Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	David	1,318	0	+36	+2.8%
2.	John	1,110	0	-140	-11.2%
3.	Michael	903	0	-53	-5.5%
4.	Stephen	851	+1	-24	-2.7%
5.	Shane	830	+3	+51	+6.5%
6.	James	824	-2	-116	-12.3%
7.	Patrick	810	-1	-60	-6.9%
8.	Mark	729	+1	-15	-2.0%
9.	Paul	716	-2	-98	-12.0%
10.	Thomas	592	0	-42	-6.6%
11.	Sean	560	+3	+27	+5.1%
12.	Kevin	555	-1	-28	-4.8%
13.	Daniel	517	+3	+22	+4.4%
14.	Robert	504	+1	-6	-1.2%
15.	Brian	492	-3	-53	-9.7%
16.	Christopher	457	+1	0	0.0%
17.	Alan	428	-4	-107	-20.0%
18.	Darren	425	+1	+28	+7.1%
19.	Conor	420	-1	-24	-5.4%
20.	Jason	359	+5	+12	+3.5%
21.	Niall	350	+9	+23	+7.0%
22.	Keith	337	+9	+12	+3.7%
23.	Anthony	335	-1	-48	-12.5%
24.	Joseph	331	-4	-64	-16.2%
25.	Martin	324	-1	-36	-10.0%
26.	William	322	-3	-47	-12.7%
27.	Andrew	321	-6	-63	-16.4%
28.	Ciaran	317	-3	-30	-8.6%
29.	Eoin	316	-4	-31	-8.9%
30.	Peter	299	+2	-7	-2.3%
31.	Richard	293	+2	-10	-3.3%
32.	Jonathan	282	+1	-21	-6.9%
33.	Ian	278	-5	-62	-18.2%
34.	Gerard	276	+1	-23	-7.7%
35.	Gary	264	-6	-73	-21.7%
36.	Barry	241	+1	-26	-9.7%
37.	Colm	236	+3	+2	+0.9%
38.	Gavin	209	+5	-7	-3.2%
39.	Brendan	208	-3	-83	-28.5%
40.	Dean	204	+13	+58	+39.7%
41.	Philip	193	-3	-51	-20.9%
42.	Declan	189	-2	-45	-19.2%
43.	Ronan	185	-1	-35	-15.9%
44.	Colin	179	0	-17	-8.7%
45.	Kieran	178	-6	-57	-24.3%
46.	Simon	173	0	-13	-7.0%
47.	Damien	171	-2	-21	-10.9%
48.	Liam	170	0	-5	-2.9%
49.	Matthew	165	+6	+27	+19.6%
50.	Aidan	147	-3	-38	-20.5%
50.	Darragh	147	+8	+20	+15.7%
50.	Edward	147	-1	-25	-14.5%
53.	Aaron	135	+4	+4	+3.1%
54.	Ross	134	+8	+13	+10.7%
55.	Adam	131	+13	+25	+23.6%
55.	Graham	131	-3	-16	-10.9%
57.	Luke	129	+15	+28	+27.7%
58.	Padraig	128	-8	-28	-17.9%
59.	Derek	124	-3	-11	-8.1%
59.	Karl	124	+4	+7	+6.0%
61.	Cathal	123	-7	-22	-15.2%
62.	Cian	122	+3	+7	+6.1%
63.	Kenneth	117	-3	-6	-4.9%
64.	Steven	116	+7	+14	+13.7%
65.	Donal	115	+1	+2	+1.8%
65.	Timothy	115	-7	-12	-9.4%
67.	Craig	111	+16	+41	+58.6%
68.	Adrian	99	-7	-23	-18.9%
68.	Noel	99	-17	-53	-34.9%
68.	Wayne	99	-1	-10	-9.2%
71.	Denis	98	-1	-6	-5.8%
71.	Francis	98	-8	-19	-16.2%
73.	Raymond	95	0	-2	-2.1%
74.	Eoghan	94	+2	+5	+5.6%
75.	Lee	88	+9	+20	+29.4%
75.	Neil	88	-7	-18	-17.0%
77.	Nicholas	87	+15	+24	+38.1%
78.	Jamie	80	+3	0	0.0%
79.	Rory	79	-5	-17	-17.7%
79.	Seamus	79	-2	-8	-9.2%
81.	Cormac	75	+9	+11	+17.2%
81.	Eric	75	+7	+9	+13.6%
83.	Bryan	74	-4	-10	-11.9%
83.	Dermot	74	+7	+10	+15.6%
85.	Owen	70	-10	-24	-25.5%
86.	Enda	63	-6	-18	-22.2%
87.	Eamonn	61	+7	-1	-1.6%
87.	Shaun	61	0	-6	-9.0%
89.	Diarmuid	59	-5	-9	-13.2%
89.	Hugh	59	+5	-3	-4.8%
91.	Bernard	57	-10	-23	-28.8%
91.	Gareth	57	+5	-3	-5.0%
93.	Daragh	56	new	new	new
93.	Vincent	56	-15	-29	-34.1%
95.	Fergal	55	-3	-8	-12.7%
95.	Trevor	55	-11	-13	-19.1%
97.	Scott	54	+2	+4	+8.0%
98.	Killian	53	new	new	new
99.	Samuel	51	new	new	new
100.	Gearoid	50	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Sarah	921	0	-103	-10.1%
2.	Laura	771	0	+19	+2.5%
3.	Emma	613	0	-23	-3.6%
4.	Lisa	581	+1	-12	-2.0%
5.	Ciara	564	+1	+8	+1.4%
6.	Niamh	514	+5	+71	+16.0%
7.	Mary	505	-3	-98	-16.3%
8.	Michelle	501	-1	-47	-8.6%
9.	Jennifer	496	-1	-48	-8.8%
10.	Aoife	471	-1	-21	-4.3%
11.	Sinead	460	+1	+31	+7.2%
12.	Claire	427	-2	-24	-5.3%
13.	Louise	401	0	-22	-5.2%
14.	Amy	347	+1	-10	-2.8%
15.	Rachel	346	+2	+4	+1.2%
16.	Aisling	340	-2	-31	-8.4%
17.	Catherine	339	-1	-7	-2.0%
18.	Elaine	309	+2	-13	-4.0%
18.	Karen	309	+4	-7	-2.2%
20.	Fiona	289	-1	-45	-13.5%
21.	Nicola	267	-3	-70	-20.8%
22.	Margaret	227	+2	-38	-14.3%
23.	Amanda	216	-2	-102	-32.1%
24.	Caroline	202	+6	-20	-9.0%
25.	Danielle	201	+17	+35	+21.1%
26.	Siobhan	199	-3	-72	-26.6%
27.	Leanne	198	+39	+75	+61.0%
27.	Maria	198	+2	-25	-11.2%
29.	Grace	196	+9	+11	+5.9%
30.	Orla	194	-4	-47	-19.5%
30.	Rebecca	194	+10	+24	+14.1%
32.	Deirdre	191	-7	-70	-26.8%
33.	Aine	188	+3	-9	-4.6%
34.	Linda	183	-2	-33	-15.3%
35.	Ann	180	+4	+3	+1.7%
36.	Lorraine	178	-2	-23	-11.4%
37.	Denise	177	+9	+25	+16.4%
37.	Elizabeth	177	-9	-54	-23.4%
39.	Sharon	176	-2	-17	-8.8%
40.	Anne	165	-6	-36	-17.9%
41.	Tara	164	-14	-71	-30.2%
42.	Marie	155	-9	-49	-24.0%
43.	Stephanie	154	-12	-64	-29.4%
44.	Gillian	152	-1	-12	-7.3%
45.	Kate	151	+3	+1	+0.7%
46.	Jessica	149	+8	+5	+3.5%
46.	Susan	149	-5	-20	-11.8%
48.	Eimear	148	+21	+31	+26.5%
49.	Grainne	143	+13	+15	+11.7%
50.	Helen	141	+9	+10	+7.6%
51.	Roisin	138	-2	-10	-6.8%
52.	Charlene	136	+46	+63	+86.3%
52.	Donna	136	-3	-12	-8.1%
52.	Kelly	136	+16	+18	+15.3%
55.	Ruth	131	-2	-16	-10.9%
56.	Edel	127	-12	-31	-19.6%
57.	Christine	126	-2	-11	-8.0%
58.	Alison	125	0	-7	-5.3%
59.	Clare	124	0	-7	-5.3%
60.	Katie	122	+30	+39	+47.0%
61.	Joanne	117	-12	-31	-20.9%
61.	Samantha	117	-6	-20	-14.6%
63.	Kathleen	116	+15	+21	+22.1%
64.	Mairead	115	+6	+3	+2.7%
65.	Patricia	113	-20	-43	-27.6%
66.	Christina	108	-20	-44	-28.9%
66.	Marian	108	-9	-26	-19.4%
66.	Melissa	108	-5	-22	-16.9%
69.	Anna	107	+2	-2	-1.8%
70.	Bridget	103	+14	+16	+18.4%
70.	Gemma	103	+14	+16	+18.4%
72.	Deborah	102	-10	-26	-20.3%
73.	Sandra	100	-24	-48	-32.4%
74.	Julie	99	+13	+14	+16.5%
75.	Kim	97	-4	-12	-11.0%
76.	Carol	96	-5	-13	-11.9%
77.	Andrea	95	+7	+8	+9.2%
78.	Emer	92	-11	-30	-24.6%
78.	Suzanne	92	-1	-6	-6.1%
80.	Martina	91	-15	-33	-26.6%
81.	Natasha	90	-5	-9	-9.1%
82.	Tracey	88	-1	-2	-2.2%
83.	Lorna	87	-9	-19	-17.9%
84.	Nicole	83	new	new	new
85.	Caoimhe	79	new	new	new
85.	Jane	79	-5	-13	-14.1%
85.	Stacey	79	-6	-14	-15.1%
85.	Tanya	79	+13	+6	+8.2%
89.	Victoria	78	+2	-4	-4.9%
90.	Tracy	76	+8	+3	+4.1%
91.	Catriona	74	-4	-11	-12.9%
91.	Emily	74	new	new	new
91.	Yvonne	74	-27	-52	-41.3%
94.	Lauren	73	new	new	new
95.	Caitriona	72	-14	-18	-20.0%
95.	Ellen	72	-2	-8	-10.0%
95.	Paula	72	-20	-29	-28.7%
98.	Sara	70	-15	-19	-21.3%
99.	Ashling	69	-10	-15	-17.9%
99.	Jacqueline	69	-4	-9	-11.5%

Popularity extremes for Ireland