Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1988

Names given to at least 3 babies in a year. Spellings with and without accents are counted together (Fiadh and Fíadh, Rian and Rían), so some places differ from the official CSO ranking.

Boy Names

  1. 1 David 1,318 babies =
  2. 2 John 1,110 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 903 babies =
  4. 4 Stephen 851 babies 1
  5. 5 Shane 830 babies 3
  6. 6 James 824 babies 2
  7. 7 Patrick 810 babies 1
  8. 8 Mark 729 babies 1
  9. 9 Paul 716 babies 2
  10. 10 Thomas 592 babies =
  11. 11 Sean 560 babies 3
  12. 12 Kevin 555 babies 1
  13. 13 Daniel 517 babies 3
  14. 14 Robert 504 babies 1
  15. 15 Brian 492 babies 3
  16. 16 Christopher 457 babies 1
  17. 17 Alan 428 babies 4
  18. 18 Darren 425 babies 1
  19. 19 Conor 420 babies 1
  20. 20 Jason 359 babies 7
  21. 21 Niall 350 babies 9
  22. 22 Keith 337 babies 9
  23. 23 Anthony 335 babies 1
  24. 24 Joseph 331 babies 4
  25. 25 Martin 324 babies 1
  26. 26 William 322 babies 3
  27. 27 Andrew 321 babies 6
  28. 28 Ciaran 317 babies 3
  29. 29 Eoin 316 babies 3
  30. 30 Peter 299 babies 2
  31. 31 Richard 293 babies 3
  32. 32 Jonathan 282 babies 1
  33. 33 Ian 278 babies 5
  34. 34 Gerard 276 babies 1
  35. 35 Gary 264 babies 6
  36. 36 Barry 241 babies 1
  37. 37 Colm 236 babies 3
  38. 38 Gavin 209 babies 5
  39. 39 Brendan 208 babies 3
  40. 40 Dean 204 babies 13
  41. 41 Philip 193 babies 3
  42. 42 Declan 189 babies 1
  43. 43 Ronan 185 babies 1
  44. 44 Colin 179 babies =
  45. 45 Kieran 178 babies 6
  46. 46 Simon 173 babies =
  47. 47 Damien 171 babies 2
  48. 48 Liam 170 babies =
  49. 49 Matthew 165 babies 6
  50. 50 Aidan 147 babies 3
  51. 51 Darragh 147 babies 7
  52. 52 Edward 147 babies 3
  53. 53 Aaron 135 babies 4
  54. 54 Ross 134 babies 8
  55. 55 Adam 131 babies 13
  56. 56 Graham 131 babies 4
  57. 57 Luke 129 babies 15
  58. 58 Padraig 128 babies 8
  59. 59 Derek 124 babies 3
  60. 60 Karl 124 babies 4
  61. 61 Cathal 123 babies 7
  62. 62 Cian 122 babies 3
  63. 63 Kenneth 117 babies 3
  64. 64 Steven 116 babies 7
  65. 65 Donal 115 babies 1
  66. 66 Timothy 115 babies 7
  67. 67 Craig 111 babies 16
  68. 68 Adrian 99 babies 7
  69. 69 Noel 99 babies 18
  70. 70 Wayne 99 babies 3
  71. 71 Denis 98 babies 1
  72. 72 Francis 98 babies 9
  73. 73 Raymond 95 babies =
  74. 74 Eoghan 94 babies 2
  75. 75 Lee 88 babies 10
  76. 76 Neil 88 babies 7
  77. 77 Nicholas 87 babies 16
  78. 78 Jamie 80 babies 4
  79. 79 Rory 79 babies 5
  80. 80 Seamus 79 babies 3
  81. 81 Cormac 75 babies 9
  82. 82 Eric 75 babies 6
  83. 83 Bryan 74 babies 4
  84. 84 Dermot 74 babies 7
  85. 85 Owen 70 babies 10
  86. 86 Enda 63 babies 6
  87. 87 Eamonn 61 babies 7
  88. 88 Shaun 61 babies 1
  89. 89 Diarmuid 59 babies 5
  90. 90 Hugh 59 babies 5
  91. 91 Bernard 57 babies 10
  92. 92 Gareth 57 babies 4
  93. 93 Daragh 56 babies 36
  94. 94 Vincent 56 babies 16
  95. 95 Fergal 55 babies 3
  96. 96 Trevor 55 babies 10
  97. 97 Scott 54 babies 2
  98. 98 Killian 53 babies 16
  99. 99 Samuel 51 babies 50
  100. 100 Gearoid 50 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 921 babies =
  2. 2 Laura 771 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 613 babies =
  4. 4 Lisa 581 babies 1
  5. 5 Ciara 564 babies 1
  6. 6 Niamh 514 babies 5
  7. 7 Mary 505 babies 3
  8. 8 Michelle 501 babies 1
  9. 9 Jennifer 496 babies 1
  10. 10 Aoife 471 babies 1
  11. 11 Sinead 460 babies 1
  12. 12 Claire 427 babies 2
  13. 13 Louise 401 babies =
  14. 14 Amy 347 babies 1
  15. 15 Rachel 346 babies 2
  16. 16 Aisling 340 babies 2
  17. 17 Catherine 339 babies 1
  18. 18 Elaine 309 babies 2
  19. 19 Karen 309 babies 3
  20. 20 Fiona 289 babies 1
  21. 21 Nicola 267 babies 3
  22. 22 Margaret 227 babies 2
  23. 23 Amanda 216 babies 2
  24. 24 Caroline 202 babies 6
  25. 25 Danielle 201 babies 17
  26. 26 Siobhan 199 babies 3
  27. 27 Leanne 198 babies 39
  28. 28 Maria 198 babies 1
  29. 29 Grace 196 babies 9
  30. 30 Orla 194 babies 4
  31. 31 Rebecca 194 babies 9
  32. 32 Deirdre 191 babies 7
  33. 33 Aine 188 babies 3
  34. 34 Linda 183 babies 2
  35. 35 Ann 180 babies 4
  36. 36 Lorraine 178 babies 1
  37. 37 Denise 177 babies 10
  38. 38 Elizabeth 177 babies 10
  39. 39 Sharon 176 babies 2
  40. 40 Anne 165 babies 6
  41. 41 Tara 164 babies 14
  42. 42 Marie 155 babies 9
  43. 43 Stephanie 154 babies 12
  44. 44 Gillian 152 babies 1
  45. 45 Kate 151 babies 3
  46. 46 Jessica 149 babies 8
  47. 47 Susan 149 babies 6
  48. 48 Eimear 148 babies 21
  49. 49 Grainne 143 babies 14
  50. 50 Helen 141 babies 10
  51. 51 Roisin 138 babies =
  52. 52 Charlene 136 babies 46
  53. 53 Donna 136 babies 4
  54. 54 Kelly 136 babies 14
  55. 55 Ruth 131 babies 2
  56. 56 Edel 127 babies 12
  57. 57 Christine 126 babies 2
  58. 58 Alison 125 babies =
  59. 59 Clare 124 babies =
  60. 60 Katie 122 babies 30
  61. 61 Joanne 117 babies 11
  62. 62 Samantha 117 babies 6
  63. 63 Kathleen 116 babies 15
  64. 64 Mairead 115 babies 6
  65. 65 Patricia 113 babies 20
  66. 66 Christina 108 babies 20
  67. 67 Marian 108 babies 10
  68. 68 Melissa 108 babies 7
  69. 69 Anna 107 babies 2
  70. 70 Bridget 103 babies 15
  71. 71 Gemma 103 babies 15
  72. 72 Deborah 102 babies 10
  73. 73 Sandra 100 babies 21
  74. 74 Julie 99 babies 14
  75. 75 Kim 97 babies 2
  76. 76 Carol 96 babies 4
  77. 77 Andrea 95 babies 7
  78. 78 Emer 92 babies 11
  79. 79 Suzanne 92 babies 2
  80. 80 Martina 91 babies 15
  81. 81 Natasha 90 babies 5
  82. 82 Tracey 88 babies =
  83. 83 Lorna 87 babies 9
  84. 84 Nicole 83 babies 24
  85. 85 Caoimhe 79 babies 21
  86. 86 Jane 79 babies 6
  87. 87 Stacey 79 babies 8
  88. 88 Tanya 79 babies 11
  89. 89 Victoria 78 babies 2
  90. 90 Tracy 76 babies 10
  91. 91 Catriona 74 babies 4
  92. 92 Emily 74 babies 17
  93. 93 Yvonne 74 babies 29
  94. 94 Lauren 73 babies 35
  95. 95 Caitriona 72 babies 14
  96. 96 Ellen 72 babies 3
  97. 97 Paula 72 babies 22
  98. 98 Sara 70 babies 15
  99. 99 Ashling 69 babies 10
  100. 100 Jacqueline 69 babies 5

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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