Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2005

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 931 babies 1
  2. 2 Sean 893 babies 1
  3. 3 Adam 710 babies 1
  4. 4 Conor 705 babies 1
  5. 5 James 699 babies =
  6. 6 Daniel 654 babies =
  7. 7 Cian 561 babies =
  8. 8 Luke 544 babies =
  9. 9 Aaron 488 babies 1
  10. 10 Michael 484 babies 1
  11. 11 Dylan 467 babies =
  12. 12 Ryan 432 babies 1
  13. 13 Jamie 408 babies 3
  14. 14 Ben 401 babies 3
  15. 15 David 401 babies 3
  16. 16 Thomas 397 babies 4
  17. 17 John 386 babies 4
  18. 18 Patrick 381 babies 6
  19. 19 Matthew 379 babies 4
  20. 20 Darragh 377 babies 5
  21. 21 Eoin 370 babies 7
  22. 22 Oisin 370 babies 4
  23. 23 Shane 355 babies 4
  24. 24 Alex 336 babies 2
  25. 25 Evan 324 babies =
  26. 26 Joshua 324 babies 4
  27. 27 Liam 297 babies 1
  28. 28 Nathan 296 babies 1
  29. 29 Mark 285 babies 2
  30. 30 Jake 276 babies 6
  31. 31 Cathal 226 babies 3
  32. 32 Ciaran 226 babies 2
  33. 33 Joseph 226 babies 2
  34. 34 Callum 216 babies 27
  35. 35 Kyle 210 babies 2
  36. 36 Samuel 210 babies 1
  37. 37 Robert 205 babies 1
  38. 38 Fionn 184 babies 3
  39. 39 Andrew 183 babies 7
  40. 40 Cormac 183 babies 11
  41. 41 Eoghan 171 babies 11
  42. 42 Stephen 170 babies 5
  43. 43 Brian 169 babies 2
  44. 44 Ronan 169 babies 5
  45. 45 Cillian 167 babies 5
  46. 46 Lee 162 babies =
  47. 47 Alexander 152 babies 12
  48. 48 Kevin 152 babies 4
  49. 49 Ethan 151 babies 2
  50. 50 Harry 150 babies 6
  51. 51 William 149 babies 3
  52. 52 Charlie 148 babies 13
  53. 53 Niall 147 babies 3
  54. 54 Paul 145 babies 11
  55. 55 Benjamin 143 babies 2
  56. 56 Josh 142 babies 2
  57. 57 Finn 137 babies 14
  58. 58 Scott 135 babies 16
  59. 59 Sam 134 babies 1
  60. 60 Christopher 132 babies 7
  61. 61 Noah 123 babies 18
  62. 62 Killian 120 babies 8
  63. 63 Dean 118 babies =
  64. 64 Peter 117 babies 2
  65. 65 Jason 116 babies 16
  66. 66 Gavin 115 babies 2
  67. 67 Ross 115 babies 12
  68. 68 Rory 114 babies 20
  69. 69 Tadhg 112 babies 1
  70. 70 Calum 110 babies 43
  71. 71 Aidan 106 babies 9
  72. 72 Alan 98 babies 5
  73. 73 Max 92 babies 15
  74. 74 Kian 91 babies 7
  75. 75 Anthony 89 babies 5
  76. 76 Martin 86 babies 1
  77. 77 Diarmuid 84 babies 10
  78. 78 Oran 81 babies 11
  79. 79 Oscar 80 babies 28
  80. 80 Tom 80 babies 19
  81. 81 Dara 78 babies =
  82. 82 Leon 77 babies =
  83. 83 Darren 76 babies 7
  84. 84 Padraig 75 babies =
  85. 85 Rian 75 babies 17
  86. 86 Colm 74 babies 12
  87. 87 Tomas 74 babies 2
  88. 88 Daragh 72 babies 2
  89. 89 Craig 71 babies 17
  90. 90 Jonathan 70 babies 7
  91. 91 Kieran 70 babies 18
  92. 92 Christian 69 babies 2
  93. 93 Karl 68 babies 7
  94. 94 Ruairi 68 babies 14
  95. 95 Owen 67 babies 5
  96. 96 Daire 66 babies 1
  97. 97 Leo 64 babies 8
  98. 98 Brandon 63 babies 20
  99. 99 Charles 62 babies 6
  100. 100 Hugh 62 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Emma 703 babies =
  2. 2 Sarah 642 babies 1
  3. 3 Katie 575 babies 1
  4. 4 Amy 510 babies =
  5. 5 Aoife 492 babies =
  6. 6 Ciara 484 babies =
  7. 7 Sophie 451 babies =
  8. 8 Chloe 440 babies =
  9. 9 Leah 427 babies =
  10. 10 Ella 405 babies 1
  11. 11 Emily 385 babies 2
  12. 12 Rachel 381 babies 3
  13. 13 Niamh 375 babies 3
  14. 14 Grace 369 babies 6
  15. 15 Rebecca 353 babies 6
  16. 16 Hannah 350 babies =
  17. 17 Caoimhe 345 babies 5
  18. 18 Ava 339 babies =
  19. 19 Lauren 312 babies 2
  20. 20 Jessica 311 babies 3
  21. 21 Anna 290 babies 5
  22. 22 Kate 284 babies 8
  23. 23 Roisin 280 babies 4
  24. 24 Lucy 275 babies 2
  25. 25 Molly 261 babies 6
  26. 26 Megan 248 babies 7
  27. 27 Abbie 236 babies 3
  28. 28 Laura 231 babies 4
  29. 29 Holly 228 babies 4
  30. 30 Ellen 220 babies 2
  31. 31 Aisling 204 babies 2
  32. 32 Ellie 193 babies 6
  33. 33 Mia 192 babies 6
  34. 34 Caitlin 191 babies =
  35. 35 Aine 187 babies 2
  36. 36 Saoirse 186 babies 1
  37. 37 Nicole 172 babies 3
  38. 38 Shauna 168 babies 6
  39. 39 Tara 165 babies 3
  40. 40 Erin 158 babies 11
  41. 41 Katelyn 153 babies 4
  42. 42 Clodagh 152 babies 1
  43. 43 Zoe 150 babies 2
  44. 44 Eimear 148 babies 1
  45. 45 Abigail 146 babies 3
  46. 46 Aimee 141 babies 1
  47. 47 Sinead 137 babies 2
  48. 48 Mary 133 babies 4
  49. 49 Eva 131 babies 1
  50. 50 Robyn 126 babies =
  51. 51 Alannah 123 babies 2
  52. 52 Lily 119 babies 8
  53. 53 Orla 115 babies 1
  54. 54 Eabha 109 babies 8
  55. 55 Jade 108 babies 3
  56. 56 Shannon 107 babies 10
  57. 57 Eve 106 babies 2
  58. 58 Kayleigh 99 babies 13
  59. 59 Maria 99 babies 3
  60. 60 Olivia 99 babies 10
  61. 61 Ruby 99 babies 50
  62. 62 Isabelle 98 babies 15
  63. 63 Jennifer 97 babies 9
  64. 64 Aoibhe 95 babies 10
  65. 65 Jane 94 babies 14
  66. 66 Cara 87 babies 7
  67. 67 Charlotte 86 babies 9
  68. 68 Kayla 86 babies 20
  69. 69 Elizabeth 85 babies 4
  70. 70 Amber 84 babies 8
  71. 71 Abby 79 babies 16
  72. 72 Kelly 78 babies 9
  73. 73 Ruth 77 babies 7
  74. 74 Sadhbh 77 babies 13
  75. 75 Isabel 76 babies 8
  76. 76 Jodie 75 babies 15
  77. 77 Louise 75 babies 8
  78. 78 Orlaith 72 babies 7
  79. 79 Alanna 70 babies 13
  80. 80 Claire 70 babies 6
  81. 81 Alexandra 69 babies 13
  82. 82 Alice 68 babies 1
  83. 83 Catherine 67 babies 19
  84. 84 Michelle 66 babies 11
  85. 85 Emer 65 babies 25
  86. 86 Maeve 65 babies 11
  87. 87 Sophia 65 babies 15
  88. 88 Alicia 64 babies 19
  89. 89 Isobel 64 babies 26
  90. 90 Zara 64 babies 18
  91. 91 Alisha 63 babies 22
  92. 92 Amelia 63 babies 8
  93. 93 Alison 62 babies 2
  94. 94 Clara 62 babies 20
  95. 95 Isabella 62 babies 14
  96. 96 Lisa 62 babies 4
  97. 97 Heather 61 babies 23
  98. 98 Julia 61 babies 52
  99. 99 Hazel 60 babies 3
  100. 100 Danielle 59 babies 17

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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