Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2006

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 994 babies 1
  2. 2 Jack 987 babies 1
  3. 3 Conor 731 babies 1
  4. 4 Adam 693 babies 1
  5. 5 James 678 babies =
  6. 6 Daniel 636 babies =
  7. 7 Luke 536 babies 1
  8. 8 Cian 520 babies 1
  9. 9 Michael 509 babies 1
  10. 10 Jamie 494 babies 3
  11. 11 Aaron 488 babies 2
  12. 12 Dylan 456 babies 1
  13. 13 Thomas 432 babies 3
  14. 14 Ryan 431 babies 2
  15. 15 Darragh 429 babies 5
  16. 16 Oisin 413 babies 6
  17. 17 Matthew 395 babies 2
  18. 18 John 394 babies 1
  19. 19 Patrick 392 babies 1
  20. 20 Ben 385 babies 6
  21. 21 David 383 babies 6
  22. 22 Callum 368 babies 12
  23. 23 Alex 367 babies 1
  24. 24 Shane 366 babies 1
  25. 25 Evan 364 babies =
  26. 26 Eoin 356 babies 5
  27. 27 Joshua 341 babies 1
  28. 28 Cillian 300 babies 17
  29. 29 Jake 297 babies 1
  30. 30 Liam 295 babies 3
  31. 31 Mark 265 babies 2
  32. 32 Nathan 255 babies 4
  33. 33 Ciaran 227 babies 1
  34. 34 Samuel 224 babies 2
  35. 35 Cathal 219 babies 4
  36. 36 Charlie 218 babies 16
  37. 37 Robert 206 babies =
  38. 38 Kyle 202 babies 3
  39. 39 Fionn 195 babies 1
  40. 40 Joseph 195 babies 7
  41. 41 Harry 193 babies 9
  42. 42 Cormac 185 babies 2
  43. 43 Andrew 182 babies 4
  44. 44 Calum 179 babies 26
  45. 45 Rory 170 babies 23
  46. 46 Stephen 165 babies 4
  47. 47 Ronan 164 babies 3
  48. 48 Kevin 159 babies =
  49. 49 Noah 158 babies 12
  50. 50 Eoghan 149 babies 9
  51. 51 William 149 babies =
  52. 52 Brian 145 babies 9
  53. 53 Christopher 144 babies 7
  54. 54 Ethan 139 babies 5
  55. 55 Lee 138 babies 9
  56. 56 Alexander 134 babies 9
  57. 57 Scott 134 babies 1
  58. 58 Sam 128 babies 1
  59. 59 Killian 127 babies 3
  60. 60 Jason 126 babies 5
  61. 61 Niall 126 babies 8
  62. 62 Paul 125 babies 8
  63. 63 Peter 125 babies 1
  64. 64 Tadhg 122 babies 5
  65. 65 Aidan 120 babies 6
  66. 66 Finn 116 babies 9
  67. 67 Josh 114 babies 11
  68. 68 Benjamin 109 babies 13
  69. 69 Dean 106 babies 6
  70. 70 Anthony 104 babies 5
  71. 71 Tom 100 babies 9
  72. 72 Max 98 babies 1
  73. 73 Colm 97 babies 13
  74. 74 Leon 97 babies 8
  75. 75 Gavin 95 babies 9
  76. 76 Martin 91 babies =
  77. 77 Dara 86 babies 4
  78. 78 Rian 86 babies 7
  79. 79 Brandon 84 babies 19
  80. 80 Alan 83 babies 8
  81. 81 Padraig 83 babies 3
  82. 82 Ross 83 babies 15
  83. 83 Charles 79 babies 16
  84. 84 Ruairi 78 babies 10
  85. 85 Craig 77 babies 4
  86. 86 Kian 77 babies 12
  87. 87 Leo 73 babies 10
  88. 88 Colin 71 babies 29
  89. 89 Darren 71 babies 6
  90. 90 Cameron 70 babies 23
  91. 91 Diarmuid 69 babies 14
  92. 92 Oscar 68 babies 13
  93. 93 Owen 68 babies 2
  94. 94 Tomas 68 babies 7
  95. 95 Connor 65 babies 14
  96. 96 Senan 65 babies 11
  97. 97 Oran 64 babies 19
  98. 98 Daire 63 babies 2
  99. 99 Christian 62 babies 7
  100. 100 Tristan 62 babies 12

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 698 babies 1
  2. 2 Emma 593 babies 1
  3. 3 Katie 571 babies =
  4. 4 Aoife 546 babies 1
  5. 5 Sophie 497 babies 2
  6. 6 Ava 463 babies 12
  7. 7 Grace 450 babies 7
  8. 8 Ella 447 babies 2
  9. 9 Leah 444 babies =
  10. 10 Ciara 408 babies 4
  11. 11 Amy 396 babies 7
  12. 12 Emily 396 babies 1
  13. 13 Lucy 390 babies 11
  14. 14 Chloe 375 babies 6
  15. 15 Caoimhe 363 babies 2
  16. 16 Hannah 357 babies =
  17. 17 Rachel 355 babies 5
  18. 18 Niamh 350 babies 5
  19. 19 Rebecca 324 babies 4
  20. 20 Jessica 322 babies =
  21. 21 Anna 320 babies =
  22. 22 Lauren 320 babies 3
  23. 23 Kate 307 babies 1
  24. 24 Laura 248 babies 4
  25. 25 Mia 235 babies 8
  26. 26 Molly 235 babies 1
  27. 27 Roisin 233 babies 4
  28. 28 Aisling 224 babies 3
  29. 29 Saoirse 217 babies 7
  30. 30 Ellie 215 babies 2
  31. 31 Abbie 211 babies 4
  32. 32 Megan 210 babies 6
  33. 33 Holly 203 babies 4
  34. 34 Ellen 196 babies 4
  35. 35 Erin 196 babies 5
  36. 36 Nicole 191 babies 1
  37. 37 Aine 175 babies 2
  38. 38 Tara 173 babies 1
  39. 39 Shauna 162 babies 1
  40. 40 Clodagh 161 babies 2
  41. 41 Ruby 158 babies 20
  42. 42 Lily 153 babies 10
  43. 43 Katelyn 152 babies 2
  44. 44 Abigail 146 babies 1
  45. 45 Eva 146 babies 4
  46. 46 Caitlin 143 babies 12
  47. 47 Zoe 141 babies 4
  48. 48 Eimear 138 babies 4
  49. 49 Shannon 137 babies 7
  50. 50 Isabelle 129 babies 12
  51. 51 Aimee 128 babies 5
  52. 52 Mary 124 babies 4
  53. 53 Orla 124 babies =
  54. 54 Alannah 121 babies 3
  55. 55 Aoibhe 120 babies 9
  56. 56 Olivia 120 babies 4
  57. 57 Eve 117 babies =
  58. 58 Kayleigh 115 babies =
  59. 59 Kayla 112 babies 9
  60. 60 Eabha 111 babies 6
  61. 61 Sinead 110 babies 14
  62. 62 Robyn 108 babies 12
  63. 63 Elizabeth 106 babies 6
  64. 64 Isabella 99 babies 31
  65. 65 Amber 95 babies 5
  66. 66 Maria 92 babies 7
  67. 67 Cara 91 babies 1
  68. 68 Isabel 88 babies 7
  69. 69 Sophia 87 babies 18
  70. 70 Charlotte 86 babies 3
  71. 71 Julia 85 babies 27
  72. 72 Jennifer 84 babies 9
  73. 73 Orlaith 83 babies 5
  74. 74 Amelia 80 babies 18
  75. 75 Faye 80 babies 26
  76. 76 Aoibheann 78 babies 33
  77. 77 Sadhbh 78 babies 3
  78. 78 Jade 76 babies 23
  79. 79 Alexandra 75 babies 2
  80. 80 Alice 74 babies 2
  81. 81 Clara 74 babies 13
  82. 82 Alex 73 babies 30
  83. 83 Alisha 73 babies 8
  84. 84 Alanna 71 babies 5
  85. 85 Aoibhinn 71 babies 29
  86. 86 Grainne 70 babies 17
  87. 87 Jasmine 68 babies 65
  88. 88 Hazel 67 babies 11
  89. 89 Maeve 67 babies 3
  90. 90 Zara 65 babies =
  91. 91 Heather 63 babies 6
  92. 92 Louise 62 babies 15
  93. 93 Abby 61 babies 22
  94. 94 Alana 60 babies 29
  95. 95 Jane 60 babies 30
  96. 96 Ruth 60 babies 23
  97. 97 Claire 58 babies 17
  98. 98 Lisa 58 babies 2
  99. 99 Catherine 57 babies 16
  100. 100 Alicia 55 babies 12

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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