Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2012

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 831 babies =
  2. 2 James 773 babies =
  3. 3 Daniel 683 babies 1
  4. 4 Sean 677 babies 1
  5. 5 Conor 639 babies =
  6. 6 Adam 558 babies 1
  7. 7 Harry 510 babies 1
  8. 8 Ryan 510 babies 2
  9. 9 Dylan 471 babies 2
  10. 10 Michael 462 babies 1
  11. 11 Luke 457 babies 1
  12. 12 Charlie 432 babies 8
  13. 13 Liam 427 babies 4
  14. 14 Oisin 407 babies 1
  15. 15 Cian 406 babies 2
  16. 16 Jamie 404 babies 2
  17. 17 Thomas 403 babies 1
  18. 18 Alex 392 babies 8
  19. 19 Noah 390 babies 4
  20. 20 Darragh 389 babies 1
  21. 21 Patrick 388 babies =
  22. 22 Aaron 372 babies 6
  23. 23 Cillian 341 babies 1
  24. 24 Matthew 336 babies 1
  25. 25 John 297 babies 1
  26. 26 Nathan 295 babies 3
  27. 27 David 292 babies 3
  28. 28 Fionn 292 babies 2
  29. 29 Evan 278 babies 2
  30. 30 Ethan 268 babies 1
  31. 31 Jake 265 babies 3
  32. 32 Kyle 252 babies 5
  33. 33 Rian 243 babies 9
  34. 34 Ben 232 babies 6
  35. 35 Max 232 babies 11
  36. 36 Eoin 228 babies 4
  37. 37 Tadhg 224 babies 1
  38. 38 Finn 218 babies 2
  39. 39 Callum 215 babies 4
  40. 40 Samuel 213 babies 1
  41. 41 Joshua 210 babies 8
  42. 42 Rory 200 babies 14
  43. 43 Jayden 197 babies 7
  44. 44 Joseph 196 babies 3
  45. 45 Tyler 195 babies 20
  46. 46 Sam 183 babies 1
  47. 47 Shane 176 babies 4
  48. 48 Mark 175 babies 3
  49. 49 Robert 175 babies 4
  50. 50 Aidan 172 babies 10
  51. 51 William 169 babies 4
  52. 52 Ronan 167 babies 4
  53. 53 Eoghan 166 babies 2
  54. 54 Alexander 161 babies 5
  55. 55 Leon 161 babies 3
  56. 56 Cathal 160 babies 12
  57. 57 Mason 159 babies 13
  58. 58 Tom 157 babies 8
  59. 59 Oliver 155 babies 5
  60. 60 Andrew 151 babies =
  61. 61 Oscar 150 babies 1
  62. 62 Ciaran 143 babies 5
  63. 63 Bobby 141 babies =
  64. 64 Jacob 140 babies =
  65. 65 Senan 126 babies 2
  66. 66 Rhys 124 babies 2
  67. 67 Scott 118 babies 17
  68. 68 Benjamin 116 babies 6
  69. 69 Cormac 116 babies 10
  70. 70 Kevin 112 babies 12
  71. 71 Lucas 109 babies 10
  72. 72 Alan 108 babies 3
  73. 73 Donnacha 106 babies 3
  74. 74 Jakub 106 babies 13
  75. 75 Christopher 105 babies 6
  76. 76 Filip 104 babies 4
  77. 77 Killian 104 babies 5
  78. 78 Josh 103 babies 1
  79. 79 Alfie 102 babies 6
  80. 80 Tommy 101 babies 11
  81. 81 Ruairi 99 babies 13
  82. 82 Odhran 98 babies 8
  83. 83 Oran 97 babies 1
  84. 84 Leo 96 babies 5
  85. 85 Isaac 95 babies 17
  86. 86 Dara 94 babies 13
  87. 87 Jason 94 babies 16
  88. 88 Zach 93 babies 8
  89. 89 Martin 91 babies =
  90. 90 Peter 91 babies 3
  91. 91 Brian 90 babies 1
  92. 92 Danny 88 babies 22
  93. 93 Niall 86 babies 7
  94. 94 Tomas 86 babies 4
  95. 95 Edward 84 babies =
  96. 96 Stephen 84 babies 18
  97. 97 Logan 80 babies 16
  98. 98 Kacper 79 babies 7
  99. 99 Anthony 77 babies 16
  100. 100 Billy 76 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Emily 626 babies =
  2. 2 Sophie 577 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 497 babies =
  4. 4 Grace 461 babies =
  5. 5 Lily 449 babies =
  6. 6 Mia 446 babies 6
  7. 7 Ella 445 babies 4
  8. 8 Ava 440 babies =
  9. 9 Lucy 439 babies 2
  10. 10 Sarah 430 babies 4
  11. 11 Aoife 426 babies 2
  12. 12 Amelia 409 babies 20
  13. 13 Hannah 368 babies 4
  14. 14 Katie 353 babies 4
  15. 15 Chloe 345 babies 6
  16. 16 Caoimhe 334 babies 2
  17. 17 Saoirse 317 babies 2
  18. 18 Kate 316 babies 3
  19. 19 Holly 312 babies 4
  20. 20 Ruby 302 babies =
  21. 21 Sophia 299 babies 8
  22. 22 Anna 296 babies 4
  23. 23 Lauren 290 babies 1
  24. 24 Leah 287 babies 8
  25. 25 Amy 253 babies =
  26. 26 Isabelle 252 babies 1
  27. 27 Molly 251 babies 6
  28. 28 Ellie 250 babies 4
  29. 29 Jessica 236 babies 2
  30. 30 Olivia 230 babies 2
  31. 31 Roisin 229 babies 3
  32. 32 Ciara 227 babies 6
  33. 33 Kayla 198 babies 12
  34. 34 Julia 196 babies 1
  35. 35 Zoe 196 babies 2
  36. 36 Laura 191 babies =
  37. 37 Niamh 185 babies 7
  38. 38 Abbie 178 babies 5
  39. 39 Erin 177 babies 9
  40. 40 Rachel 169 babies 1
  41. 41 Robyn 166 babies 5
  42. 42 Aisling 165 babies 1
  43. 43 Faye 163 babies 6
  44. 44 Rebecca 162 babies 4
  45. 45 Eva 160 babies 7
  46. 46 Layla 160 babies 8
  47. 47 Ellen 155 babies =
  48. 48 Cara 148 babies 2
  49. 49 Freya 144 babies 12
  50. 50 Abigail 138 babies 3
  51. 51 Eve 138 babies 6
  52. 52 Isabella 138 babies 1
  53. 53 Megan 135 babies 15
  54. 54 Aine 128 babies 4
  55. 55 Clodagh 128 babies 11
  56. 56 Aoibhinn 125 babies 4
  57. 57 Millie 120 babies 15
  58. 58 Nicole 116 babies 16
  59. 59 Aoibheann 115 babies 10
  60. 60 Maja 114 babies 3
  61. 61 Sadhbh 113 babies 5
  62. 62 Eabha 109 babies 2
  63. 63 Charlotte 106 babies =
  64. 64 Amber 105 babies 4
  65. 65 Caitlin 105 babies =
  66. 66 Sofia 105 babies 7
  67. 67 Alannah 104 babies 5
  68. 68 Zara 102 babies 15
  69. 69 Alice 101 babies 3
  70. 70 Maria 100 babies 15
  71. 71 Elizabeth 99 babies 4
  72. 72 Lena 99 babies 13
  73. 73 Mary 99 babies 3
  74. 74 Emilia 98 babies 17
  75. 75 Aimee 94 babies 1
  76. 76 Lilly 94 babies 3
  77. 77 Hollie 92 babies 27
  78. 78 Aoibhe 88 babies 9
  79. 79 Victoria 83 babies 16
  80. 80 Eimear 81 babies 4
  81. 81 Maya 81 babies 6
  82. 82 Isabel 80 babies 11
  83. 83 Orla 80 babies 7
  84. 84 Evie 79 babies 41
  85. 85 Kayleigh 78 babies 14
  86. 86 Brooke 76 babies 4
  87. 87 Clara 76 babies 3
  88. 88 Meabh 75 babies 4
  89. 89 Lexi 73 babies 7
  90. 90 Tara 71 babies 13
  91. 91 Daisy 70 babies 9
  92. 92 Katelyn 70 babies 14
  93. 93 Ailbhe 68 babies 40
  94. 94 Amelie 68 babies 26
  95. 95 Natalia 68 babies 13
  96. 96 Sara 68 babies 15
  97. 97 Hanna 66 babies 15
  98. 98 Laoise 66 babies 8
  99. 99 Ruth 66 babies 13
  100. 100 Madison 64 babies 11

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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