Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1990

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 1,108 babies =
  2. 2 John 972 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 883 babies =
  4. 4 Stephen 823 babies 2
  5. 5 James 785 babies 1
  6. 6 Shane 754 babies 1
  7. 7 Patrick 711 babies 2
  8. 8 Mark 627 babies 2
  9. 9 Daniel 623 babies 2
  10. 10 Sean 620 babies 1
  11. 11 Paul 575 babies 3
  12. 12 Kevin 571 babies 1
  13. 13 Christopher 522 babies 3
  14. 14 Brian 510 babies =
  15. 15 Thomas 502 babies 3
  16. 16 Robert 481 babies 1
  17. 17 Conor 460 babies 1
  18. 18 Andrew 413 babies 5
  19. 19 Alan 391 babies 2
  20. 20 Darren 374 babies =
  21. 21 Niall 369 babies 5
  22. 22 Eoin 340 babies 2
  23. 23 William 325 babies 10
  24. 24 Ian 297 babies 5
  25. 25 Joseph 294 babies 4
  26. 26 Anthony 286 babies 1
  27. 27 Ciaran 286 babies 3
  28. 28 Richard 282 babies =
  29. 29 Martin 279 babies 4
  30. 30 Keith 272 babies 8
  31. 31 Gary 260 babies 3
  32. 32 Jason 252 babies 13
  33. 33 Jonathan 237 babies 2
  34. 34 Peter 237 babies 2
  35. 35 Dean 224 babies 6
  36. 36 Aaron 214 babies 8
  37. 37 Gerard 213 babies 2
  38. 38 Darragh 210 babies 10
  39. 39 Craig 208 babies 15
  40. 40 Gavin 207 babies 3
  41. 41 Barry 204 babies 4
  42. 42 Philip 202 babies 6
  43. 43 Colm 199 babies 5
  44. 44 Adam 193 babies 12
  45. 45 Cian 189 babies 6
  46. 46 Ronan 182 babies 4
  47. 47 Kieran 178 babies 7
  48. 48 Liam 178 babies 2
  49. 49 Declan 173 babies 4
  50. 50 Brendan 167 babies 11
  51. 51 Matthew 165 babies 7
  52. 52 Jamie 164 babies =
  53. 53 Damien 158 babies 4
  54. 54 Edward 149 babies 3
  55. 55 Colin 147 babies 2
  56. 56 Cathal 142 babies 3
  57. 57 Steven 141 babies 9
  58. 58 Luke 138 babies 4
  59. 59 Karl 137 babies 12
  60. 60 Simon 133 babies 3
  61. 61 Aidan 123 babies 11
  62. 62 Graham 122 babies 2
  63. 63 Eoghan 120 babies 1
  64. 64 Padraig 118 babies 9
  65. 65 Donal 109 babies 3
  66. 66 Ross 108 babies 1
  67. 67 Adrian 105 babies 7
  68. 68 Denis 102 babies 11
  69. 69 Rory 101 babies 9
  70. 70 Seamus 100 babies 6
  71. 71 Timothy 99 babies 4
  72. 72 Raymond 98 babies 3
  73. 73 Derek 96 babies 1
  74. 74 Noel 94 babies 13
  75. 75 Kenneth 93 babies 5
  76. 76 Enda 92 babies 7
  77. 77 Wayne 92 babies 4
  78. 78 Cormac 90 babies 4
  79. 79 Owen 87 babies 1
  80. 80 Francis 86 babies 5
  81. 81 Neil 82 babies 10
  82. 82 Nicholas 81 babies 5
  83. 83 Tomas 78 babies 12
  84. 84 Lee 76 babies 3
  85. 85 Jack 73 babies 2
  86. 86 Eric 72 babies 10
  87. 87 Ryan 71 babies 15
  88. 88 Emmet 70 babies 11
  89. 89 Oisin 69 babies 21
  90. 90 Samuel 69 babies 10
  91. 91 Bryan 66 babies 2
  92. 92 Shaun 64 babies 6
  93. 93 Killian 61 babies 8
  94. 94 Dermot 60 babies 5
  95. 95 Eamonn 59 babies 1
  96. 96 Gareth 59 babies 8
  97. 97 Diarmuid 56 babies 7
  98. 98 Daragh 54 babies 16
  99. 99 Evan 54 babies 13
  100. 100 Cillian 52 babies 7

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 966 babies =
  2. 2 Emma 617 babies 1
  3. 3 Laura 616 babies 1
  4. 4 Sinead 604 babies 5
  5. 5 Ciara 596 babies 1
  6. 6 Niamh 533 babies =
  7. 7 Aoife 529 babies 3
  8. 8 Lisa 503 babies 3
  9. 9 Aisling 471 babies 4
  10. 10 Michelle 461 babies 3
  11. 11 Mary 445 babies 3
  12. 12 Amy 403 babies =
  13. 13 Rachel 391 babies 4
  14. 14 Jennifer 384 babies 3
  15. 15 Claire 337 babies 1
  16. 16 Louise 337 babies =
  17. 17 Catherine 325 babies 2
  18. 18 Rebecca 325 babies 4
  19. 19 Karen 261 babies =
  20. 20 Fiona 247 babies 2
  21. 21 Jessica 229 babies 25
  22. 22 Danielle 227 babies 1
  23. 23 Stephanie 223 babies 12
  24. 24 Orla 207 babies 3
  25. 25 Katie 204 babies 15
  26. 26 Leanne 200 babies 15
  27. 27 Nicola 200 babies 4
  28. 28 Aine 199 babies 1
  29. 29 Elizabeth 199 babies 5
  30. 30 Shauna 197 babies 72
  31. 31 Elaine 192 babies 11
  32. 32 Siobhan 191 babies 6
  33. 33 Amanda 186 babies 8
  34. 34 Caroline 173 babies 10
  35. 35 Margaret 173 babies 7
  36. 36 Roisin 169 babies 4
  37. 37 Maria 165 babies 1
  38. 38 Alison 161 babies 5
  39. 39 Stacey 158 babies 22
  40. 40 Kate 157 babies 4
  41. 41 Denise 151 babies 10
  42. 42 Tara 145 babies 1
  43. 43 Deirdre 143 babies 4
  44. 44 Ruth 139 babies 3
  45. 45 Lorraine 138 babies 19
  46. 46 Grace 135 babies 16
  47. 47 Ann 134 babies 13
  48. 48 Kelly 133 babies 3
  49. 49 Samantha 131 babies 16
  50. 50 Marie 127 babies 8
  51. 51 Eimear 123 babies 1
  52. 52 Sharon 120 babies 1
  53. 53 Nicole 116 babies 24
  54. 54 Emer 114 babies 20
  55. 55 Grainne 113 babies 18
  56. 56 Linda 113 babies 1
  57. 57 Mairead 112 babies 5
  58. 58 Christine 110 babies 6
  59. 59 Edel 110 babies 3
  60. 60 Gillian 109 babies 15
  61. 61 Hannah 109 babies 33
  62. 62 Anne 108 babies 7
  63. 63 Donna 107 babies 14
  64. 64 Melissa 107 babies 5
  65. 65 Megan 105 babies 24
  66. 66 Anna 103 babies 7
  67. 67 Clare 100 babies 19
  68. 68 Patricia 100 babies 8
  69. 69 Susan 99 babies 15
  70. 70 Chloe 97 babies 27
  71. 71 Lauren 96 babies 4
  72. 72 Rachael 95 babies =
  73. 73 Joanne 94 babies 10
  74. 74 Christina 93 babies 16
  75. 75 Helen 92 babies 8
  76. 76 Ashling 91 babies 30
  77. 77 Kathleen 91 babies 9
  78. 78 Deborah 89 babies 7
  79. 79 Lorna 89 babies 11
  80. 80 Andrea 88 babies 21
  81. 81 Bridget 86 babies 8
  82. 82 Natalie 86 babies 4
  83. 83 Kim 85 babies 13
  84. 84 Natasha 85 babies 7
  85. 85 Gemma 84 babies 6
  86. 86 Caoimhe 82 babies 10
  87. 87 Sandra 79 babies 6
  88. 88 Maeve 76 babies 2
  89. 89 Julie 75 babies 6
  90. 90 Ellen 74 babies 3
  91. 91 Jane 74 babies 9
  92. 92 Victoria 74 babies 18
  93. 93 Emily 73 babies 7
  94. 94 Caitriona 72 babies 1
  95. 95 Carol 71 babies 8
  96. 96 Suzanne 70 babies 12
  97. 97 Jacqueline 68 babies 9
  98. 98 Sara 68 babies 17
  99. 99 Clodagh 66 babies 8
  100. 100 Martina 65 babies 24

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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