Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1997

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 Sean 872 babies 1
  2. 2 Conor 867 babies 1
  3. 3 James 757 babies 4
  4. 4 Michael 676 babies =
  5. 5 John 636 babies 1
  6. 6 Shane 633 babies 3
  7. 7 David 617 babies 1
  8. 8 Daniel 607 babies 3
  9. 9 Aaron 594 babies =
  10. 10 Jack 568 babies 2
  11. 11 Patrick 553 babies 2
  12. 12 Adam 532 babies 1
  13. 13 Dylan 531 babies 1
  14. 14 Stephen 524 babies 4
  15. 15 Mark 469 babies 1
  16. 16 Thomas 449 babies 1
  17. 17 Ryan 437 babies =
  18. 18 Cian 402 babies 4
  19. 19 Luke 400 babies 1
  20. 20 Eoin 381 babies =
  21. 21 Kevin 357 babies =
  22. 22 Robert 336 babies 1
  23. 23 Andrew 316 babies 4
  24. 24 Brian 315 babies =
  25. 25 Ciaran 306 babies =
  26. 26 Paul 303 babies 2
  27. 27 Jordan 302 babies 12
  28. 28 Liam 297 babies 9
  29. 29 Darragh 295 babies =
  30. 30 Christopher 293 babies 4
  31. 31 Dean 290 babies 1
  32. 32 Jamie 281 babies 2
  33. 33 Joseph 268 babies 1
  34. 34 Jason 261 babies 7
  35. 35 Darren 254 babies 4
  36. 36 Niall 254 babies 3
  37. 37 Cathal 243 babies 7
  38. 38 Matthew 234 babies 2
  39. 39 William 217 babies 3
  40. 40 Ross 211 babies 8
  41. 41 Peter 206 babies =
  42. 42 Alan 205 babies 7
  43. 43 Gavin 201 babies 1
  44. 44 Evan 197 babies 6
  45. 45 Lee 186 babies =
  46. 46 Craig 178 babies 4
  47. 47 Martin 174 babies 4
  48. 48 Nathan 174 babies 4
  49. 49 Oisin 171 babies 8
  50. 50 Anthony 169 babies 7
  51. 51 Ronan 167 babies 5
  52. 52 Eoghan 164 babies 4
  53. 53 Gary 155 babies =
  54. 54 Colm 151 babies 1
  55. 55 Ian 145 babies 8
  56. 56 Keith 145 babies 7
  57. 57 Joshua 139 babies 4
  58. 58 Kyle 134 babies 14
  59. 59 Ben 130 babies 15
  60. 60 Kieran 127 babies 5
  61. 61 Killian 123 babies 12
  62. 62 Aidan 121 babies 1
  63. 63 Jonathan 118 babies 9
  64. 64 Jake 116 babies 3
  65. 65 Colin 114 babies 10
  66. 66 Cormac 114 babies 7
  67. 67 Richard 112 babies 9
  68. 68 Philip 110 babies 4
  69. 69 Karl 109 babies 1
  70. 70 Brandon 106 babies 29
  71. 71 Samuel 103 babies 2
  72. 72 Cillian 101 babies 2
  73. 73 Brendan 100 babies 13
  74. 74 Padraig 99 babies 5
  75. 75 Rory 99 babies 6
  76. 76 Barry 98 babies 1
  77. 77 Edward 95 babies 3
  78. 78 Eric 95 babies 16
  79. 79 Gerard 94 babies 8
  80. 80 Steven 87 babies 4
  81. 81 Declan 82 babies 3
  82. 82 Alexander 81 babies 1
  83. 83 Donal 73 babies 13
  84. 84 Alex 70 babies 2
  85. 85 Benjamin 70 babies 3
  86. 86 Dillon 69 babies 23
  87. 87 Graham 69 babies 21
  88. 88 Daire 67 babies 6
  89. 89 Simon 67 babies 9
  90. 90 Timothy 67 babies 6
  91. 91 Micheal 64 babies 17
  92. 92 Leon 60 babies 6
  93. 93 Denis 57 babies 20
  94. 94 Glenn 55 babies 13
  95. 95 Daragh 54 babies 7
  96. 96 Emmet 53 babies 4
  97. 97 Hugh 51 babies 6
  98. 98 Owen 51 babies 11
  99. 99 Fionn 50 babies 5
  100. 100 Francis 50 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 840 babies =
  2. 2 Aoife 727 babies 3
  3. 3 Ciara 624 babies 1
  4. 4 Emma 623 babies 2
  5. 5 Niamh 622 babies 2
  6. 6 Rachel 543 babies 6
  7. 7 Rebecca 525 babies 1
  8. 8 Amy 524 babies 1
  9. 9 Chloe 510 babies 2
  10. 10 Laura 501 babies 4
  11. 11 Megan 482 babies 1
  12. 12 Lauren 473 babies 5
  13. 13 Katie 436 babies 1
  14. 14 Shannon 385 babies 4
  15. 15 Shauna 370 babies 2
  16. 16 Mary 345 babies =
  17. 17 Nicole 322 babies 2
  18. 18 Aisling 306 babies 1
  19. 19 Jessica 301 babies =
  20. 20 Sinead 282 babies =
  21. 21 Roisin 272 babies 1
  22. 22 Hannah 269 babies 1
  23. 23 Sophie 261 babies 6
  24. 24 Ellen 260 babies 3
  25. 25 Caoimhe 252 babies 15
  26. 26 Kate 245 babies 1
  27. 27 Emily 225 babies 4
  28. 28 Claire 206 babies =
  29. 29 Lisa 200 babies 1
  30. 30 Eimear 197 babies 4
  31. 31 Jennifer 194 babies 7
  32. 32 Michelle 189 babies 9
  33. 33 Leah 185 babies 5
  34. 34 Catherine 182 babies 1
  35. 35 Aine 173 babies 2
  36. 36 Orla 172 babies 1
  37. 37 Tara 168 babies 4
  38. 38 Kelly 165 babies 2
  39. 39 Anna 153 babies 4
  40. 40 Danielle 153 babies 6
  41. 41 Jade 152 babies 4
  42. 42 Elizabeth 151 babies 2
  43. 43 Louise 145 babies 11
  44. 44 Saoirse 142 babies 7
  45. 45 Grace 133 babies 5
  46. 46 Kayleigh 133 babies 10
  47. 47 Zoe 132 babies 12
  48. 48 Hayley 130 babies 12
  49. 49 Clodagh 125 babies 1
  50. 50 Fiona 121 babies 3
  51. 51 Gemma 120 babies 11
  52. 52 Maria 118 babies 2
  53. 53 Alison 114 babies 7
  54. 54 Grainne 114 babies 12
  55. 55 Michaela 114 babies =
  56. 56 Leanne 104 babies 17
  57. 57 Siobhan 100 babies 8
  58. 58 Stephanie 97 babies 6
  59. 59 Courtney 94 babies 191
  60. 60 Margaret 94 babies 18
  61. 61 Karen 93 babies 2
  62. 62 Jane 92 babies 21
  63. 63 Lucy 89 babies 25
  64. 64 Rachael 84 babies 9
  65. 65 Holly 83 babies 2
  66. 66 Maeve 82 babies 52
  67. 67 Ruth 81 babies 14
  68. 68 Eva 80 babies 10
  69. 69 Nicola 78 babies 11
  70. 70 Robyn 78 babies 27
  71. 71 Elaine 77 babies 6
  72. 72 Natasha 76 babies 3
  73. 73 Samantha 75 babies 1
  74. 74 Kathleen 74 babies 17
  75. 75 Emer 73 babies 14
  76. 76 Caroline 71 babies 19
  77. 77 Sorcha 71 babies 8
  78. 78 Chelsea 70 babies 27
  79. 79 Hazel 70 babies 24
  80. 80 Melissa 67 babies 16
  81. 81 Molly 67 babies 60
  82. 82 Lorna 66 babies 3
  83. 83 Anne 63 babies 15
  84. 84 Erica 62 babies 18
  85. 85 Alannah 61 babies 40
  86. 86 Helen 61 babies 4
  87. 87 Joanne 61 babies 10
  88. 88 Alice 60 babies 18
  89. 89 Deirdre 60 babies 9
  90. 90 Mairead 59 babies 14
  91. 91 Marie 59 babies 16
  92. 92 Ann 58 babies 3
  93. 93 Lorraine 58 babies 9
  94. 94 Cliona 57 babies 2
  95. 95 Orlaith 57 babies 38
  96. 96 Aimee 55 babies 20
  97. 97 Bridget 55 babies 26
  98. 98 Caitlin 54 babies 57
  99. 99 Julie 54 babies 9
  100. 100 Kim 54 babies 30

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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