Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1996

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 Conor 811 babies =
  2. 2 Sean 804 babies 2
  3. 3 Shane 696 babies 3
  4. 4 Michael 687 babies 3
  5. 5 Daniel 684 babies 3
  6. 6 John 677 babies 1
  7. 7 James 667 babies 5
  8. 8 David 640 babies 5
  9. 9 Aaron 556 babies 3
  10. 10 Stephen 533 babies =
  11. 11 Adam 515 babies 3
  12. 12 Jack 514 babies 7
  13. 13 Patrick 507 babies 4
  14. 14 Dylan 491 babies 1
  15. 15 Thomas 476 babies 2
  16. 16 Mark 445 babies 5
  17. 17 Ryan 429 babies 1
  18. 18 Luke 395 babies =
  19. 19 Andrew 375 babies 3
  20. 20 Eoin 362 babies 4
  21. 21 Kevin 362 babies 6
  22. 22 Cian 360 babies 9
  23. 23 Robert 343 babies 2
  24. 24 Brian 329 babies 4
  25. 25 Ciaran 327 babies 2
  26. 26 Christopher 324 babies 3
  27. 27 Jason 300 babies 1
  28. 28 Paul 299 babies 7
  29. 29 Darragh 281 babies 5
  30. 30 Jamie 271 babies 2
  31. 31 Darren 267 babies 2
  32. 32 Dean 260 babies 2
  33. 33 Niall 257 babies 5
  34. 34 Joseph 256 babies 1
  35. 35 Alan 248 babies =
  36. 36 William 240 babies 2
  37. 37 Liam 237 babies 7
  38. 38 Evan 222 babies 3
  39. 39 Jordan 217 babies 10
  40. 40 Matthew 216 babies 3
  41. 41 Peter 212 babies 4
  42. 42 Gavin 203 babies 6
  43. 43 Anthony 197 babies 4
  44. 44 Cathal 197 babies 2
  45. 45 Lee 197 babies 5
  46. 46 Ronan 195 babies 9
  47. 47 Ian 182 babies 6
  48. 48 Ross 178 babies 18
  49. 49 Keith 173 babies 9
  50. 50 Craig 170 babies 2
  51. 51 Martin 161 babies 6
  52. 52 Nathan 161 babies 2
  53. 53 Gary 160 babies 14
  54. 54 Jonathan 154 babies 12
  55. 55 Colm 149 babies 4
  56. 56 Eoghan 137 babies 5
  57. 57 Oisin 132 babies 1
  58. 58 Richard 128 babies 4
  59. 59 Cormac 126 babies 1
  60. 60 Brendan 125 babies 4
  61. 61 Joshua 123 babies 11
  62. 62 Eric 114 babies 6
  63. 63 Aidan 113 babies =
  64. 64 Philip 110 babies 12
  65. 65 Kieran 108 babies 5
  66. 66 Graham 107 babies 5
  67. 67 Jake 106 babies 6
  68. 68 Karl 104 babies 1
  69. 69 Samuel 103 babies 5
  70. 70 Cillian 102 babies 19
  71. 71 Gerard 100 babies 10
  72. 72 Kyle 100 babies 10
  73. 73 Killian 95 babies 5
  74. 74 Ben 94 babies 26
  75. 75 Colin 93 babies 18
  76. 76 Steven 89 babies =
  77. 77 Barry 87 babies 8
  78. 78 Declan 87 babies 3
  79. 79 Padraig 87 babies 14
  80. 80 Edward 86 babies 10
  81. 81 Rory 82 babies 2
  82. 82 Alex 79 babies 16
  83. 83 Alexander 77 babies 6
  84. 84 Timothy 75 babies 3
  85. 85 Scott 70 babies 35
  86. 86 Leon 65 babies 42
  87. 87 Owen 65 babies 5
  88. 88 Benjamin 64 babies 19
  89. 89 Damien 64 babies 5
  90. 90 Shaun 64 babies 3
  91. 91 Adrian 63 babies 2
  92. 92 Diarmuid 63 babies 7
  93. 93 Seamus 63 babies 1
  94. 94 Daire 61 babies 39
  95. 95 Glen 61 babies 8
  96. 96 Donal 60 babies 16
  97. 97 Francis 59 babies 1
  98. 98 Simon 59 babies 13
  99. 99 Brandon 58 babies 15
  100. 100 Emmet 58 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 799 babies =
  2. 2 Emma 617 babies 3
  3. 3 Niamh 612 babies 1
  4. 4 Ciara 596 babies 2
  5. 5 Aoife 584 babies 2
  6. 6 Laura 577 babies 2
  7. 7 Lauren 485 babies 1
  8. 8 Rebecca 474 babies 1
  9. 9 Amy 442 babies =
  10. 10 Megan 423 babies 4
  11. 11 Chloe 421 babies 14
  12. 12 Rachel 397 babies 1
  13. 13 Shauna 396 babies 3
  14. 14 Katie 392 babies 4
  15. 15 Nicole 358 babies 1
  16. 16 Mary 356 babies 1
  17. 17 Aisling 336 babies 2
  18. 18 Shannon 336 babies 7
  19. 19 Jessica 311 babies 7
  20. 20 Sinead 287 babies =
  21. 21 Hannah 251 babies 3
  22. 22 Roisin 248 babies 9
  23. 23 Michelle 245 babies =
  24. 24 Jennifer 237 babies 5
  25. 25 Kate 223 babies 4
  26. 26 Eimear 222 babies 9
  27. 27 Ellen 219 babies 1
  28. 28 Claire 212 babies 6
  29. 29 Sophie 210 babies 12
  30. 30 Lisa 202 babies 9
  31. 31 Emily 190 babies 6
  32. 32 Louise 189 babies 1
  33. 33 Aine 184 babies 3
  34. 34 Danielle 184 babies 7
  35. 35 Catherine 181 babies 9
  36. 36 Kelly 171 babies 3
  37. 37 Orla 171 babies 5
  38. 38 Leah 167 babies 19
  39. 39 Leanne 167 babies 1
  40. 40 Caoimhe 161 babies 6
  41. 41 Tara 158 babies 3
  42. 42 Margaret 149 babies 10
  43. 43 Anna 141 babies 4
  44. 44 Elizabeth 133 babies 1
  45. 45 Jade 131 babies 3
  46. 46 Alison 123 babies 2
  47. 47 Fiona 122 babies 11
  48. 48 Clodagh 118 babies =
  49. 49 Siobhan 118 babies 1
  50. 50 Grace 115 babies 4
  51. 51 Saoirse 113 babies 30
  52. 52 Stephanie 109 babies 1
  53. 53 Ruth 107 babies 2
  54. 54 Maria 100 babies 1
  55. 55 Michaela 100 babies 14
  56. 56 Kayleigh 99 babies 10
  57. 57 Caroline 97 babies 1
  58. 58 Nicola 97 babies 9
  59. 59 Zoe 94 babies 3
  60. 60 Hayley 90 babies 13
  61. 61 Emer 86 babies 1
  62. 62 Gemma 86 babies 3
  63. 63 Karen 86 babies 20
  64. 64 Melissa 83 babies 34
  65. 65 Elaine 81 babies 1
  66. 66 Grainne 81 babies 3
  67. 67 Holly 79 babies 7
  68. 68 Anne 77 babies 9
  69. 69 Natasha 76 babies 24
  70. 70 Alice 71 babies 6
  71. 71 Bridget 70 babies 4
  72. 72 Samantha 69 babies 11
  73. 73 Rachael 68 babies 1
  74. 74 Christina 67 babies 6
  75. 75 Marie 67 babies 7
  76. 76 Aimee 66 babies 41
  77. 77 Joanne 66 babies 9
  78. 78 Eva 65 babies 40
  79. 79 Lorna 65 babies 25
  80. 80 Deirdre 64 babies 13
  81. 81 Gillian 64 babies 30
  82. 82 Helen 64 babies 6
  83. 83 Jane 64 babies 18
  84. 84 Lorraine 64 babies 2
  85. 85 Sorcha 64 babies 7
  86. 86 Amanda 63 babies 16
  87. 87 Heather 62 babies 17
  88. 88 Lucy 61 babies 21
  89. 89 Sharon 61 babies 7
  90. 90 Edel 60 babies 34
  91. 91 Kathleen 60 babies 20
  92. 92 Cliona 58 babies 42
  93. 93 Kellie 58 babies 4
  94. 94 Patricia 58 babies =
  95. 95 Ann 57 babies 12
  96. 96 Nadine 57 babies 14
  97. 97 Robyn 57 babies 30
  98. 98 Alexandra 55 babies 30
  99. 99 Clare 54 babies 15
  100. 100 Naomi 54 babies 15

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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