Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2000

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 Jack 846 babies 2
  2. 2 Sean 816 babies =
  3. 3 Conor 700 babies 2
  4. 4 Adam 653 babies 1
  5. 5 James 594 babies 1
  6. 6 Cian 557 babies 6
  7. 7 David 492 babies =
  8. 8 Luke 488 babies 6
  9. 9 Michael 483 babies 3
  10. 10 Dylan 477 babies =
  11. 11 Daniel 467 babies 2
  12. 12 Aaron 401 babies 4
  13. 13 Shane 400 babies 2
  14. 14 John 398 babies 1
  15. 15 Eoin 368 babies 1
  16. 16 Patrick 362 babies 2
  17. 17 Ryan 356 babies 4
  18. 18 Mark 351 babies 1
  19. 19 Thomas 351 babies =
  20. 20 Jordan 315 babies =
  21. 21 Jamie 294 babies 1
  22. 22 Oisin 287 babies 3
  23. 23 Ciaran 286 babies 7
  24. 24 Matthew 275 babies =
  25. 25 Kevin 264 babies 8
  26. 26 Liam 257 babies 5
  27. 27 Evan 250 babies 7
  28. 28 Stephen 250 babies 5
  29. 29 Darragh 245 babies =
  30. 30 Ben 234 babies 8
  31. 31 Andrew 230 babies 3
  32. 32 Nathan 223 babies 6
  33. 33 Joseph 220 babies 2
  34. 34 Joshua 216 babies 10
  35. 35 Cathal 207 babies 7
  36. 36 Brian 204 babies =
  37. 37 Robert 200 babies 10
  38. 38 Niall 199 babies 1
  39. 39 Jason 191 babies 4
  40. 40 Paul 182 babies 1
  41. 41 Ronan 165 babies 4
  42. 42 Jake 161 babies 9
  43. 43 Christopher 159 babies 3
  44. 44 Lee 158 babies 2
  45. 45 Dean 157 babies 13
  46. 46 William 156 babies 4
  47. 47 Eoghan 153 babies 6
  48. 48 Alex 150 babies 9
  49. 49 Craig 140 babies =
  50. 50 Kyle 139 babies 10
  51. 51 Alan 134 babies 2
  52. 52 Darren 133 babies 5
  53. 53 Peter 131 babies 5
  54. 54 Cormac 126 babies 1
  55. 55 Gavin 126 babies 3
  56. 56 Ross 124 babies 13
  57. 57 Samuel 119 babies 1
  58. 58 Anthony 118 babies 6
  59. 59 Cillian 111 babies 2
  60. 60 Kieran 109 babies 13
  61. 61 Killian 105 babies 2
  62. 62 Martin 104 babies 3
  63. 63 Harry 95 babies 7
  64. 64 Fionn 90 babies 34
  65. 65 Colm 89 babies 11
  66. 66 Rory 89 babies =
  67. 67 Benjamin 88 babies 8
  68. 68 Brandon 88 babies 1
  69. 69 Callum 86 babies 10
  70. 70 Scott 85 babies 13
  71. 71 Ethan 83 babies 5
  72. 72 Alexander 81 babies 4
  73. 73 Jonathan 77 babies 14
  74. 74 Aidan 75 babies 5
  75. 75 Philip 75 babies 3
  76. 76 Brendan 73 babies 8
  77. 77 Leon 71 babies =
  78. 78 Colin 70 babies 2
  79. 79 Ian 70 babies 15
  80. 80 Padraig 70 babies 18
  81. 81 Edward 65 babies =
  82. 82 Daragh 64 babies 10
  83. 83 Richard 64 babies 20
  84. 84 Diarmuid 62 babies 10
  85. 85 Owen 62 babies =
  86. 86 Cameron 61 babies 11
  87. 87 Keith 61 babies 13
  88. 88 Gerard 60 babies 6
  89. 89 Gary 58 babies 17
  90. 90 Josh 58 babies 12
  91. 91 Barry 57 babies 2
  92. 92 Lorcan 55 babies 3
  93. 93 Tadhg 55 babies 3
  94. 94 Eric 54 babies 4
  95. 95 Karl 54 babies 24
  96. 96 Sam 54 babies 8
  97. 97 Steven 53 babies 4
  98. 98 Reece 51 babies 2
  99. 99 Kian 50 babies 74
  100. 100 Dara 49 babies 27

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Aoife 633 babies 1
  2. 2 Sarah 626 babies 1
  3. 3 Ciara 608 babies 1
  4. 4 Emma 594 babies 2
  5. 5 Chloe 553 babies 4
  6. 6 Niamh 519 babies 1
  7. 7 Rebecca 485 babies 1
  8. 8 Amy 451 babies 3
  9. 9 Lauren 451 babies =
  10. 10 Megan 441 babies =
  11. 11 Rachel 428 babies 4
  12. 12 Katie 398 babies 1
  13. 13 Laura 315 babies 1
  14. 14 Leah 302 babies 13
  15. 15 Hannah 299 babies 6
  16. 16 Shauna 288 babies 1
  17. 17 Sophie 266 babies 1
  18. 18 Kate 263 babies 1
  19. 19 Emily 262 babies 5
  20. 20 Nicole 261 babies 4
  21. 21 Jessica 260 babies 2
  22. 22 Caoimhe 253 babies =
  23. 23 Roisin 245 babies 6
  24. 24 Ellen 217 babies =
  25. 25 Aisling 213 babies =
  26. 26 Shannon 198 babies 6
  27. 27 Aine 194 babies 5
  28. 28 Anna 193 babies =
  29. 29 Sinead 180 babies 3
  30. 30 Saoirse 176 babies 1
  31. 31 Jade 175 babies 3
  32. 32 Grace 172 babies 2
  33. 33 Eimear 168 babies 2
  34. 34 Orla 167 babies 2
  35. 35 Tara 153 babies 6
  36. 36 Jennifer 151 babies 3
  37. 37 Mary 140 babies =
  38. 38 Lucy 136 babies 5
  39. 39 Clodagh 135 babies 1
  40. 40 Caitlin 130 babies 1
  41. 41 Claire 127 babies 2
  42. 42 Zoe 115 babies 25
  43. 43 Molly 105 babies 21
  44. 44 Ava 103 babies 16
  45. 45 Lauryn 99 babies 25
  46. 46 Katelyn 94 babies 36
  47. 47 Lisa 93 babies =
  48. 48 Michelle 92 babies 8
  49. 49 Erin 91 babies 32
  50. 50 Kelly 89 babies =
  51. 51 Olivia 88 babies 9
  52. 52 Grainne 85 babies 3
  53. 53 Alannah 84 babies 27
  54. 54 Courtney 84 babies 10
  55. 55 Holly 84 babies 9
  56. 56 Louise 84 babies 11
  57. 57 Elizabeth 83 babies =
  58. 58 Eva 82 babies 3
  59. 59 Maeve 81 babies 6
  60. 60 Catherine 80 babies 9
  61. 61 Robyn 80 babies 1
  62. 62 Alison 79 babies 4
  63. 63 Maria 78 babies 8
  64. 64 Eve 76 babies 22
  65. 65 Ella 75 babies 11
  66. 66 Emer 74 babies 3
  67. 67 Abbie 73 babies 12
  68. 68 Michaela 72 babies 9
  69. 69 Fiona 71 babies 13
  70. 70 Rachael 71 babies 3
  71. 71 Ruth 68 babies 18
  72. 72 Andrea 67 babies 6
  73. 73 Kayleigh 65 babies 18
  74. 74 Alice 64 babies 14
  75. 75 Siobhan 64 babies 2
  76. 76 Danielle 63 babies 28
  77. 77 Leanne 63 babies 25
  78. 78 Jodie 62 babies 19
  79. 79 Jane 61 babies 10
  80. 80 Sorcha 59 babies 5
  81. 81 Chelsea 56 babies 27
  82. 82 Abigail 54 babies 11
  83. 83 Karen 54 babies 6
  84. 84 Amber 52 babies 18
  85. 85 Nicola 52 babies 11
  86. 86 Alanna 51 babies 1
  87. 87 Alexandra 50 babies 4
  88. 88 Georgia 50 babies 8
  89. 89 Clara 49 babies 1
  90. 90 Victoria 49 babies 7
  91. 91 Zara 49 babies 28
  92. 92 Cara 48 babies 19
  93. 93 Gemma 48 babies 9
  94. 94 Stephanie 48 babies 16
  95. 95 Casey 47 babies 6
  96. 96 Charlotte 47 babies 16
  97. 97 Natasha 45 babies 25
  98. 98 Lara 44 babies 40
  99. 99 Orlaith 44 babies 42
  100. 100 Taylor 44 babies 18

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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