Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2003

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 897 babies 1
  2. 2 Jack 800 babies 1
  3. 3 Adam 787 babies =
  4. 4 Conor 705 babies =
  5. 5 James 626 babies =
  6. 6 Daniel 617 babies =
  7. 7 Michael 525 babies 1
  8. 8 Cian 501 babies 1
  9. 9 David 480 babies =
  10. 10 Dylan 478 babies 1
  11. 11 Luke 474 babies 1
  12. 12 Ryan 425 babies 2
  13. 13 Aaron 411 babies 1
  14. 14 Thomas 375 babies 4
  15. 15 Darragh 356 babies 9
  16. 16 Eoin 356 babies =
  17. 17 Joshua 352 babies 3
  18. 18 Ben 348 babies 1
  19. 19 Patrick 343 babies 6
  20. 20 Oisin 342 babies 5
  21. 21 Shane 335 babies =
  22. 22 John 333 babies 7
  23. 23 Jamie 327 babies =
  24. 24 Liam 316 babies 2
  25. 25 Matthew 304 babies 8
  26. 26 Evan 303 babies 3
  27. 27 Mark 302 babies 5
  28. 28 Nathan 275 babies 1
  29. 29 Alex 268 babies 6
  30. 30 Ciaran 244 babies 2
  31. 31 Jake 236 babies 1
  32. 32 Joseph 218 babies 1
  33. 33 Stephen 214 babies 1
  34. 34 Robert 204 babies 3
  35. 35 Kyle 200 babies 1
  36. 36 Andrew 199 babies 5
  37. 37 Samuel 193 babies 6
  38. 38 Kevin 180 babies 6
  39. 39 Cathal 170 babies =
  40. 40 Brian 169 babies 2
  41. 41 Eoghan 158 babies 7
  42. 42 Dean 147 babies 2
  43. 43 Lee 147 babies 3
  44. 44 Ethan 141 babies 6
  45. 45 Jason 140 babies 8
  46. 46 Callum 138 babies 15
  47. 47 Christopher 138 babies =
  48. 48 Paul 137 babies 3
  49. 49 Alexander 136 babies 7
  50. 50 Peter 134 babies 1
  51. 51 Ronan 132 babies 3
  52. 52 Rory 130 babies 5
  53. 53 Benjamin 129 babies =
  54. 54 Niall 128 babies 14
  55. 55 William 125 babies 6
  56. 56 Cormac 118 babies 4
  57. 57 Harry 118 babies 11
  58. 58 Josh 118 babies 5
  59. 59 Scott 117 babies 1
  60. 60 Cillian 116 babies 6
  61. 61 Jordan 114 babies 19
  62. 62 Gavin 113 babies 7
  63. 63 Craig 111 babies 4
  64. 64 Aidan 109 babies 2
  65. 65 Kian 106 babies 8
  66. 66 Fionn 102 babies 1
  67. 67 Killian 101 babies 2
  68. 68 Anthony 94 babies 4
  69. 69 Ross 94 babies 6
  70. 70 Sam 93 babies 1
  71. 71 Alan 91 babies 11
  72. 72 Kieran 87 babies 3
  73. 73 Colm 86 babies 3
  74. 74 Martin 86 babies =
  75. 75 Finn 83 babies 13
  76. 76 Brandon 80 babies 6
  77. 77 Connor 80 babies 13
  78. 78 Darren 80 babies 6
  79. 79 Charlie 79 babies 14
  80. 80 Oran 77 babies 14
  81. 81 Brendan 75 babies 3
  82. 82 Colin 75 babies 29
  83. 83 Tom 74 babies 8
  84. 84 Tadhg 73 babies 4
  85. 85 Leon 71 babies 4
  86. 86 Dara 70 babies 11
  87. 87 Edward 70 babies 2
  88. 88 Daragh 69 babies 7
  89. 89 Padraig 68 babies 3
  90. 90 Jonathan 64 babies 8
  91. 91 Keith 64 babies 12
  92. 92 Daire 59 babies 20
  93. 93 Reece 59 babies 10
  94. 94 Ruairi 59 babies 10
  95. 95 Cameron 57 babies 6
  96. 96 Emmanuel 57 babies 11
  97. 97 Diarmuid 56 babies 20
  98. 98 Ian 56 babies 20
  99. 99 Karl 56 babies 16
  100. 100 Max 56 babies 26

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Emma 791 babies 3
  2. 2 Sarah 606 babies 1
  3. 3 Aoife 571 babies 1
  4. 4 Ciara 535 babies 1
  5. 5 Katie 468 babies 2
  6. 6 Sophie 432 babies 3
  7. 7 Rachel 431 babies 6
  8. 8 Chloe 412 babies 3
  9. 9 Amy 410 babies 3
  10. 10 Leah 395 babies 5
  11. 11 Niamh 370 babies 3
  12. 12 Caoimhe 357 babies 8
  13. 13 Hannah 340 babies 1
  14. 14 Ella 327 babies 14
  15. 15 Lauren 311 babies 5
  16. 16 Megan 310 babies 5
  17. 17 Kate 295 babies 1
  18. 18 Rebecca 295 babies 4
  19. 19 Jessica 292 babies 2
  20. 20 Emily 273 babies 1
  21. 21 Laura 268 babies 5
  22. 22 Anna 265 babies 1
  23. 23 Grace 258 babies 6
  24. 24 Ava 255 babies 2
  25. 25 Ellen 253 babies 2
  26. 26 Shauna 231 babies 4
  27. 27 Roisin 222 babies 2
  28. 28 Holly 213 babies 7
  29. 29 Aisling 203 babies 2
  30. 30 Lucy 203 babies 6
  31. 31 Caitlin 192 babies 7
  32. 32 Aine 183 babies 7
  33. 33 Abbie 182 babies 18
  34. 34 Nicole 179 babies 10
  35. 35 Katelyn 173 babies 17
  36. 36 Saoirse 172 babies 5
  37. 37 Molly 163 babies 4
  38. 38 Ellie 153 babies 8
  39. 39 Sinead 153 babies 9
  40. 40 Tara 147 babies 8
  41. 41 Zoe 136 babies 3
  42. 42 Erin 135 babies 6
  43. 43 Jennifer 133 babies 9
  44. 44 Mia 131 babies 3
  45. 45 Mary 128 babies 4
  46. 46 Clodagh 125 babies 1
  47. 47 Eimear 125 babies 4
  48. 48 Aimee 119 babies 18
  49. 49 Alannah 117 babies 6
  50. 50 Robyn 117 babies 14
  51. 51 Elizabeth 116 babies 11
  52. 52 Shannon 114 babies 15
  53. 53 Orla 113 babies 13
  54. 54 Abigail 102 babies 14
  55. 55 Eva 100 babies 5
  56. 56 Eve 91 babies 3
  57. 57 Louise 91 babies 8
  58. 58 Maria 91 babies 5
  59. 59 Kelly 90 babies 2
  60. 60 Abby 88 babies 5
  61. 61 Claire 84 babies 7
  62. 62 Jade 84 babies 20
  63. 63 Kayleigh 80 babies 6
  64. 64 Lisa 76 babies 8
  65. 65 Ruth 76 babies 5
  66. 66 Alanna 75 babies 14
  67. 67 Jodie 75 babies 6
  68. 68 Grainne 74 babies 3
  69. 69 Nadine 74 babies 20
  70. 70 Jane 73 babies 9
  71. 71 Catherine 72 babies 13
  72. 72 Charlotte 70 babies 19
  73. 73 Olivia 70 babies 1
  74. 74 Eabha 68 babies 25
  75. 75 Lily 66 babies 11
  76. 76 Sadhbh 66 babies 21
  77. 77 Maeve 64 babies 2
  78. 78 Michelle 64 babies 17
  79. 79 Victoria 63 babies 5
  80. 80 Clara 62 babies 24
  81. 81 Fiona 62 babies 18
  82. 82 Leanne 62 babies 8
  83. 83 Alice 61 babies 7
  84. 84 Alison 61 babies 24
  85. 85 Heather 61 babies 8
  86. 86 Cara 60 babies 17
  87. 87 Danielle 60 babies 20
  88. 88 Alexandra 59 babies 10
  89. 89 Sorcha 59 babies 19
  90. 90 Stephanie 58 babies 8
  91. 91 Andrea 57 babies 6
  92. 92 Faye 57 babies 44
  93. 93 Naomi 55 babies 17
  94. 94 Alana 53 babies 7
  95. 95 Amber 53 babies 14
  96. 96 Aoibhe 53 babies 27
  97. 97 Courtney 53 babies 14
  98. 98 Michaela 53 babies 2
  99. 99 Laoise 52 babies 1
  100. 100 Isabelle 51 babies 23

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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