Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
100.	Ben	54	-1	0	0.0%
98.	Alex	55	new	new	new
98.	Diarmuid	55	-4	-3	-5.2%
96.	Francis	56	-11	-10	-15.2%
96.	Gareth	56	new	new	new
95.	Bryan	57	new	new	new
94.	Seamus	58	+3	+3	+5.5%
93.	Adrian	59	-12	-16	-21.3%
92.	Owen	60	-4	-3	-4.8%
89.	Cillian	61	+1	+1	+1.7%
89.	Dillon	61	new	new	new
89.	Hugh	61	+10	+7	+13.0%
86.	Neil	62	-3	-11	-15.1%
86.	Shaun	62	new	new	new
86.	Wayne	62	0	-3	-4.6%
85.	Simon	64	+7	+5	+8.5%
84.	Damien	67	0	-5	-6.9%
83.	Denis	68	+7	+8	+13.3%
82.	Kyle	69	new	new	new
81.	Timothy	71	-5	-9	-11.3%
80.	Donal	73	-3	-6	-7.6%
79.	Rory	78	0	+2	+2.6%
78.	Killian	81	0	+4	+5.2%
77.	Alexander	82	+2	+6	+7.9%
75.	Declan	84	-6	-16	-16.0%
75.	Steven	84	-3	-7	-7.7%
74.	Samuel	86	-2	-5	-5.5%
73.	Jake	87	+9	+13	+17.6%
72.	Joshua	94	+2	+8	+9.3%
71.	Graham	96	-7	-8	-7.7%
70.	Edward	103	-6	-1	-1.0%
69.	Barry	104	-10	-19	-15.4%
68.	Eric	105	+7	+24	+29.6%
67.	Karl	111	+4	+15	+15.6%
66.	Ross	116	+1	+14	+13.7%
65.	Padraig	117	-2	+9	+8.3%
64.	Brendan	118	-10	-16	-11.9%
63.	Aidan	120	-1	+10	+9.1%
61.	Gerard	123	-3	-4	-3.1%
61.	Richard	123	-13	-37	-23.1%
60.	Kieran	126	-6	-8	-6.0%
59.	Colm	127	-9	-19	-13.0%
58.	Cormac	129	+12	+30	+30.3%
57.	Colin	135	0	+5	+3.8%
56.	Oisin	137	+4	+17	+14.2%
55.	Ronan	138	-6	-10	-6.8%
53.	Ian	142	-12	-57	-28.6%
53.	Nathan	142	+11	+38	+36.5%
52.	Philip	146	0	+3	+2.1%
51.	Eoghan	148	+10	+31	+26.5%
50.	Lee	159	+2	+16	+11.2%
49.	Jordan	160	+18	+58	+56.9%
47.	Anthony	162	-8	-55	-25.3%
47.	Craig	162	-3	-15	-8.5%
46.	Cathal	164	+5	+19	+13.1%
45.	Martin	167	-5	-41	-19.7%
44.	Liam	170	+1	-2	-1.2%
43.	Matthew	181	+4	+19	+11.7%
41.	Evan	184	+15	+53	+40.5%
41.	Jonathan	184	+2	+4	+2.2%
40.	Keith	193	+5	+21	+12.2%
39.	Gary	198	-5	-51	-20.5%
38.	William	201	+4	+6	+3.1%
37.	Peter	214	-1	-19	-8.2%
36.	Gavin	224	-4	-37	-14.2%
35.	Alan	229	-1	-20	-8.0%
34.	Darragh	236	+4	+18	+8.3%
33.	Joseph	241	-4	-28	-10.4%
32.	Jamie	257	+5	+35	+15.8%
31.	Cian	264	0	-3	-1.1%
30.	Dean	274	-4	-22	-7.4%
29.	Darren	275	-1	-5	-1.8%
28.	Niall	290	-4	-13	-4.3%
27.	Ciaran	297	+2	+28	+10.4%
26.	Jason	303	-2	0	0.0%
25.	Robert	331	-11	-68	-17.0%
24.	Eoin	334	-2	-4	-1.2%
23.	Christopher	342	-2	-9	-2.6%
22.	Andrew	347	-2	-11	-3.1%
21.	Paul	348	-5	-25	-6.7%
20.	Brian	349	-1	-11	-3.1%
19.	Jack	363	+14	+108	+42.4%
18.	Luke	366	+9	+80	+28.0%
17.	Thomas	387	-4	-64	-14.2%
16.	Ryan	418	0	+45	+12.1%
15.	Kevin	430	-3	-24	-5.3%
14.	Adam	433	+1	+54	+14.2%
13.	Dylan	487	+10	+176	+56.6%
12.	Aaron	499	+6	+133	+36.3%
11.	Mark	502	0	+40	+8.7%
10.	Stephen	523	-2	-100	-16.1%
9.	Patrick	543	0	-17	-3.0%
8.	Daniel	609	+2	+91	+17.6%
7.	Michael	614	-2	-79	-11.4%
6.	Shane	628	0	-29	-4.4%
5.	John	703	-1	-6	-0.8%
4.	Sean	705	+3	+77	+12.3%
3.	David	759	-1	-34	-4.3%
2.	James	766	-1	-93	-10.8%
1.	Conor	841	+2	+129	+18.1%

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
100.	Julie	56	-1	-3	-5.1%
98.	Melissa	57	-43	-43	-43.0%
98.	Victoria	57	new	new	new
96.	Sharon	58	-17	-15	-20.5%
96.	Stacey	58	-10	-10	-14.7%
95.	Maeve	59	-7	-8	-11.9%
93.	Natasha	60	-22	-17	-22.1%
93.	Patricia	60	-12	-11	-15.5%
91.	Hazel	61	new	new	new
91.	Sorcha	61	+8	+2	+3.4%
90.	Brigid	62	new	new	new
89.	Kellie	63	new	new	new
88.	Helen	64	+8	+4	+6.7%
83.	Ann	65	+5	-2	-3.0%
83.	Clare	65	-13	-13	-16.7%
83.	Donna	65	-9	-11	-14.5%
83.	Joanne	65	-9	-11	-14.5%
83.	Mairead	65	+3	-3	-4.4%
82.	Lorraine	66	-5	-9	-12.0%
80.	Christina	67	+1	-4	-5.6%
80.	Saoirse	67	+3	-3	-4.3%
79.	Ashling	68	+20	+9	+15.3%
77.	Anne	69	-6	-8	-10.4%
77.	Shannen	69	+3	-3	-4.2%
76.	Alice	70	+16	+4	+6.1%
75.	Bridget	73	+9	+4	+5.8%
74.	Holly	74	+20	+12	+19.4%
73.	Hayley	76	+15	+9	+13.4%
70.	Amanda	78	-11	-19	-19.6%
70.	Kathleen	78	-4	-5	-6.0%
70.	Rachael	78	-14	-21	-21.2%
68.	Marie	79	+9	+4	+5.3%
68.	Michaela	79	-2	-4	-4.8%
67.	Deirdre	80	-6	-10	-11.1%
66.	Kayleigh	81	new	new	new
64.	Elaine	84	-16	-39	-31.7%
64.	Jane	84	+1	-5	-5.6%
63.	Grainne	85	-11	-20	-19.0%
61.	Samantha	88	-5	-11	-11.1%
61.	Zoe	88	+35	+28	+46.7%
60.	Emer	89	+14	+13	+17.1%
58.	Caroline	91	-5	-13	-12.5%
58.	Gemma	91	-4	-12	-11.7%
57.	Leah	95	+9	+12	+14.5%
56.	Edel	96	+28	+27	+39.1%
54.	Lorna	102	+7	+12	+13.3%
54.	Ruth	102	+7	+12	+13.3%
53.	Maria	112	-2	+6	+5.7%
52.	Margaret	120	-7	-4	-3.2%
51.	Stephanie	122	-12	-23	-15.9%
49.	Nicola	126	-13	-33	-20.8%
49.	Siobhan	126	-4	+2	+1.6%
47.	Anna	128	+2	+8	+6.7%
47.	Clodagh	128	+14	+38	+42.2%
45.	Elizabeth	129	-1	+2	+1.6%
45.	Grace	129	-9	-30	-18.9%
44.	Alison	131	+6	+21	+19.1%
43.	Karen	133	-3	-11	-7.6%
42.	Jade	134	+18	+39	+41.1%
40.	Leanne	137	-8	-39	-22.2%
40.	Sophie	137	+18	+39	+39.8%
39.	Kelly	148	-4	-12	-7.5%
38.	Tara	151	+5	+17	+12.7%
37.	Emily	152	+4	+11	+7.8%
36.	Fiona	153	-2	-17	-10.0%
35.	Eimear	156	+3	+9	+6.1%
34.	Caoimhe	171	+11	+47	+37.9%
33.	Louise	179	-6	-10	-5.3%
32.	Orla	181	-7	-12	-6.2%
30.	Aine	182	+1	+5	+2.8%
30.	Roisin	182	0	+3	+1.7%
28.	Ellen	193	+5	+22	+12.9%
28.	Kate	193	-2	+2	+1.0%
27.	Danielle	203	+1	+18	+9.7%
26.	Catherine	214	-2	-16	-7.0%
25.	Chloe	215	-2	-17	-7.3%
24.	Hannah	230	+5	+48	+26.4%
23.	Michelle	234	-4	-40	-14.6%
22.	Claire	241	-2	-27	-10.1%
21.	Lisa	245	+1	-15	-5.8%
20.	Sinead	253	+1	-12	-4.5%
19.	Jennifer	258	-2	-20	-7.2%
18.	Katie	311	-4	-15	-4.6%
17.	Mary	312	-5	-40	-11.4%
16.	Nicole	340	+2	+64	+23.2%
15.	Aisling	342	-2	-6	-1.7%
14.	Megan	349	+1	+26	+8.0%
13.	Rachel	359	-3	+2	+0.6%
12.	Jessica	362	+4	+76	+26.6%
11.	Shannon	384	+31	+249	+184%
10.	Shauna	418	-3	-43	-9.3%
9.	Amy	452	0	+5	+1.1%
8.	Lauren	492	+3	+138	+39.0%
7.	Rebecca	503	+1	+46	+10.1%
6.	Ciara	572	-1	+13	+2.3%
5.	Emma	600	-1	-17	-2.8%
4.	Laura	607	-1	-52	-7.9%
3.	Aoife	621	+3	+97	+18.5%
2.	Niamh	645	0	-27	-4.0%
1.	Sarah	739	0	-21	-2.8%

Popularity extremes for Ireland