Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2008

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 1,151 babies =
  2. 2 Sean 970 babies =
  3. 3 Conor 857 babies =
  4. 4 Daniel 828 babies =
  5. 5 James 737 babies =
  6. 6 Ryan 670 babies 1
  7. 7 Adam 645 babies 1
  8. 8 Dylan 519 babies 3
  9. 9 Luke 516 babies 1
  10. 10 Alex 501 babies 10
  11. 11 Cian 493 babies 2
  12. 12 Aaron 485 babies =
  13. 13 Michael 483 babies 3
  14. 14 Jamie 481 babies 3
  15. 15 Darragh 458 babies 2
  16. 16 Oisin 454 babies 2
  17. 17 Liam 437 babies 9
  18. 18 Patrick 433 babies 1
  19. 19 Thomas 432 babies 5
  20. 20 Matthew 408 babies 5
  21. 21 David 403 babies 5
  22. 22 John 377 babies 1
  23. 23 Cillian 350 babies 1
  24. 24 Ben 349 babies 3
  25. 25 Evan 317 babies 2
  26. 26 Eoin 311 babies 2
  27. 27 Joshua 302 babies 2
  28. 28 Shane 294 babies 3
  29. 29 Charlie 292 babies 7
  30. 30 Jake 286 babies 2
  31. 31 Harry 276 babies =
  32. 32 Joseph 268 babies 1
  33. 33 Mark 254 babies 3
  34. 34 Nathan 245 babies 3
  35. 35 Fionn 239 babies 3
  36. 36 Cathal 233 babies 2
  37. 37 Callum 224 babies 3
  38. 38 Kyle 223 babies 1
  39. 39 Samuel 218 babies 4
  40. 40 Ciaran 217 babies 1
  41. 41 Andrew 192 babies 2
  42. 42 Tadhg 192 babies 5
  43. 43 Ronan 191 babies 1
  44. 44 Leon 188 babies 31
  45. 45 Alexander 185 babies 11
  46. 46 Noah 181 babies 3
  47. 47 William 181 babies 2
  48. 48 Eoghan 179 babies 4
  49. 49 Brian 172 babies 2
  50. 50 Finn 172 babies 4
  51. 51 Robert 172 babies 11
  52. 52 Rory 172 babies 4
  53. 53 Ethan 170 babies 7
  54. 54 Cormac 167 babies 1
  55. 55 Jayden 167 babies 30
  56. 56 Max 165 babies 13
  57. 57 Sam 155 babies 2
  58. 58 Stephen 154 babies 2
  59. 59 Kevin 152 babies 15
  60. 60 Aidan 151 babies 5
  61. 61 Christopher 149 babies =
  62. 62 Rian 144 babies 4
  63. 63 Benjamin 139 babies 6
  64. 64 Jakub 138 babies 41
  65. 65 Killian 132 babies 3
  66. 66 Oscar 132 babies 15
  67. 67 Rhys 131 babies 11
  68. 68 Dean 130 babies 11
  69. 69 Calum 128 babies 19
  70. 70 Peter 127 babies 4
  71. 71 Scott 126 babies 4
  72. 72 Jason 123 babies 4
  73. 73 Alan 116 babies 8
  74. 74 Ross 116 babies 19
  75. 75 Josh 114 babies 12
  76. 76 Paul 113 babies 4
  77. 77 Tom 113 babies 3
  78. 78 Lee 104 babies 8
  79. 79 Gavin 102 babies 15
  80. 80 Anthony 101 babies 9
  81. 81 Dara 99 babies 1
  82. 82 Martin 99 babies 9
  83. 83 Niall 98 babies 7
  84. 84 Oliver 98 babies 7
  85. 85 Senan 97 babies 18
  86. 86 Oran 93 babies 2
  87. 87 Ruairi 93 babies 11
  88. 88 Christian 90 babies 2
  89. 89 Kian 88 babies 13
  90. 90 Odhran 88 babies 14
  91. 91 Tomas 88 babies 9
  92. 92 Kacper 86 babies 18
  93. 93 Edward 85 babies 9
  94. 94 Lorcan 85 babies 20
  95. 95 Filip 82 babies 40
  96. 96 Leo 81 babies 5
  97. 97 Diarmuid 80 babies 14
  98. 98 Billy 78 babies 22
  99. 99 Patryk 78 babies 28
  100. 100 Brandon 76 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Ava 695 babies 5
  2. 2 Katie 667 babies 2
  3. 3 Sarah 651 babies 2
  4. 4 Emma 637 babies 2
  5. 5 Emily 599 babies 3
  6. 6 Sophie 582 babies 1
  7. 7 Grace 566 babies 2
  8. 8 Aoife 518 babies 1
  9. 9 Chloe 453 babies 6
  10. 10 Kate 419 babies =
  11. 11 Lucy 418 babies 3
  12. 12 Ella 407 babies 9
  13. 13 Leah 402 babies 3
  14. 14 Ciara 400 babies 2
  15. 15 Hannah 390 babies 2
  16. 16 Amy 355 babies 5
  17. 17 Caoimhe 355 babies =
  18. 18 Niamh 344 babies =
  19. 19 Lauren 343 babies 3
  20. 20 Anna 342 babies =
  21. 21 Ruby 305 babies 13
  22. 22 Jessica 304 babies 1
  23. 23 Mia 299 babies 1
  24. 24 Saoirse 279 babies 2
  25. 25 Molly 268 babies 2
  26. 26 Holly 264 babies 6
  27. 27 Rachel 263 babies 8
  28. 28 Roisin 250 babies 1
  29. 29 Lily 248 babies 1
  30. 30 Laura 245 babies 3
  31. 31 Rebecca 239 babies 6
  32. 32 Megan 229 babies 2
  33. 33 Abbie 225 babies 4
  34. 34 Julia 213 babies 15
  35. 35 Ellie 208 babies 4
  36. 36 Abigail 200 babies 9
  37. 37 Nicole 198 babies 1
  38. 38 Eva 196 babies 3
  39. 39 Ellen 193 babies 4
  40. 40 Erin 193 babies =
  41. 41 Aisling 190 babies 5
  42. 42 Isabelle 190 babies 1
  43. 43 Olivia 190 babies 1
  44. 44 Clodagh 178 babies 5
  45. 45 Amelia 173 babies 3
  46. 46 Caitlin 168 babies 2
  47. 47 Zoe 162 babies 7
  48. 48 Kayla 161 babies 5
  49. 49 Maria 158 babies 9
  50. 50 Aine 157 babies 13
  51. 51 Tara 144 babies 5
  52. 52 Robyn 141 babies 4
  53. 53 Eabha 140 babies 9
  54. 54 Alannah 130 babies 7
  55. 55 Aoibhe 127 babies 4
  56. 56 Katelyn 126 babies 9
  57. 57 Sophia 126 babies 5
  58. 58 Eimear 125 babies 7
  59. 59 Isabel 124 babies 7
  60. 60 Mary 121 babies 3
  61. 61 Cara 115 babies 8
  62. 62 Eve 114 babies 12
  63. 63 Zara 114 babies 17
  64. 64 Isabella 113 babies 8
  65. 65 Kayleigh 110 babies 10
  66. 66 Aimee 108 babies 2
  67. 67 Sadhbh 107 babies 3
  68. 68 Charlotte 106 babies 15
  69. 69 Shannon 105 babies 2
  70. 70 Shauna 104 babies 20
  71. 71 Aoibheann 102 babies 20
  72. 72 Orla 98 babies 12
  73. 73 Maja 96 babies 39
  74. 74 Sinead 96 babies 9
  75. 75 Amber 94 babies 7
  76. 76 Brooke 94 babies 3
  77. 77 Faye 91 babies 10
  78. 78 Elizabeth 90 babies 15
  79. 79 Natalia 89 babies 72
  80. 80 Sara 88 babies 1
  81. 81 Alisha 86 babies 12
  82. 82 Isobel 86 babies 7
  83. 83 Clara 81 babies 1
  84. 84 Alanna 79 babies 26
  85. 85 Alice 76 babies 6
  86. 86 Jennifer 76 babies 9
  87. 87 Zuzanna 76 babies 47
  88. 88 Grainne 75 babies 14
  89. 89 Meabh 75 babies 24
  90. 90 Millie 75 babies 4
  91. 91 Abby 74 babies 16
  92. 92 Alexandra 73 babies 25
  93. 93 Orlaith 73 babies 17
  94. 94 Alicia 72 babies 13
  95. 95 Aoibhinn 72 babies 13
  96. 96 Maeve 71 babies 18
  97. 97 Muireann 71 babies 5
  98. 98 Gemma 69 babies 8
  99. 99 Hazel 69 babies 11
  100. 100 Michelle 68 babies 5

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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