Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Cillian	52	new	new	new
100.	Hugh	52	-9	-6	-10.3%
98.	Daragh	54	new	new	new
98.	Evan	54	new	new	new
97.	Diarmuid	56	new	new	new
95.	Eamonn	59	-1	+4	+7.3%
95.	Gareth	59	-7	-2	-3.3%
94.	Dermot	60	-5	0	0.0%
93.	Killian	61	-8	-3	-4.7%
92.	Shaun	64	-7	0	0.0%
91.	Bryan	66	+2	+10	+17.9%
89.	Oisin	69	new	new	new
89.	Samuel	69	+11	+21	+43.8%
88.	Emmet	70	+11	+21	+42.9%
87.	Ryan	71	new	new	new
86.	Eric	72	+10	+19	+35.8%
85.	Jack	73	+2	+10	+15.9%
84.	Lee	76	-3	-4	-5.0%
83.	Tomas	78	+12	+24	+44.4%
82.	Nicholas	81	-5	-4	-4.7%
81.	Neil	82	-10	-12	-12.8%
80.	Francis	86	-6	-2	-2.3%
79.	Owen	87	0	+6	+7.4%
78.	Cormac	90	+4	+11	+13.9%
76.	Enda	92	+7	+22	+31.4%
76.	Wayne	92	-3	+3	+3.4%
75.	Kenneth	93	-5	-2	-2.1%
74.	Noel	94	-13	-31	-24.8%
73.	Derek	96	-1	+5	+5.5%
72.	Raymond	98	-3	+2	+2.1%
71.	Timothy	99	-4	0	0.0%
70.	Seamus	100	+6	+13	+14.9%
69.	Rory	101	+8	+16	+18.8%
68.	Denis	102	+11	+21	+25.9%
67.	Adrian	105	+7	+17	+19.3%
66.	Ross	108	-1	-1	-0.9%
65.	Donal	109	+3	+11	+11.2%
64.	Padraig	118	-9	-16	-11.9%
63.	Eoghan	120	+1	+9	+8.1%
62.	Graham	122	-2	-5	-3.9%
61.	Aidan	123	-11	-26	-17.4%
60.	Simon	133	+3	+13	+10.8%
59.	Karl	137	-12	-27	-16.5%
58.	Luke	138	+4	+14	+11.3%
57.	Steven	141	+9	+34	+31.8%
56.	Cathal	142	+3	+14	+10.9%
55.	Colin	147	-2	+6	+4.3%
54.	Edward	149	+2	+19	+14.6%
53.	Damien	158	-4	+5	+3.3%
52.	Jamie	164	0	+21	+14.7%
51.	Matthew	165	+7	+36	+27.9%
50.	Brendan	167	-11	-31	-15.7%
49.	Declan	173	-4	+1	+0.6%
47.	Kieran	178	-7	-13	-6.8%
47.	Liam	178	-1	+11	+6.6%
46.	Ronan	182	-5	-2	-1.1%
45.	Cian	189	+6	+45	+31.3%
44.	Adam	193	+12	+63	+48.5%
43.	Colm	199	-6	-1	-0.5%
42.	Philip	202	-6	-17	-7.8%
41.	Barry	204	-4	+4	+2.0%
40.	Gavin	207	+3	+24	+13.1%
39.	Craig	208	+15	+71	+51.8%
38.	Darragh	210	+10	+49	+30.4%
37.	Gerard	213	-2	-19	-8.2%
36.	Aaron	214	+8	+34	+18.9%
35.	Dean	224	+6	+40	+21.7%
33.	Jonathan	237	-2	-41	-14.7%
33.	Peter	237	-1	-23	-8.8%
32.	Jason	252	-13	-164	-39.4%
31.	Gary	260	+3	+10	+4.0%
30.	Keith	272	-8	-58	-17.6%
29.	Martin	279	-4	-37	-11.7%
28.	Richard	282	0	-16	-5.4%
26.	Anthony	286	+1	-23	-7.4%
26.	Ciaran	286	+4	-5	-1.7%
25.	Joseph	294	-4	-39	-11.7%
24.	Ian	297	+5	+1	+0.3%
23.	William	325	+10	+71	+28.0%
22.	Eoin	340	+2	+22	+6.9%
21.	Niall	369	+5	+59	+19.0%
20.	Darren	374	0	+24	+6.9%
19.	Alan	391	-2	-47	-10.7%
18.	Andrew	413	+5	+87	+26.7%
17.	Conor	460	+1	+23	+5.3%
16.	Robert	481	-1	-4	-0.8%
15.	Thomas	502	-3	+3	+0.6%
14.	Brian	510	0	+21	+4.3%
13.	Christopher	522	+3	+47	+9.9%
12.	Kevin	571	+1	+73	+14.7%
11.	Paul	575	-3	-35	-5.7%
10.	Sean	620	-1	+26	+4.4%
9.	Daniel	623	+2	+48	+8.3%
8.	Mark	627	+2	+44	+7.5%
7.	Patrick	711	-2	-28	-3.8%
6.	Shane	754	+1	+61	+8.8%
5.	James	785	-1	-69	-8.1%
4.	Stephen	823	+2	+88	+12.0%
3.	Michael	883	0	-16	-1.8%
2.	John	972	0	-90	-8.5%
1.	David	1,108	0	-78	-6.6%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Martina	65	-25	-22	-25.3%
100.	Paula	65	-8	-10	-13.3%
99.	Clodagh	66	new	new	new
97.	Jacqueline	68	-10	-10	-12.8%
97.	Sara	68	new	new	new
96.	Suzanne	70	-13	-10	-12.5%
95.	Carol	71	-8	-7	-9.0%
94.	Caitriona	72	+1	-1	-1.4%
93.	Emily	73	+6	+2	+2.8%
90.	Ellen	74	+3	0	0.0%
90.	Jane	74	-8	-8	-9.8%
90.	Victoria	74	new	new	new
89.	Julie	75	-6	-5	-6.3%
88.	Maeve	76	-2	-3	-3.8%
87.	Sandra	79	-7	-4	-4.8%
86.	Caoimhe	82	+9	+9	+12.3%
85.	Gemma	84	-6	0	0.0%
83.	Kim	85	-13	-14	-14.1%
83.	Natasha	85	+7	+9	+11.8%
81.	Bridget	86	-8	-3	-3.4%
81.	Natalie	86	-3	+1	+1.2%
80.	Andrea	88	new	new	new
78.	Deborah	89	-7	-8	-8.2%
78.	Lorna	89	+12	+13	+17.1%
76.	Ashling	91	new	new	new
76.	Kathleen	91	-9	-12	-11.7%
75.	Helen	92	-8	-11	-10.7%
74.	Christina	93	-16	-32	-25.6%
73.	Joanne	94	-10	-17	-15.3%
72.	Rachael	95	0	+3	+3.3%
71.	Lauren	96	+4	+9	+10.3%
70.	Chloe	97	+27	+25	+34.7%
69.	Susan	99	-17	-31	-23.8%
67.	Clare	100	-19	-43	-30.1%
67.	Patricia	100	-7	-19	-16.0%
66.	Anna	103	-7	-19	-15.6%
65.	Megan	105	+24	+28	+36.4%
63.	Donna	107	-14	-30	-21.9%
63.	Melissa	107	+4	+4	+3.9%
62.	Anne	108	-7	-21	-16.3%
60.	Gillian	109	-16	-35	-24.3%
60.	Hannah	109	+33	+35	+47.3%
58.	Christine	110	-6	-20	-15.4%
58.	Edel	110	-3	-19	-14.7%
57.	Mairead	112	+5	-2	-1.8%
55.	Grainne	113	-18	-43	-27.6%
55.	Linda	113	+2	-15	-11.7%
54.	Emer	114	+19	+25	+28.1%
53.	Nicole	116	+24	+30	+34.9%
52.	Sharon	120	0	-10	-7.7%
51.	Eimear	123	-1	-11	-8.2%
50.	Marie	127	-8	-19	-13.0%
49.	Samantha	131	+15	+21	+19.1%
48.	Kelly	133	+3	+1	+0.8%
47.	Ann	134	-14	-32	-19.3%
46.	Grace	135	-17	-38	-22.0%
45.	Lorraine	138	+19	+28	+25.5%
44.	Ruth	139	0	-5	-3.5%
43.	Deirdre	143	-4	-8	-5.3%
42.	Tara	145	0	-1	-0.7%
41.	Denise	151	-10	-21	-12.2%
40.	Kate	157	-4	-3	-1.9%
39.	Stacey	158	+22	+40	+33.9%
38.	Alison	161	-5	-5	-3.0%
37.	Maria	165	+1	+12	+7.8%
36.	Roisin	169	-4	+1	+0.6%
34.	Caroline	173	+10	+29	+20.1%
34.	Margaret	173	-6	-14	-7.5%
33.	Amanda	186	-8	-12	-6.1%
32.	Siobhan	191	-7	-7	-3.5%
31.	Elaine	192	-11	-78	-28.9%
30.	Shauna	197	new	new	new
28.	Aine	199	+1	+26	+15.0%
28.	Elizabeth	199	-4	-2	-1.0%
26.	Leanne	200	+15	+50	+33.3%
26.	Nicola	200	-3	-22	-9.9%
25.	Katie	204	+14	+53	+35.1%
24.	Orla	207	+3	+10	+5.1%
23.	Stephanie	223	+12	+58	+35.2%
22.	Danielle	227	-1	-15	-6.2%
21.	Jessica	229	+23	+85	+59.0%
20.	Fiona	247	-2	-56	-18.5%
19.	Karen	261	0	-19	-6.8%
17.	Catherine	325	-2	-27	-7.7%
17.	Rebecca	325	+5	+92	+39.5%
15.	Claire	337	-1	-28	-7.7%
15.	Louise	337	+1	+7	+2.1%
14.	Jennifer	384	-4	-53	-12.1%
13.	Rachel	391	+4	+66	+20.3%
12.	Amy	403	0	+8	+2.0%
11.	Mary	445	-3	-15	-3.3%
10.	Michelle	461	-3	-21	-4.4%
9.	Aisling	471	+4	+96	+25.6%
8.	Lisa	503	-3	-8	-1.6%
7.	Aoife	529	+3	+92	+21.1%
6.	Niamh	533	0	+34	+6.8%
5.	Ciara	596	-1	+49	+9.0%
4.	Sinead	604	+5	+154	+34.2%
3.	Laura	616	-1	-100	-14.0%
2.	Emma	617	+1	+8	+1.3%
1.	Sarah	966	0	+30	+3.2%

Popularity extremes for Ireland