Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 2016

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 James 688 babies 1
  2. 2 Jack 684 babies 1
  3. 3 Conor 558 babies 1
  4. 4 Daniel 558 babies 1
  5. 5 Sean 501 babies =
  6. 6 Noah 446 babies 1
  7. 7 Adam 400 babies 1
  8. 8 Oisin 398 babies 4
  9. 9 Michael 394 babies 1
  10. 10 Luke 375 babies =
  11. 11 Harry 374 babies 4
  12. 12 Charlie 369 babies 3
  13. 13 Cian 344 babies 1
  14. 14 Liam 333 babies 6
  15. 15 Thomas 328 babies 4
  16. 16 Darragh 322 babies 5
  17. 17 Alex 320 babies 4
  18. 18 Patrick 319 babies 2
  19. 19 Ryan 318 babies 1
  20. 20 Finn 314 babies 10
  21. 21 Fionn 308 babies 2
  22. 22 Cillian 298 babies =
  23. 23 Dylan 286 babies 6
  24. 24 Aaron 271 babies 2
  25. 25 John 269 babies 3
  26. 26 Jamie 267 babies 2
  27. 27 David 253 babies 4
  28. 28 Ben 250 babies 1
  29. 29 Matthew 247 babies 2
  30. 30 Oliver 244 babies 1
  31. 31 Rian 231 babies 5
  32. 32 Tadhg 228 babies 1
  33. 33 Jake 225 babies 8
  34. 34 Evan 216 babies 1
  35. 35 Max 214 babies 9
  36. 36 Tom 197 babies 1
  37. 37 Jacob 195 babies 12
  38. 38 Samuel 193 babies 3
  39. 39 Nathan 192 babies 7
  40. 40 Kyle 191 babies 6
  41. 41 Ethan 190 babies 1
  42. 42 Sam 190 babies 4
  43. 43 Mason 186 babies 4
  44. 44 Joshua 179 babies 4
  45. 45 Leo 179 babies 8
  46. 46 Oscar 172 babies 1
  47. 47 Bobby 165 babies 3
  48. 48 Callum 162 babies 5
  49. 49 Alexander 160 babies 3
  50. 50 William 155 babies 1
  51. 51 Joseph 153 babies 9
  52. 52 Aidan 152 babies =
  53. 53 Ollie 150 babies 14
  54. 54 Alfie 149 babies 8
  55. 55 Eoin 135 babies 8
  56. 56 Robert 132 babies 1
  57. 57 Logan 131 babies 2
  58. 58 Benjamin 128 babies =
  59. 59 Leon 128 babies 5
  60. 60 Odhran 128 babies 9
  61. 61 Senan 128 babies 4
  62. 62 Jayden 125 babies 1
  63. 63 Lucas 123 babies 19
  64. 64 Shane 119 babies 8
  65. 65 Cathal 116 babies 1
  66. 66 Tommy 110 babies 3
  67. 67 Scott 103 babies 7
  68. 68 Donnacha 101 babies 2
  69. 69 Eoghan 101 babies 2
  70. 70 Danny 100 babies 2
  71. 71 Ronan 99 babies 15
  72. 72 Andrew 98 babies 12
  73. 73 Mark 98 babies 8
  74. 74 Rory 97 babies 1
  75. 75 Henry 94 babies 9
  76. 76 Tyler 94 babies 5
  77. 77 Billy 91 babies 2
  78. 78 Josh 88 babies 16
  79. 79 Louis 88 babies 29
  80. 80 Shay 88 babies 2
  81. 81 Daithi 87 babies 12
  82. 82 Kevin 87 babies 5
  83. 83 Cormac 85 babies 6
  84. 84 Muhammad 85 babies 35
  85. 85 Tomas 85 babies 7
  86. 86 Anthony 84 babies 3
  87. 87 Killian 83 babies 11
  88. 88 Martin 83 babies 3
  89. 89 Hugo 82 babies 2
  90. 90 Ciaran 81 babies 26
  91. 91 Edward 81 babies 5
  92. 92 Kai 79 babies 12
  93. 93 Christopher 77 babies 7
  94. 94 George 77 babies 4
  95. 95 Luca 77 babies 6
  96. 96 Lorcan 75 babies 8
  97. 97 Zach 74 babies 6
  98. 98 Dara 71 babies 22
  99. 99 Isaac 71 babies 22
  100. 100 Jason 71 babies 13

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Emily 490 babies =
  2. 2 Grace 452 babies 6
  3. 3 Ava 388 babies =
  4. 4 Lucy 388 babies 3
  5. 5 Amelia 369 babies =
  6. 6 Sophie 369 babies 2
  7. 7 Emma 365 babies 5
  8. 8 Mia 357 babies 2
  9. 9 Hannah 351 babies 3
  10. 10 Lily 334 babies 1
  11. 11 Ella 331 babies 5
  12. 12 Saoirse 324 babies 6
  13. 13 Olivia 303 babies 2
  14. 14 Kate 302 babies 3
  15. 15 Aoife 300 babies 2
  16. 16 Sarah 290 babies =
  17. 17 Anna 288 babies 3
  18. 18 Chloe 288 babies 9
  19. 19 Caoimhe 256 babies 1
  20. 20 Ellie 254 babies 4
  21. 21 Katie 251 babies 1
  22. 22 Sophia 243 babies 1
  23. 23 Holly 239 babies 5
  24. 24 Fiadh 235 babies 11
  25. 25 Lauren 224 babies 6
  26. 26 Zoe 219 babies 4
  27. 27 Molly 210 babies 4
  28. 28 Isabelle 202 babies 2
  29. 29 Robyn 201 babies 6
  30. 30 Leah 191 babies 4
  31. 31 Sadie 190 babies 1
  32. 32 Roisin 186 babies 7
  33. 33 Ruby 186 babies 6
  34. 34 Alice 181 babies 6
  35. 35 Cara 181 babies 2
  36. 36 Freya 168 babies 3
  37. 37 Eva 166 babies 2
  38. 38 Erin 165 babies 7
  39. 39 Ciara 158 babies 10
  40. 40 Evie 158 babies 14
  41. 41 Niamh 157 babies 1
  42. 42 Sofia 156 babies 1
  43. 43 Charlotte 151 babies 15
  44. 44 Layla 135 babies 3
  45. 45 Amy 133 babies 9
  46. 46 Eabha 133 babies 6
  47. 47 Faye 132 babies 3
  48. 48 Jessica 131 babies 10
  49. 49 Eve 128 babies 1
  50. 50 Julia 128 babies 1
  51. 51 Clodagh 127 babies 1
  52. 52 Abigail 114 babies 4
  53. 53 Isla 113 babies 20
  54. 54 Laura 112 babies 5
  55. 55 Maria 109 babies =
  56. 56 Maya 109 babies 10
  57. 57 Sadhbh 108 babies 4
  58. 58 Zara 108 babies 12
  59. 59 Amber 107 babies =
  60. 60 Emilia 107 babies 4
  61. 61 Millie 107 babies 1
  62. 62 Isabella 103 babies 16
  63. 63 Aoibhinn 100 babies 4
  64. 64 Ellen 99 babies 7
  65. 65 Abbie 97 babies 4
  66. 66 Clara 97 babies 5
  67. 67 Elizabeth 97 babies 7
  68. 68 Harper 97 babies 35
  69. 69 Alannah 96 babies 8
  70. 70 Kayla 92 babies 2
  71. 71 Sienna 91 babies 1
  72. 72 Willow 90 babies 50
  73. 73 Megan 89 babies 8
  74. 74 Rachel 87 babies 31
  75. 75 Maisie 86 babies 7
  76. 76 Rebecca 86 babies 13
  77. 77 Aisling 84 babies 4
  78. 78 Rose 84 babies 3
  79. 79 Aine 83 babies 18
  80. 80 Aoibheann 82 babies 4
  81. 81 Annie 81 babies 2
  82. 82 Heidi 72 babies 27
  83. 83 Meabh 72 babies 2
  84. 84 Lilly 70 babies 4
  85. 85 Mary 70 babies 11
  86. 86 Mila 70 babies 2
  87. 87 Georgia 68 babies 13
  88. 88 Rosie 68 babies 4
  89. 89 Daisy 67 babies 27
  90. 90 Victoria 65 babies 3
  91. 91 Ailbhe 64 babies 15
  92. 92 Alexandra 64 babies 14
  93. 93 Lara 63 babies 5
  94. 94 Mollie 61 babies 17
  95. 95 Isabel 60 babies 10
  96. 96 Orla 60 babies 16
  97. 97 Aria 58 babies 17
  98. 98 Matilda 58 babies 50
  99. 99 Sara 58 babies 9
  100. 100 Zoey 58 babies 25

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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