Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2002

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 868 babies =
  2. 2 Sean 866 babies =
  3. 3 Adam 798 babies =
  4. 4 Conor 748 babies =
  5. 5 James 581 babies =
  6. 6 Daniel 559 babies 5
  7. 7 Cian 536 babies 1
  8. 8 Michael 520 babies 2
  9. 9 David 501 babies 2
  10. 10 Luke 489 babies 1
  11. 11 Dylan 485 babies 3
  12. 12 Aaron 467 babies =
  13. 13 Patrick 366 babies 4
  14. 14 Ryan 365 babies 5
  15. 15 John 362 babies =
  16. 16 Eoin 361 babies 2
  17. 17 Matthew 351 babies 5
  18. 18 Thomas 349 babies 4
  19. 19 Ben 345 babies 8
  20. 20 Joshua 345 babies 8
  21. 21 Shane 343 babies 8
  22. 22 Mark 336 babies 6
  23. 23 Jamie 333 babies 3
  24. 24 Darragh 310 babies 3
  25. 25 Oisin 300 babies 2
  26. 26 Liam 290 babies 2
  27. 27 Nathan 258 babies 5
  28. 28 Ciaran 252 babies 3
  29. 29 Evan 245 babies 1
  30. 30 Jake 227 babies 4
  31. 31 Robert 227 babies 2
  32. 32 Kevin 214 babies 4
  33. 33 Joseph 201 babies 2
  34. 34 Stephen 201 babies 8
  35. 35 Alex 193 babies 10
  36. 36 Kyle 190 babies 17
  37. 37 Jason 183 babies 9
  38. 38 Brian 179 babies 1
  39. 39 Cathal 179 babies 1
  40. 40 Niall 175 babies 1
  41. 41 Andrew 172 babies 4
  42. 42 Jordan 171 babies 13
  43. 43 Samuel 166 babies 6
  44. 44 Dean 157 babies 9
  45. 45 Paul 154 babies 2
  46. 46 Lee 153 babies 1
  47. 47 Christopher 150 babies 5
  48. 48 Eoghan 144 babies 4
  49. 49 William 139 babies 3
  50. 50 Ethan 128 babies 1
  51. 51 Peter 128 babies 3
  52. 52 Cormac 127 babies 8
  53. 53 Benjamin 125 babies 13
  54. 54 Ronan 122 babies 4
  55. 55 Gavin 121 babies 1
  56. 56 Alexander 119 babies 9
  57. 57 Rory 116 babies 4
  58. 58 Scott 114 babies 9
  59. 59 Craig 111 babies 19
  60. 60 Alan 110 babies 1
  61. 61 Callum 110 babies 15
  62. 62 Aidan 109 babies 11
  63. 63 Josh 109 babies 18
  64. 64 Anthony 103 babies 8
  65. 65 Killian 100 babies 10
  66. 66 Cillian 99 babies 8
  67. 67 Fionn 99 babies 1
  68. 68 Harry 98 babies 11
  69. 69 Kieran 94 babies 3
  70. 70 Brandon 92 babies 13
  71. 71 Sam 88 babies 18
  72. 72 Darren 87 babies 10
  73. 73 Kian 86 babies 10
  74. 74 Martin 85 babies 4
  75. 75 Ross 85 babies 11
  76. 76 Colm 83 babies 5
  77. 77 Diarmuid 75 babies 7
  78. 78 Ian 73 babies 9
  79. 79 Keith 71 babies 5
  80. 80 Tadhg 68 babies 8
  81. 81 Leon 67 babies 12
  82. 82 Jonathan 66 babies 4
  83. 83 Richard 66 babies 8
  84. 84 Brendan 65 babies 6
  85. 85 Owen 65 babies =
  86. 86 Padraig 65 babies 7
  87. 87 Gary 64 babies 12
  88. 88 Finn 63 babies 7
  89. 89 Edward 62 babies 12
  90. 90 Connor 61 babies 13
  91. 91 Tom 61 babies 3
  92. 92 Eric 59 babies 16
  93. 93 Charlie 58 babies 22
  94. 94 Oran 55 babies 2
  95. 95 Daragh 54 babies 15
  96. 96 Denis 54 babies 11
  97. 97 Dara 51 babies 6
  98. 98 Lorcan 51 babies 5
  99. 99 Seamus 50 babies 14
  100. 100 Steven 50 babies 29

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 655 babies =
  2. 2 Aoife 585 babies =
  3. 3 Ciara 577 babies 2
  4. 4 Emma 532 babies 1
  5. 5 Chloe 516 babies 1
  6. 6 Amy 485 babies 2
  7. 7 Katie 418 babies 2
  8. 8 Niamh 407 babies 1
  9. 9 Sophie 404 babies 7
  10. 10 Lauren 402 babies 4
  11. 11 Megan 387 babies 1
  12. 12 Hannah 368 babies 3
  13. 13 Rachel 364 babies 2
  14. 14 Rebecca 361 babies =
  15. 15 Leah 351 babies 3
  16. 16 Laura 349 babies 3
  17. 17 Jessica 302 babies 3
  18. 18 Kate 301 babies 4
  19. 19 Emily 278 babies 1
  20. 20 Caoimhe 272 babies 1
  21. 21 Anna 247 babies 5
  22. 22 Shauna 232 babies 5
  23. 23 Ellen 229 babies 1
  24. 24 Nicole 228 babies 3
  25. 25 Roisin 228 babies =
  26. 26 Ava 216 babies 15
  27. 27 Aisling 210 babies 4
  28. 28 Ella 204 babies 20
  29. 29 Grace 191 babies 2
  30. 30 Sinead 182 babies 3
  31. 31 Saoirse 181 babies 3
  32. 32 Tara 180 babies =
  33. 33 Molly 179 babies 2
  34. 34 Jennifer 176 babies 5
  35. 35 Holly 171 babies 14
  36. 36 Lucy 169 babies 1
  37. 37 Shannon 166 babies 8
  38. 38 Caitlin 151 babies 4
  39. 39 Aine 149 babies 3
  40. 40 Orla 141 babies 2
  41. 41 Mary 140 babies 4
  42. 42 Jade 139 babies 12
  43. 43 Eimear 133 babies 3
  44. 44 Zoe 133 babies 1
  45. 45 Clodagh 127 babies 3
  46. 46 Ellie 122 babies 43
  47. 47 Mia 119 babies 26
  48. 48 Erin 117 babies 1
  49. 49 Louise 117 babies 1
  50. 50 Eva 112 babies 5
  51. 51 Abbie 111 babies 13
  52. 52 Katelyn 109 babies 1
  53. 53 Maria 104 babies 6
  54. 54 Claire 96 babies 10
  55. 55 Alannah 93 babies 3
  56. 56 Lisa 93 babies 1
  57. 57 Kelly 92 babies 12
  58. 58 Catherine 91 babies 4
  59. 59 Eve 91 babies 13
  60. 60 Alison 89 babies 2
  61. 61 Michelle 86 babies 2
  62. 62 Elizabeth 83 babies 2
  63. 63 Fiona 82 babies 12
  64. 64 Robyn 82 babies 13
  65. 65 Abby 79 babies 12
  66. 66 Aimee 77 babies 8
  67. 67 Danielle 77 babies 9
  68. 68 Abigail 75 babies 2
  69. 69 Kayleigh 75 babies 7
  70. 70 Ruth 75 babies 13
  71. 71 Grainne 74 babies 4
  72. 72 Olivia 74 babies 11
  73. 73 Jodie 73 babies 1
  74. 74 Leanne 71 babies 18
  75. 75 Maeve 69 babies 5
  76. 76 Alice 66 babies 11
  77. 77 Isabelle 64 babies 30
  78. 78 Alexandra 63 babies 10
  79. 79 Jane 63 babies 1
  80. 80 Alanna 62 babies 6
  81. 81 Lara 62 babies 29
  82. 82 Emer 60 babies 2
  83. 83 Courtney 59 babies 1
  84. 84 Victoria 59 babies 18
  85. 85 Andrea 58 babies =
  86. 86 Lily 58 babies 7
  87. 87 Siobhan 56 babies 22
  88. 88 Zara 56 babies 5
  89. 89 Nadine 55 babies 61
  90. 90 Rachael 55 babies 11
  91. 91 Charlotte 54 babies 3
  92. 92 Sara 54 babies 8
  93. 93 Heather 53 babies 10
  94. 94 Ailbhe 52 babies 18
  95. 95 Isabel 52 babies 35
  96. 96 Michaela 52 babies 25
  97. 97 Sadhbh 52 babies 7
  98. 98 Stephanie 52 babies 4
  99. 99 Eabha 51 babies 55
  100. 100 Laoise 50 babies 22

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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