Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	David	1,464	+1	-92	-5.9%
2.	John	1,437	-1	-171	-10.6%
3.	Michael	1,078	0	-136	-11.2%
4.	Stephen	1,000	+1	-24	-2.3%
5.	James	944	+1	-11	-1.2%
6.	Patrick	938	-2	-136	-12.7%
7.	Paul	873	0	-39	-4.3%
8.	Mark	825	0	-33	-3.8%
9.	Brian	689	+1	-39	-5.4%
10.	Thomas	687	-1	-43	-5.9%
11.	Shane	610	+2	-2	-0.3%
12.	Alan	603	-1	-44	-6.8%
13.	Kevin	577	-1	-53	-8.4%
14.	Daniel	547	+2	+85	+18.4%
15.	Robert	500	-1	-73	-12.7%
16.	Sean	497	-1	+21	+4.4%
17.	Barry	471	+6	+75	+18.9%
18.	Christopher	424	-1	-10	-2.3%
19.	Andrew	422	+5	+41	+10.8%
20.	Anthony	420	-1	0	0.0%
21.	William	398	-3	-30	-7.0%
22.	Martin	388	-2	-28	-6.7%
23.	Joseph	386	-2	-25	-6.1%
24.	Peter	366	-2	-34	-8.5%
25.	Conor	356	+5	+19	+5.6%
26.	Niall	346	+5	+19	+5.8%
27.	Gerard	345	+1	+4	+1.2%
28.	Ciaran	344	+7	+59	+20.7%
29.	Darren	342	-2	-9	-2.6%
30.	Keith	341	-5	-31	-8.3%
31.	Eoin	333	+2	+19	+6.1%
32.	Richard	329	+1	+15	+4.8%
33.	Jonathan	328	-7	-38	-10.4%
34.	Gary	321	-5	-19	-5.6%
35.	Ian	279	+1	-4	-1.4%
36.	Jason	273	+1	-8	-2.8%
37.	Brendan	260	-5	-55	-17.5%
38.	Colin	249	+3	-20	-7.4%
39.	Philip	244	+4	-6	-2.4%
40.	Damien	240	-1	-35	-12.7%
41.	Derek	234	-1	-39	-14.3%
42.	Colm	232	-4	-48	-17.1%
42.	Ronan	232	+2	-7	-2.9%
44.	Declan	229	-2	-24	-9.5%
45.	Kieran	221	+1	-3	-1.3%
46.	Aidan	201	-1	-24	-10.7%
46.	Edward	201	+1	-11	-5.2%
48.	Noel	181	+3	+8	+4.6%
49.	Liam	175	0	-14	-7.4%
50.	Gavin	166	-2	-29	-14.9%
51.	Kenneth	159	-1	-25	-13.6%
52.	Simon	146	+3	-5	-3.3%
53.	Adrian	136	+4	-11	-7.5%
53.	Francis	136	+6	-7	-4.9%
55.	Denis	135	-1	-17	-11.2%
55.	Padraig	135	-2	-18	-11.8%
57.	Raymond	132	+2	-11	-7.7%
58.	Donal	127	-2	-23	-15.3%
59.	Cathal	126	+4	-8	-6.0%
59.	Timothy	126	+3	-16	-11.3%
59.	Wayne	126	+6	+8	+6.8%
62.	Steven	124	+2	-9	-6.8%
63.	Graham	123	-11	-33	-21.2%
64.	Matthew	121	-5	-22	-15.4%
65.	Karl	115	+3	+1	+0.9%
66.	Adam	112	+8	+20	+21.7%
66.	Neil	112	-8	-34	-23.3%
68.	Rory	110	-1	-7	-6.0%
69.	Seamus	106	+2	+5	+5.0%
70.	Enda	104	+6	+19	+22.4%
71.	Owen	103	-2	-3	-2.8%
72.	Dermot	101	-2	-2	-1.9%
73.	Cian	99	+4	+15	+17.9%
74.	Ross	98	-1	+3	+3.2%
75.	Darragh	97	-3	-3	-3.0%
76.	Aaron	96	+8	+22	+29.7%
76.	Trevor	96	-11	-22	-18.6%
78.	Bryan	92	+4	+13	+16.5%
79.	Dean	91	+6	+19	+26.4%
80.	Eamonn	85	+1	+3	+3.7%
80.	Vincent	85	-1	+2	+2.4%
82.	Nicholas	83	-3	0	0.0%
83.	Eoghan	79	+3	+9	+12.9%
84.	Bernard	77	-2	-2	-2.5%
85.	Damian	75	-8	-9	-10.7%
86.	Cormac	74	-11	-12	-14.0%
86.	Lee	74	new	new	new
88.	Jamie	73	new	new	new
89.	Eamon	68	+8	+13	+23.6%
90.	Hugh	64	-3	-2	-3.0%
91.	Craig	63	-4	-3	-4.5%
92.	Eric	62	-1	-1	-1.6%
92.	Fergal	62	+2	+3	+5.1%
92.	Shaun	62	new	new	new
95.	Diarmuid	59	-4	-4	-6.3%
95.	Gregory	59	+1	+3	+5.4%
97.	Micheal	58	-3	-1	-1.7%
98.	Garry	56	-9	-9	-13.8%
98.	Luke	56	-9	-9	-13.8%
100.	Maurice	54	-3	-1	-1.8%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	824	0	-6	-0.7%
2.	Laura	782	+2	+117	+17.6%
3.	Michelle	650	+3	+42	+6.9%
4.	Mary	644	-2	-25	-3.7%
5.	Emma	634	+3	+141	+28.6%
6.	Jennifer	599	-1	-62	-9.4%
7.	Lisa	552	-4	-114	-17.1%
8.	Ciara	540	+5	+102	+23.3%
9.	Aoife	526	+7	+106	+25.2%
10.	Claire	475	0	+20	+4.4%
11.	Niamh	468	+1	+24	+5.4%
12.	Elaine	437	+2	+3	+0.7%
12.	Louise	437	+3	+8	+1.9%
14.	Catherine	435	-7	-63	-12.7%
15.	Karen	381	-6	-80	-17.4%
15.	Sinead	381	-4	-72	-15.9%
17.	Amanda	360	+30	+196	+120%
18.	Aisling	347	+1	+36	+11.6%
19.	Fiona	341	-2	-29	-7.8%
20.	Amy	312	+8	+65	+26.3%
21.	Caroline	307	-3	-44	-12.5%
22.	Rachel	306	0	+7	+2.3%
23.	Deirdre	305	-3	-4	-1.3%
24.	Linda	291	0	+4	+1.4%
25.	Nicola	277	-2	-19	-6.4%
26.	Lorraine	268	-1	-17	-6.0%
27.	Margaret	262	-1	-20	-7.1%
27.	Orla	262	+7	+26	+11.0%
29.	Maria	257	+3	+17	+7.1%
30.	Elizabeth	249	-3	-30	-10.8%
31.	Sharon	243	-10	-57	-19.0%
32.	Ann	235	0	-5	-2.1%
33.	Marie	229	+3	+1	+0.4%
34.	Siobhan	228	-4	-16	-6.6%
35.	Anne	214	-7	-33	-13.4%
36.	Edel	210	+2	-1	-0.5%
37.	Susan	205	-7	-39	-16.0%
38.	Donna	196	+6	+15	+8.3%
39.	Patricia	184	-2	-40	-17.9%
40.	Sandra	178	+2	-12	-6.3%
41.	Aine	174	0	-21	-10.8%
42.	Ruth	171	+12	+20	+13.2%
43.	Emer	162	+6	+3	+1.9%
44.	Tara	158	+14	+13	+9.0%
45.	Clare	157	+19	+21	+15.4%
45.	Deborah	157	+10	+9	+6.1%
47.	Helen	155	-2	-24	-13.4%
48.	Christina	152	+35	+54	+55.1%
49.	Gillian	150	-10	-54	-26.5%
50.	Rebecca	149	+9	+7	+4.9%
51.	Eimear	148	+22	+36	+32.1%
52.	Denise	143	-12	-56	-28.1%
53.	Grace	141	+3	-6	-4.1%
53.	Samantha	141	+19	+26	+22.6%
55.	Kate	140	+33	+51	+57.3%
55.	Stephanie	140	-4	-14	-9.1%
57.	Roisin	138	+3	-3	-2.1%
58.	Mairead	136	-5	-16	-10.5%
59.	Carol	135	-16	-49	-26.6%
60.	Melissa	133	-12	-29	-17.9%
60.	Yvonne	133	-14	-38	-22.2%
62.	Andrea	132	+22	+38	+40.4%
62.	Joanne	132	-27	-98	-42.6%
64.	Danielle	131	+14	+29	+28.4%
65.	Martina	129	-13	-24	-15.7%
66.	Pamela	126	-5	-14	-10.0%
67.	Grainne	116	+2	-6	-4.9%
68.	Suzanne	115	-7	-25	-17.9%
69.	Jacqueline	113	-3	-21	-15.7%
70.	Gemma	111	-20	-46	-29.3%
70.	Julie	111	-1	-11	-9.0%
72.	Anna	110	-7	-25	-18.5%
72.	Kathleen	110	-4	-13	-10.6%
74.	Alison	105	-7	-19	-15.3%
75.	Paula	104	+6	+5	+5.1%
76.	Catriona	103	-1	-2	-1.9%
76.	Jessica	103	+2	+1	+1.0%
78.	Christine	100	+7	+7	+7.5%
79.	Jane	95	-5	-15	-13.6%
80.	Lorna	93	0	-7	-7.0%
80.	Tracey	93	-17	-46	-33.1%
82.	Leanne	92	new	new	new
83.	Bridget	91	-27	-56	-38.1%
83.	Eileen	91	+9	+10	+12.3%
83.	Geraldine	91	-6	-13	-12.5%
86.	Kelly	86	+3	-1	-1.1%
87.	Anita	83	new	new	new
87.	Katherine	83	new	new	new
87.	Kim	83	-2	-10	-10.8%
90.	Caitriona	80	-15	-25	-23.8%
91.	Ashling	78	0	-8	-9.3%
91.	Bernadette	78	-20	-43	-35.5%
93.	Charlene	77	new	new	new
94.	Aileen	76	new	new	new
95.	Maeve	75	-3	-6	-7.4%
96.	Ellen	74	new	new	new
97.	Emily	73	-2	-6	-7.6%
97.	Jean	73	new	new	new
97.	Teresa	73	-16	-26	-26.3%
100.	Natalie	72	-2	-2	-2.7%
100.	Natasha	72	-4	-4	-5.3%

Popularity extremes for Ireland