Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	John	2,707	0	+427	+18.7%
2.	David	1,695	0	+58	+3.5%
3.	Paul	1,492	0	+149	+11.1%
4.	Michael	1,332	0	+5	+0.4%
5.	Patrick	1,227	0	+61	+5.2%
6.	James	1,023	0	+74	+7.8%
7.	Brian	895	+1	+38	+4.4%
8.	Mark	878	-1	-41	-4.5%
9.	Thomas	794	0	-17	-2.1%
10.	Alan	735	+1	+61	+9.1%
11.	Stephen	720	-1	+10	+1.4%
12.	Robert	579	0	+24	+4.3%
13.	Kevin	529	+1	+33	+6.7%
14.	Martin	502	-1	-34	-6.3%
15.	Anthony	482	0	-2	-0.4%
16.	William	457	0	-1	-0.2%
17.	Peter	447	+2	+38	+9.3%
18.	Shane	438	0	+25	+6.1%
19.	Joseph	421	+4	+47	+12.6%
20.	Keith	418	+2	+37	+9.7%
21.	Andrew	411	+3	+45	+12.3%
22.	Gerard	397	-5	-18	-4.3%
23.	Brendan	389	-2	-4	-1.0%
24.	Richard	385	+3	+43	+12.6%
25.	Niall	373	0	+11	+3.0%
26.	Barry	359	-6	-48	-11.8%
27.	Daniel	350	+2	+28	+8.7%
28.	Sean	346	+6	+71	+25.8%
29.	Jason	315	+7	+51	+19.3%
30.	Declan	310	-4	-39	-11.2%
31.	Derek	301	-3	-23	-7.1%
32.	Jonathan	290	+1	+13	+4.7%
33.	Eoin	289	+17	+78	+37.0%
33.	Philip	289	-3	-25	-8.0%
35.	Darren	283	-4	-2	-0.7%
36.	Ronan	277	+3	+29	+11.7%
37.	Ian	273	-1	+9	+3.4%
38.	Kieran	268	+3	+27	+11.2%
39.	Damien	262	+10	+47	+21.9%
40.	Conor	259	+4	+35	+15.6%
41.	Edward	254	-9	-27	-9.6%
42.	Ciaran	253	+4	+31	+14.0%
43.	Noel	250	-2	+9	+3.7%
44.	Christopher	249	+8	+43	+20.9%
45.	Colin	245	0	+22	+9.9%
46.	Kenneth	236	-8	-13	-5.2%
47.	Aidan	230	0	+9	+4.1%
48.	Colm	227	-13	-41	-15.3%
49.	Francis	214	-1	-3	-1.4%
49.	Gary	214	+10	+46	+27.4%
51.	Adrian	205	-8	-22	-9.7%
52.	Gavin	202	-12	-44	-17.9%
53.	Denis	187	+4	+14	+8.1%
53.	Liam	187	+3	+10	+5.6%
55.	Trevor	180	-2	-25	-12.2%
56.	Raymond	178	-5	-32	-15.2%
57.	Gareth	177	+17	+72	+68.6%
58.	Karl	175	+8	+42	+31.6%
59.	Graham	165	-5	-20	-10.8%
60.	Cathal	156	+11	+44	+39.3%
61.	Timothy	155	-1	-12	-7.2%
62.	Neil	153	-7	-27	-15.0%
62.	Simon	153	+4	+20	+15.0%
64.	Padraig	150	-1	+8	+5.6%
65.	Seamus	148	-3	+4	+2.8%
66.	Wayne	145	+7	+38	+35.5%
67.	Donal	144	-6	-8	-5.3%
68.	Dermot	135	-10	-36	-21.1%
69.	Vincent	133	-4	-1	-0.7%
70.	Enda	123	0	+6	+5.1%
71.	Eamonn	122	+5	+19	+18.4%
72.	Damian	117	-8	-19	-14.0%
72.	Rory	117	-3	-8	-6.4%
74.	Cormac	111	+8	+28	+33.7%
75.	Karol	110	new	new	new
76.	Owen	107	-8	-21	-16.4%
77.	Bernard	105	0	+9	+9.4%
78.	Nigel	101	+6	+20	+24.7%
79.	Darragh	98	+6	+18	+22.5%
79.	Matthew	98	-7	-13	-11.7%
81.	Nicholas	95	+6	+20	+26.7%
82.	Ross	94	+1	+12	+14.6%
83.	Fergal	91	-8	-13	-12.5%
84.	Hugh	88	+7	+15	+20.5%
85.	Desmond	84	-6	-3	-3.4%
86.	Stuart	81	-7	-6	-6.9%
87.	Eric	80	+10	+12	+17.6%
88.	Laurence	77	-3	-3	-3.8%
89.	Fergus	76	new	new	new
90.	Cornelius	75	+4	+6	+8.7%
91.	Steven	74	new	new	new
92.	Gregory	73	-5	-2	-2.7%
93.	Bryan	72	+6	+7	+10.8%
94.	Maurice	71	-16	-19	-21.1%
94.	Terence	71	-7	-4	-5.3%
96.	Oliver	68	-15	-16	-19.0%
97.	Justin	67	new	new	new
98.	Charles	64	-7	-9	-12.3%
98.	George	64	+2	0	0.0%
100.	Jeremiah	61	-6	-8	-11.6%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Mary	944	0	-61	-6.1%
2.	Michelle	650	0	0	0.0%
3.	Caroline	647	+2	+69	+11.9%
4.	Catherine	618	0	-10	-1.6%
5.	Sinead	594	-2	-35	-5.6%
6.	Lisa	536	+4	+70	+15.0%
7.	Sarah	506	+4	+43	+9.3%
8.	Deirdre	498	0	-1	-0.2%
9.	Karen	494	0	+12	+2.5%
10.	Jennifer	486	-4	-49	-9.2%
11.	Emma	480	+13	+132	+37.9%
12.	Fiona	469	-5	-38	-7.5%
12.	Niamh	469	+2	+38	+8.8%
14.	Lorraine	460	+2	+42	+10.0%
15.	Paula	453	+25	+213	+88.8%
16.	Louise	447	-3	+13	+3.0%
17.	Elaine	446	-2	+20	+4.7%
18.	Laura	395	+9	+84	+27.0%
19.	Linda	390	+2	+19	+5.1%
20.	Ann	380	0	-6	-1.6%
21.	Aoife	379	+10	+89	+30.7%
22.	Margaret	374	-10	-75	-16.7%
23.	Elizabeth	370	-6	-40	-9.8%
24.	Claire	369	-6	-35	-8.7%
25.	Sharon	368	-6	-26	-6.6%
26.	Anne	363	-4	-1	-0.3%
27.	Nicola	343	-4	-19	-5.2%
28.	Susan	332	-3	-11	-3.2%
29.	Joanne	319	+10	+77	+31.8%
30.	Orla	313	-1	+8	+2.6%
31.	Gillian	293	-3	-13	-4.2%
32.	Ciara	289	+6	+40	+16.1%
33.	Marie	287	+1	+18	+6.7%
34.	Sandra	282	-1	+5	+1.8%
35.	Siobhan	281	-5	-23	-7.6%
36.	Patricia	273	-10	-50	-15.5%
37.	Aisling	270	+7	+48	+21.6%
38.	Carol	268	+7	+58	+27.6%
39.	Denise	261	-4	-2	-0.8%
40.	Yvonne	244	-8	-34	-12.2%
41.	Pamela	242	+52	+158	+188%
42.	Helen	226	-1	-1	-0.4%
43.	Amanda	222	-7	-37	-14.3%
44.	Maria	218	-3	-9	-4.0%
45.	Pauline	216	+28	+93	+75.6%
46.	Martina	207	-9	-44	-17.5%
47.	Edel	198	+2	+11	+5.9%
48.	Suzanne	189	-5	-35	-15.6%
49.	Rachel	187	+4	+6	+3.3%
50.	Deborah	186	-1	-1	-0.5%
51.	Jacqueline	176	0	-9	-4.9%
51.	Ruth	176	+3	+4	+2.3%
53.	Aine	171	+4	+10	+6.2%
54.	Bridget	170	-8	-27	-13.7%
55.	Julie	168	-3	-14	-7.7%
56.	Grainne	163	-1	-4	-2.4%
57.	Clare	162	+7	+19	+13.3%
58.	Catriona	158	new	new	new
59.	Geraldine	155	-11	-33	-17.6%
60.	Bernadette	152	+3	+8	+5.6%
60.	Kathleen	152	-2	-8	-5.0%
62.	Emer	149	-3	-10	-6.3%
63.	Alison	147	+2	+7	+5.0%
63.	Mairead	147	-2	-3	-2.0%
65.	Teresa	145	+10	+26	+21.8%
66.	Anna	140	+1	+11	+8.5%
67.	Tracey	139	+3	+13	+10.3%
68.	Audrey	137	0	+9	+7.0%
69.	Christina	132	+9	+20	+17.9%
69.	Jane	132	0	+5	+3.9%
71.	Sabrina	130	-24	-64	-33.0%
72.	Tara	127	+4	+10	+8.5%
73.	Olivia	125	-13	-29	-18.8%
74.	Eimear	124	+24	+41	+49.4%
75.	Eileen	123	-13	-25	-16.9%
76.	Angela	120	-21	-47	-28.1%
76.	Donna	120	+1	+6	+5.3%
76.	Tracy	120	-4	-4	-3.2%
79.	Caitriona	114	+2	+12	+11.8%
80.	Jean	111	+6	+20	+22.0%
81.	Roisin	107	-10	-18	-14.4%
82.	Gemma	106	+4	+15	+16.5%
83.	Carmel	104	+1	+9	+9.5%
84.	Barbara	103	-10	-19	-15.6%
85.	Christine	97	-2	+1	+1.0%
86.	Aileen	95	new	new	new
86.	Valerie	95	-20	-36	-27.5%
88.	Anita	94	new	new	new
88.	Jessica	94	new	new	new
90.	Andrea	93	+3	+9	+10.7%
91.	Lorna	92	+7	+9	+10.8%
91.	Maeve	92	new	new	new
93.	Emily	90	new	new	new
93.	Sheila	90	-13	-14	-13.5%
95.	Annette	86	-13	-11	-11.3%
96.	Ashling	84	-4	-1	-1.2%
97.	Victoria	83	new	new	new
98.	Colette	82	-8	-5	-5.7%
98.	Helena	82	-10	-7	-7.9%
100.	Rebecca	79	-10	-8	-9.2%

Popularity extremes for Ireland