Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2001

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 930 babies =
  2. 2 Sean 867 babies =
  3. 3 Adam 833 babies 1
  4. 4 Conor 702 babies 1
  5. 5 James 613 babies =
  6. 6 Cian 557 babies =
  7. 7 David 549 babies =
  8. 8 Dylan 538 babies 2
  9. 9 Luke 517 babies 1
  10. 10 Michael 483 babies 1
  11. 11 Daniel 475 babies =
  12. 12 Aaron 459 babies =
  13. 13 Shane 385 babies =
  14. 14 Thomas 377 babies 5
  15. 15 John 372 babies 1
  16. 16 Mark 366 babies 2
  17. 17 Patrick 365 babies 1
  18. 18 Eoin 349 babies 3
  19. 19 Ryan 349 babies 2
  20. 20 Jamie 342 babies 1
  21. 21 Darragh 298 babies 8
  22. 22 Matthew 287 babies 2
  23. 23 Oisin 283 babies 1
  24. 24 Liam 267 babies 2
  25. 25 Ciaran 264 babies 2
  26. 26 Stephen 263 babies 2
  27. 27 Ben 258 babies 3
  28. 28 Joshua 257 babies 6
  29. 29 Jordan 249 babies 9
  30. 30 Evan 248 babies 3
  31. 31 Joseph 243 babies 2
  32. 32 Nathan 242 babies =
  33. 33 Robert 240 babies 4
  34. 34 Jake 224 babies 8
  35. 35 Dean 221 babies 10
  36. 36 Kevin 220 babies 11
  37. 37 Andrew 218 babies 6
  38. 38 Cathal 198 babies 3
  39. 39 Brian 197 babies 3
  40. 40 Craig 185 babies 9
  41. 41 Niall 179 babies 3
  42. 42 Christopher 174 babies 1
  43. 43 Paul 165 babies 3
  44. 44 Eoghan 162 babies 3
  45. 45 Alex 160 babies 3
  46. 46 Jason 160 babies 7
  47. 47 Lee 158 babies 3
  48. 48 Peter 151 babies 5
  49. 49 Samuel 146 babies 8
  50. 50 Ronan 139 babies 9
  51. 51 Ethan 135 babies 20
  52. 52 William 130 babies 6
  53. 53 Kyle 126 babies 3
  54. 54 Gavin 124 babies 1
  55. 55 Killian 121 babies 6
  56. 56 Anthony 115 babies 2
  57. 57 Harry 115 babies 6
  58. 58 Cillian 114 babies 1
  59. 59 Alan 113 babies 8
  60. 60 Cormac 113 babies 6
  61. 61 Rory 112 babies 5
  62. 62 Darren 110 babies 10
  63. 63 Kian 106 babies 36
  64. 64 Ross 106 babies 8
  65. 65 Alexander 102 babies 7
  66. 66 Benjamin 97 babies 1
  67. 67 Scott 97 babies 3
  68. 68 Fionn 94 babies 4
  69. 69 Leon 94 babies 8
  70. 70 Martin 91 babies 8
  71. 71 Colm 87 babies 6
  72. 72 Kieran 85 babies 12
  73. 73 Aidan 84 babies 1
  74. 74 Keith 81 babies 13
  75. 75 Richard 78 babies 8
  76. 76 Callum 76 babies 7
  77. 77 Edward 75 babies 4
  78. 78 Karl 74 babies 17
  79. 79 Padraig 73 babies 1
  80. 80 Daragh 71 babies 2
  81. 81 Josh 70 babies 9
  82. 82 Reece 68 babies 16
  83. 83 Brandon 67 babies 15
  84. 84 Diarmuid 67 babies =
  85. 85 Owen 67 babies =
  86. 86 Jonathan 66 babies 13
  87. 87 Ian 65 babies 8
  88. 88 Tadhg 64 babies 5
  89. 89 Sam 63 babies 7
  90. 90 Brendan 59 babies 14
  91. 91 Dara 59 babies 9
  92. 92 Colin 58 babies 14
  93. 93 Lorcan 57 babies 1
  94. 94 Tom 56 babies 26
  95. 95 Finn 55 babies 30
  96. 96 Oran 53 babies 48
  97. 97 Philip 52 babies 22
  98. 98 Daire 50 babies 7
  99. 99 Gary 50 babies 10
  100. 100 Shaun 50 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 650 babies 1
  2. 2 Aoife 601 babies 1
  3. 3 Emma 592 babies 1
  4. 4 Chloe 556 babies 1
  5. 5 Ciara 552 babies 2
  6. 6 Lauren 477 babies 3
  7. 7 Niamh 477 babies 1
  8. 8 Amy 447 babies =
  9. 9 Katie 422 babies 3
  10. 10 Megan 401 babies =
  11. 11 Rachel 400 babies =
  12. 12 Leah 374 babies 2
  13. 13 Laura 361 babies =
  14. 14 Rebecca 350 babies 7
  15. 15 Hannah 343 babies =
  16. 16 Sophie 303 babies 1
  17. 17 Shauna 299 babies 1
  18. 18 Emily 287 babies 1
  19. 19 Caoimhe 274 babies 3
  20. 20 Jessica 262 babies 1
  21. 21 Nicole 259 babies 1
  22. 22 Kate 258 babies 4
  23. 23 Aisling 248 babies 2
  24. 24 Ellen 241 babies =
  25. 25 Roisin 239 babies 2
  26. 26 Anna 232 babies 2
  27. 27 Grace 200 babies 5
  28. 28 Saoirse 192 babies 2
  29. 29 Shannon 191 babies 3
  30. 30 Jade 175 babies 1
  31. 31 Molly 172 babies 12
  32. 32 Tara 168 babies 3
  33. 33 Sinead 162 babies 4
  34. 34 Caitlin 160 babies 6
  35. 35 Lucy 157 babies 3
  36. 36 Aine 156 babies 9
  37. 37 Mary 153 babies =
  38. 38 Orla 149 babies 4
  39. 39 Jennifer 147 babies 3
  40. 40 Eimear 146 babies 7
  41. 41 Ava 137 babies 3
  42. 42 Clodagh 129 babies 3
  43. 43 Zoe 129 babies 1
  44. 44 Claire 127 babies 3
  45. 45 Eva 127 babies 13
  46. 46 Eve 126 babies 18
  47. 47 Erin 120 babies 2
  48. 48 Ella 112 babies 17
  49. 49 Holly 107 babies 6
  50. 50 Louise 103 babies 6
  51. 51 Robyn 100 babies 10
  52. 52 Alannah 96 babies 1
  53. 53 Katelyn 96 babies 7
  54. 54 Catherine 94 babies 6
  55. 55 Lisa 93 babies 8
  56. 56 Leanne 88 babies 21
  57. 57 Ruth 88 babies 14
  58. 58 Danielle 87 babies 18
  59. 59 Maria 87 babies 4
  60. 60 Elizabeth 86 babies 3
  61. 61 Olivia 84 babies 10
  62. 62 Alison 82 babies =
  63. 63 Michelle 82 babies 15
  64. 64 Abbie 81 babies 3
  65. 65 Siobhan 78 babies 10
  66. 66 Abigail 77 babies 16
  67. 67 Grainne 77 babies 15
  68. 68 Alexandra 76 babies 19
  69. 69 Kelly 75 babies 19
  70. 70 Maeve 74 babies 11
  71. 71 Michaela 74 babies 3
  72. 72 Jodie 73 babies 6
  73. 73 Mia 73 babies 31
  74. 74 Aimee 72 babies 32
  75. 75 Fiona 72 babies 6
  76. 76 Kayleigh 72 babies 3
  77. 77 Abby 70 babies 66
  78. 78 Jane 68 babies 1
  79. 79 Rachael 66 babies 9
  80. 80 Emer 65 babies 14
  81. 81 Georgia 64 babies 7
  82. 82 Courtney 60 babies 28
  83. 83 Zara 59 babies 8
  84. 84 Sara 58 babies 24
  85. 85 Andrea 57 babies 13
  86. 86 Alanna 56 babies =
  87. 87 Alice 55 babies 13
  88. 88 Charlotte 55 babies 8
  89. 89 Ellie 54 babies 35
  90. 90 Hazel 54 babies 11
  91. 91 Cara 53 babies 1
  92. 92 Kellie 53 babies 45
  93. 93 Lily 53 babies 28
  94. 94 Stephanie 53 babies =
  95. 95 Margaret 52 babies 15
  96. 96 Alana 50 babies 36
  97. 97 Claudia 49 babies 47
  98. 98 Gemma 49 babies 5
  99. 99 Isobel 49 babies 36
  100. 100 Amber 48 babies 16

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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