian	287	+6	+42	+17.1%
32.	Edward	302	-1	+15	+5.2%
31.	Kenneth	303	-1	+4	+1.3%
30.	Daniel	309	-1	+5	+1.6%
29.	Noel	317	+3	+37	+13.2%
27.	Jason	352	-2	-18	-4.9%
27.	Richard	352	0	+7	+2.0%
26.	Derek	355	+2	+37	+11.6%
25.	Niall	359	+1	-9	-2.4%
24.	Barry	381	+12	+118	+44.9%
23.	Peter	392	-3	-40	-9.3%
22.	Joseph	396	+1	+7	+1.8%
21.	Declan	413	0	+5	+1.2%
20.	Gerard	422	-2	-34	-7.5%
19.	Brendan	432	+5	+51	+13.4%
18.	Keith	453	-1	-6	-1.3%
17.	Robert	457	+2	+20	+4.6%
16.	Kevin	474	0	+9	+1.9%
15.	Shane	478	+7	+77	+19.2%
14.	Anthony	504	+1	-17	-3.3%
13.	Martin	520	-1	-28	-5.1%
12.	William	543	+1	+5	+0.9%
11.	Alan	718	-2	-29	-3.9%
10.	Stephen	779	+1	+87	+12.6%
9.	Brian	812	+1	+86	+11.8%
8.	Thomas	826	0	+3	+0.4%
7.	Mark	916	0	+53	+6.1%
6.	James	1,010	0	-23	-2.2%
5.	Paul	1,098	0	-10	-0.9%
4.	Patrick	1,264	0	-46	-3.5%
3.	Michael	1,413	-1	+24	+1.7%
2.	David	1,478	+1	+118	+8.7%
1.	John	2,106	0	+18	+0.9%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Helena	83	-15	-13	-13.5%
100.	Melissa	83	new	new	new
99.	Victoria	84	new	new	new
98.	Eimear	85	new	new	new
96.	Samantha	86	-4	-4	-4.4%
96.	Tanya	86	+2	+2	+2.4%
95.	Hazel	87	+1	+2	+2.4%
92.	Annette	88	new	new	new
92.	Ellen	88	-3	-7	-7.4%
92.	Frances	88	new	new	new
91.	Ashling	93	new	new	new
90.	Jean	96	+1	+4	+4.3%
89.	Catriona	99	0	+4	+4.2%
88.	Olive	100	-54	-139	-58.2%
86.	Joan	101	-3	+4	+4.1%
86.	Shirley	101	-3	+4	+4.1%
85.	Brenda	102	0	+6	+6.3%
83.	Aileen	103	new	new	new
83.	Andrea	103	new	new	new
81.	Christina	104	-9	-17	-14.0%
81.	Sheila	104	-6	-10	-8.8%
80.	Emer	107	-12	-27	-20.1%
79.	Roisin	108	+6	+12	+12.5%
78.	Nora	109	+2	+4	+3.8%
77.	Pauline	111	+17	+23	+26.1%
75.	Josephine	112	+1	-1	-0.9%
75.	Tracey	112	-1	-5	-4.3%
74.	Anita	118	+7	+16	+15.7%
73.	Alison	120	-13	-25	-17.2%
71.	Jane	126	+1	+5	+4.1%
71.	Teresa	126	-2	-4	-3.1%
69.	Anna	128	-2	-7	-5.2%
69.	Valerie	128	+1	-1	-0.8%
68.	Mairead	132	-9	-18	-12.0%
67.	Barbara	133	+4	+5	+3.9%
66.	Colette	137	-1	-3	-2.1%
64.	Aine	138	+15	+31	+29.0%
64.	Clare	138	-7	-14	-9.2%
63.	Georgina	139	new	new	new
62.	Tara	140	0	-2	-1.4%
61.	Carmel	142	+1	0	0.0%
60.	Julie	144	+18	+35	+32.1%
59.	Paula	147	-5	-21	-12.5%
58.	Kathleen	151	-12	-35	-18.8%
57.	Grainne	158	+4	+14	+9.7%
56.	Bernadette	163	-1	+1	+0.6%
55.	Angela	168	+3	+17	+11.3%
54.	Ruth	169	-2	-4	-2.3%
52.	Audrey	170	+13	+30	+21.4%
52.	Eileen	170	-2	-5	-2.9%
51.	Jacqueline	173	-6	-14	-7.5%
49.	Aisling	182	-6	-27	-12.9%
49.	Carol	182	-2	-3	-1.6%
48.	Edel	185	+14	+43	+30.3%
46.	Aoife	186	+10	+29	+18.5%
46.	Suzanne	186	+4	+11	+6.3%
45.	Deborah	198	+8	+28	+16.5%
44.	Geraldine	206	-4	-10	-4.6%
43.	Amanda	208	-4	-17	-7.6%
42.	Laura	209	+2	+14	+7.2%
41.	Ciara	211	+8	+30	+16.6%
40.	Rachel	214	+2	+4	+1.9%
39.	Bridget	226	+2	+13	+6.1%
38.	Maria	238	-7	-15	-5.9%
37.	Denise	244	-2	+11	+4.7%
36.	Emma	248	+2	+22	+9.7%
35.	Orla	250	-2	+3	+1.2%
34.	Joanne	258	+14	+76	+41.8%
33.	Gillian	267	+3	+40	+17.6%
32.	Helen	271	-4	-17	-5.9%
31.	Martina	278	-1	+10	+3.7%
30.	Yvonne	288	-1	+9	+3.2%
29.	Marie	305	+7	+78	+34.4%
28.	Claire	307	+4	+56	+22.3%
27.	Sandra	311	-5	-19	-5.8%
26.	Siobhan	314	-5	-26	-7.6%
24.	Nicola	329	+3	+33	+11.1%
24.	Olivia	329	-20	-289	-46.8%
23.	Lorraine	343	+2	+29	+9.2%
22.	Patricia	345	-4	-31	-8.2%
21.	Louise	359	+3	+39	+12.2%
20.	Susan	371	0	+12	+3.3%
19.	Anne	380	-3	-33	-8.0%
18.	Lisa	382	+1	+21	+5.8%
17.	Sarah	383	+8	+69	+22.0%
16.	Niamh	390	+7	+63	+19.3%
15.	Linda	401	+2	+16	+4.2%
14.	Elaine	419	-3	-41	-8.9%
12.	Elizabeth	423	-3	-45	-9.6%
12.	Sharon	423	-4	-78	-15.6%
11.	Ann	434	+4	+10	+2.4%
10.	Fiona	452	+2	+1	+0.2%
9.	Deirdre	483	+1	+19	+4.1%
8.	Jennifer	494	+5	+52	+11.8%
7.	Karen	514	+7	+79	+18.2%
6.	Margaret	520	-1	-49	-8.6%
5.	Caroline	564	+2	+47	+9.1%
4.	Michelle	571	+2	+9	+1.6%
3.	Catherine	645	0	-37	-5.4%
2.	Sinead	688	0	-137	-16.6%
1.	Mary	1,131	0	-96	-7.8%

Popularity extremes for Ireland