Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1998

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 761 babies 1
  2. 2 Sean 662 babies 1
  3. 3 Jack 543 babies 7
  4. 4 James 472 babies 1
  5. 5 Adam 460 babies 7
  6. 6 Aaron 449 babies 3
  7. 7 Dylan 443 babies 6
  8. 8 David 439 babies 1
  9. 9 Michael 438 babies 5
  10. 10 Daniel 428 babies 2
  11. 11 Shane 415 babies 5
  12. 12 Cian 362 babies 6
  13. 13 John 340 babies 8
  14. 14 Mark 339 babies 1
  15. 15 Luke 327 babies 4
  16. 16 Ryan 326 babies 1
  17. 17 Patrick 306 babies 6
  18. 18 Stephen 306 babies 4
  19. 19 Thomas 306 babies 3
  20. 20 Eoin 295 babies =
  21. 21 Matthew 281 babies 17
  22. 22 Jordan 270 babies 5
  23. 23 Andrew 245 babies =
  24. 24 Ciaran 237 babies 1
  25. 25 Kevin 233 babies 4
  26. 26 Jamie 224 babies 6
  27. 27 Robert 214 babies 5
  28. 28 Darragh 211 babies 1
  29. 29 Dean 200 babies 2
  30. 30 Liam 197 babies 2
  31. 31 Cathal 195 babies 6
  32. 32 Evan 188 babies 12
  33. 33 Jason 184 babies 1
  34. 34 Paul 183 babies 8
  35. 35 Brian 181 babies 11
  36. 36 Nathan 178 babies 12
  37. 37 Niall 174 babies 1
  38. 38 Oisin 174 babies 11
  39. 39 Ross 171 babies 1
  40. 40 Joseph 168 babies 7
  41. 41 Christopher 167 babies 11
  42. 42 Lee 143 babies 3
  43. 43 Peter 143 babies 2
  44. 44 Ronan 143 babies 7
  45. 45 Gavin 142 babies 2
  46. 46 Alan 140 babies 4
  47. 47 Darren 139 babies 12
  48. 48 Ben 137 babies 11
  49. 49 Eoghan 122 babies 3
  50. 50 Craig 120 babies 4
  51. 51 Jake 110 babies 13
  52. 52 Joshua 108 babies 5
  53. 53 Rory 100 babies 22
  54. 54 Anthony 99 babies 4
  55. 55 Kyle 96 babies 3
  56. 56 Samuel 96 babies 15
  57. 57 William 95 babies 18
  58. 58 Killian 94 babies 3
  59. 59 Alex 93 babies 25
  60. 60 Cillian 92 babies 12
  61. 61 Cormac 91 babies 5
  62. 62 Ian 90 babies 7
  63. 63 Keith 88 babies 7
  64. 64 Martin 87 babies 17
  65. 65 Aidan 86 babies 3
  66. 66 Colm 82 babies 12
  67. 67 Kieran 81 babies 7
  68. 68 Padraig 77 babies 6
  69. 69 Karl 74 babies =
  70. 70 Colin 70 babies 5
  71. 71 Connor 69 babies 38
  72. 72 Gary 69 babies 19
  73. 73 Richard 68 babies 6
  74. 74 Brandon 67 babies 4
  75. 75 Alexander 66 babies 7
  76. 76 Eric 66 babies 2
  77. 77 Benjamin 65 babies 8
  78. 78 Brendan 60 babies 5
  79. 79 Edward 58 babies 2
  80. 80 Gerard 58 babies 1
  81. 81 Scott 56 babies 23
  82. 82 Owen 55 babies 16
  83. 83 Barry 53 babies 7
  84. 84 Ethan 53 babies 33
  85. 85 Steven 53 babies 5
  86. 86 Jonathan 51 babies 23
  87. 87 Philip 49 babies 19
  88. 88 Shaun 49 babies 14
  89. 89 Dillon 48 babies 3
  90. 90 Donal 48 babies 7
  91. 91 Fionn 47 babies 8
  92. 92 Glen 46 babies 19
  93. 93 Sam 46 babies 36
  94. 94 Simon 46 babies 5
  95. 95 Daragh 45 babies =
  96. 96 Emmet 45 babies =
  97. 97 Seamus 45 babies 11
  98. 98 Declan 44 babies 17
  99. 99 Callum 43 babies 38
  100. 100 Harry 42 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Chloe 575 babies 8
  2. 2 Ciara 539 babies 1
  3. 3 Sarah 537 babies 2
  4. 4 Aoife 529 babies 2
  5. 5 Emma 514 babies 1
  6. 6 Niamh 492 babies 1
  7. 7 Rachel 444 babies 1
  8. 8 Megan 393 babies 3
  9. 9 Rebecca 388 babies 2
  10. 10 Lauren 363 babies 2
  11. 11 Laura 357 babies 1
  12. 12 Amy 353 babies 4
  13. 13 Katie 319 babies =
  14. 14 Shauna 267 babies 1
  15. 15 Shannon 255 babies 1
  16. 16 Nicole 245 babies 1
  17. 17 Sophie 242 babies 6
  18. 18 Hannah 236 babies 4
  19. 19 Jessica 233 babies =
  20. 20 Roisin 213 babies 1
  21. 21 Aisling 212 babies 3
  22. 22 Kate 197 babies 4
  23. 23 Sinead 195 babies 3
  24. 24 Caoimhe 184 babies 1
  25. 25 Emily 178 babies 2
  26. 26 Ellen 154 babies 2
  27. 27 Leah 146 babies 6
  28. 28 Jennifer 145 babies 3
  29. 29 Aine 140 babies 6
  30. 30 Eimear 140 babies =
  31. 31 Orla 138 babies 5
  32. 32 Grace 135 babies 13
  33. 33 Anna 133 babies 6
  34. 34 Mary 128 babies 18
  35. 35 Jade 121 babies 6
  36. 36 Louise 120 babies 7
  37. 37 Claire 117 babies 9
  38. 38 Saoirse 117 babies 6
  39. 39 Clodagh 114 babies 10
  40. 40 Tara 114 babies 3
  41. 41 Danielle 109 babies 1
  42. 42 Michelle 107 babies 10
  43. 43 Courtney 105 babies 16
  44. 44 Leanne 97 babies 12
  45. 45 Alison 93 babies 8
  46. 46 Lucy 89 babies 17
  47. 47 Lisa 88 babies 18
  48. 48 Kayleigh 87 babies 2
  49. 49 Michaela 85 babies 6
  50. 50 Siobhan 79 babies 7
  51. 51 Catherine 78 babies 17
  52. 52 Fiona 78 babies 2
  53. 53 Kelly 77 babies 15
  54. 54 Caitlin 74 babies 44
  55. 55 Ruth 72 babies 12
  56. 56 Chelsea 70 babies 22
  57. 57 Gemma 70 babies 6
  58. 58 Grainne 70 babies 4
  59. 59 Elizabeth 68 babies 17
  60. 60 Rachael 65 babies 4
  61. 61 Zoe 65 babies 14
  62. 62 Nicola 63 babies 7
  63. 63 Emer 62 babies 12
  64. 64 Jane 61 babies 2
  65. 65 Erin 60 babies 54
  66. 66 Eva 59 babies 2
  67. 67 Alexandra 57 babies 65
  68. 68 Eve 56 babies 79
  69. 69 Karen 53 babies 8
  70. 70 Maeve 53 babies 4
  71. 71 Robyn 53 babies 1
  72. 72 Stephanie 53 babies 14
  73. 73 Alanna 52 babies 62
  74. 74 Maria 52 babies 22
  75. 75 Holly 51 babies 10
  76. 76 Nadine 51 babies 25
  77. 77 Elaine 50 babies 6
  78. 78 Natasha 48 babies 6
  79. 79 Sorcha 48 babies 2
  80. 80 Sara 46 babies 34
  81. 81 Alannah 44 babies 4
  82. 82 Erica 44 babies 2
  83. 83 Amber 43 babies 46
  84. 84 Andrea 43 babies 39
  85. 85 Cliona 43 babies 9
  86. 86 Olivia 43 babies 21
  87. 87 Molly 42 babies 6
  88. 88 Aimee 41 babies 8
  89. 89 Ava 41 babies 125
  90. 90 Alice 40 babies 2
  91. 91 Hayley 40 babies 43
  92. 92 Julie 40 babies 7
  93. 93 Lorna 40 babies 11
  94. 94 Ella 39 babies 84
  95. 95 Heather 39 babies 9
  96. 96 Kim 39 babies 4
  97. 97 Margaret 38 babies 37
  98. 98 Victoria 38 babies 33
  99. 99 Jodie 37 babies 17
  100. 100 Mairead 37 babies 10

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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