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Irish Babies' Names

2012

Five most popular babies' names
Boys		Girls
Name	Count	Name	Count
Jack	831	Emily	626
James	773	Sophie	577
Daniel	683	Emma	497
Sean	677	Grace	461
Conor	639	Lily	449

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Jack and Emily were the most popular babies’ names registered in 2012. Jack retains the top position it has held every year since 2007 and Emily has retained the number one spot that it first claimed in 2011. See tables 1 and 2.

The top five boys’ names (Jack, James, Daniel, Sean and Conor) have made up the top five since 2007. Four of the top five boys’ names (Jack, Sean, Conor and James) have been in the top five since 1998, with only their order changing from year to year. The top five girls’ names and their order have remained the same as those for 2011. This is the first time since 2004/2005 that the five most popular girls’ names have remained unchanged for two consecutive years. See table 1.

There were three first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Isaac, Danny and Logan. The highest new entry at number 85 was Isaac, rising from 101^st place in 2011. The name rising in popularity most was Danny, up 22 places from 114^th place in 2011 to 92^nd place in 2012. See tables 1 and 5.

There were five first time entries to the top 100 for girls: Evie, Amelie, Hanna, Maisie and Rose. The highest new entry and the name that climbed most places since 2011 was Evie; it rose 40 places from 124^th place in 2011 to 84^th place in 2012. See tables 1 and 5.

In general, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,730 girls’ names registered compared to 3,804 boys’ names. Despite the greater number of male births, a smaller range of names were used for boys than for girls. Additionally, 60.9% of girls were given a name in the top 100 while 62.6% of boys were given a name in the top 100. See tables 2 and 4.

In most areas of the country one of the top five boys’ names took the number one spot. Only two areas favoured names outside the top five; in Longford the top spot was shared by Adam, David, Michael and Rian, and in Monaghan the highest ranked name was Ryan. See table 8(a).

For girls, there was a wider range of names outside the top five that were county and city favourites. These included Amelia, Aoife, Lucy, Sarah, Saoirse, Mia, Ella, Chloe and Lauren. See table 8(b).

For boys, where both parents were stated as being Irish nationals, Jack was the top ranked name. James was the most popular choice with parents of UK nationality while David and Matteo were the most popular boys’ names chosen by parents from the EU15 (excl Irl & UK). Filip was the boys’ name chosen most often by parents from the Accession states. Parents from nations outside the EU made Daniel the highest ranked name of baby boys registered in Ireland in 2012. See table 9.

For girls where both parents were Irish nationals, Emily was the most popular name. Ella and Jessica were the top ranked names chosen by parents of UK nationality. Emma ranked first with parents of the EU 15 (excl. Irl & UK) and Julia took top spot with parents of the Accession states. Outside of parents of EU nationality, Sarah was the name that ranked highest of baby girls registered in Ireland. See table 9.

These results are based on an analysis of the first names recorded on birth returns for registration and vital statistics, first recorded by CSO in 1998. All birth notifications in 2012 included baby’s first name when the statistical return was sent to the CSO.

Show Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2012, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2007 and 2012

Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2012, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2007 and 2012

Boys' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	Girls' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Emily	1	1	2	7	5	8
James	2	2	4	5	5	5	Sophie	2	2	1	1	6	5
Daniel	3	4	3	3	4	4	Emma	3	3	3	3	4	2
Sean	4	3	2	2	2	2	Grace	4	4	7	5	7	9
Conor	5	5	5	4	3	3	Lily	5	5	14	20	29	28
Adam	6	7	7	7	7	6	Mia	6	12	20	14	23	24
Harry	7	8	20	28	31	31	Ella	7	11	11	18	12	3
Ryan	7	6	6	6	6	7	Ava	8	8	6	2	1	6
Dylan	9	10	10	11	8	11	Lucy	9	7	4	8	11	14
Michael	10	9	12	10	13	10	Sarah	10	6	5	4	3	1
Luke	11	12	9	9	9	8	Aoife	11	13	10	9	8	7
Charlie	12	20	19	27	29	36	Amelia	12	32	34	39	45	48
Liam	13	17	15	15	17	26	Hannah	13	17	22	23	15	13
Oisin	14	15	17	17	16	18	Katie	14	10	8	6	2	4
Cian	15	13	14	12	11	9	Chloe	15	9	9	10	9	15
Jamie	16	14	11	13	14	17	Caoimhe	16	14	24	21	16	17
Thomas	17	18	22	18	19	14	Saoirse	17	19	18	25	24	26
Alex	18	10	8	8	10	20	Kate	18	15	19	13	10	10
Noah	19	23	26	41	46	49	Holly	19	23	11	21	26	32
Darragh	20	19	16	14	15	13	Ruby	20	20	23	17	21	34
Patrick	21	21	18	19	18	19	Sophia	21	29	33	50	56	51
Aaron	22	16	13	16	12	12	Anna	22	18	13	16	20	20
Cillian	23	22	21	21	23	22	Lauren	23	22	21	12	19	22
Matthew	24	24	23	23	20	15	Leah	24	15	16	15	13	16
John	25	26	24	21	22	21	Amy	25	25	14	11	16	11
Nathan	26	29	30	32	34	37	Isabelle	26	27	26	32	41	43
David	27	24	25	25	21	16	Molly	27	33	31	26	25	23
Fionn	27	30	35	34	35	32	Ellie	28	24	28	36	35	31
Evan	29	27	27	24	25	23	Jessica	29	31	30	27	22	21
Ethan	30	31	34	45	53	46	Olivia	30	28	27	39	41	42
Jake	31	34	30	35	30	28	Roisin	31	34	32	27	28	27
Kyle	32	36	37	40	38	38	Ciara	32	26	17	19	14	12
Rian	33	42	54	60	62	58	Kayla	33	21	41	43	48	53
Ben	34	28	28	26	24	27	Julia	34	35	35	31	34	49
Max	34	46	48	56	56	69	Zoe	34	37	46	42	47	54
Eoin	36	32	29	20	26	24	Laura	36	36	38	30	30	32
Tadhg	37	38	40	42	41	47	Niamh	37	30	25	87	18	18
Finn	38	36	46	48	49	54	Abbie	38	43	44	44	33	29
Callum	39	35	32	29	37	34	Erin	39	47	36	37	39	40
Samuel	40	39	38	37	39	35	Rachel	40	39	29	29	27	19
Joshua	41	33	36	30	27	29	Robyn	41	46	43	52	52	56
Rory	42	56	56	52	49	48	Aisling	42	41	41	45	41	36
Jayden	43	50	45	49	54	85	Faye	43	49	56	60	77	87
Joseph	44	41	38	36	32	33	Rebecca	44	40	48	35	31	25
Tyler	45	65	78	130	146	123	Eva	45	52	44	38	38	41
Sam	46	45	41	43	57	59	Layla	45	54	50	74	106	127
Shane	47	43	33	30	28	25	Ellen	47	47	47	48	39	35
Mark	48	50	44	33	33	30	Cara	48	50	52	58	61	68
Robert	48	53	43	44	49	40	Freya	49	60	63	67	110	97
Aidan	50	40	48	46	60	55	Abigail	50	53	49	46	36	45
William	51	47	47	55	46	44	Eve	50	45	60	62	62	73
Ronan	52	48	50	38	43	41	Isabella	50	51	51	70	64	72
Eoghan	53	55	55	39	48	52	Megan	53	38	37	33	32	30
Alexander	54	49	51	50	45	56	Aine	54	58	58	47	50	37
Leon	54	52	57	52	44	75	Clodagh	54	44	39	34	44	39
Cathal	56	44	42	47	36	38	Aoibhinn	56	60	60	67	64	94
Mason	57	70	128	240	252	242	Millie	57	72	86	91	88	84
Tom	58	66	62	63	76	74	Nicole	58	42	40	41	37	38
Oliver	59	54	52	62	83	76	Aoibheann	59	69	69	76	79	71
Andrew	60	60	58	58	41	43	Maja	60	57	54	54	73	110
Oscar	61	62	61	66	65	81	Sadhbh	61	56	64	69	67	70
Ciaran	62	57	53	54	40	41	Eabha	62	64	64	56	56	53
Bobby	63	63	62	85	109	108	Charlotte	63	62	62	69	72	68
Jacob	64	64	75	111	110	94	Amber	64	68	68	70	74	75
Senan	65	67	74	85	85	101	Caitlin	64	65	65	75	53	46
Rhys	66	68	65	74	67	76	Sofia	64	58	58	80	130	119
Scott	67	83	72	71	71	67	Alannah	67	62	62	66	58	54
Benjamin	68	74	65	68	63	56	Zara	68	82	82	89	77	62
Cormac	68	59	58	58	54	53	Alice	69	66	66	70	76	85
Kevin	70	58	67	51	59	44	Maria	70	54	53	54	49	58
Lucas	71	80	78	79	105	91	Elizabeth	71	67	67	60	64	78
Alan	72	75	68	64	73	65	Lena	71	85	85	83	119	189
Donnacha	73	76	102	116	100	118	Mary	71	69	69	59	61	60
Jakub	73	61	60	57	64	105	Emilia	74	91	91	92	98	128
Christopher	75	69	69	61	61	61	Aimee	75	74	74	55	49	66
Filip	76	80	71	87	95	134	Lilly	75	78	78	77	109	102
Killian	76	72	62	73	65	61	Hollie	77	104	99	95	143	164
Josh	78	77	69	65	75	63	Aoibhe	78	87	87	79	62	55
Alfie	79	85	99	112	146	195	Victoria	79	94	94	95	98	106
Tommy	80	88	160	166	169	150	Eimear	80	84	84	77	73	58
Ruairi	81	94	88	88	86	97	Maya	80	74	74	83	89	103
Odhran	82	88	75	82	89	104	Isabel	82	71	71	64	64	59
Oran	83	80	78	91	86	86	Orla	82	74	74	83	67	72
Leo	84	79	94	112	96	91	Evie	84	124	102	111	148	135
Isaac	85	101	111	121	126	101	Kayleigh	85	97	97	89	86	65
Dara	86	73	72	76	81	80	Brooke	86	82	82	72	85	75
Jason	86	71	75	72	72	68	Clara	86	90	90	95	82	83
Zach	88	96	105	119	121	107	Meabh	88	92	92	107	111	88
Martin	89	88	85	74	81	73	Lexi	89	96	96	102	137	257
Peter	89	87	84	67	70	65	Tara	90	74	74	62	51	51
Brian	91	92	82	69	49	51	Daisy	91	100	100	72	97	159
Danny	92	114	114	146	141	134	Katelyn	91	78	78	68	57	56
Niall	93	86	91	69	83	76	Ailbhe	93	133	107	110	129	109
Tomas	93	97	86	81	89	99	Amelie	93	120	135	151	168	196
Edward	95	95	100	104	93	82	Natalia	93	107	81	86	78	150
Stephen	95	77	88	77	58	60	Sara	93	78	78	88	90	80
Logan	97	112	141	156	157	195	Hanna	97	111	127	123	185	222
Kacper	98	104	102	95	93	108	Laoise	97	106	133	159	115	135
Anthony	99	83	86	80	80	71	Ruth	97	86	86	100	91	110
Billy	100	101	121	112	98	120	Madison	100	89	89	100	96	110
							Maeve	100	127	115	87	94	78
							Maisie	100	102	124	175	341	431
							Rose	100	113	118	149	139	164

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Boys' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	Girls' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Jack	831	840	935	1,068	1,151	1,073	Emily	626	596	605	500	599	475
James	773	796	746	711	737	713	Sophie	577	582	608	640	582	556
Daniel	683	711	792	842	828	725	Emma	497	562	571	627	637	632
Sean	677	755	827	934	970	965	Grace	461	503	489	528	566	473
Conor	639	709	726	776	857	821	Lily	449	496	371	336	248	232
Adam	558	637	581	618	645	659	Mia	446	400	344	362	299	275
Harry	510	499	364	305	276	251	Ella	445	434	380	346	407	601
Ryan	510	685	669	641	670	553	Ava	440	446	501	635	695	555
Dylan	471	492	491	480	519	516	Lucy	439	463	543	463	418	404
Michael	462	496	463	499	483	521	Sarah	430	466	537	568	651	656
Luke	457	487	519	501	516	538	Aoife	426	399	425	459	518	527
Charlie	432	396	376	312	292	221	Amelia	409	235	216	197	173	141
Liam	427	412	412	457	437	339	Hannah	368	349	333	321	390	407
Oisin	407	436	401	423	454	407	Katie	353	436	451	502	667	566
Cian	406	461	424	469	493	527	Chloe	345	437	441	411	453	388
Jamie	404	448	468	466	481	412	Caoimhe	334	398	323	326	355	361
Thomas	403	403	347	411	432	440	Saoirse	317	339	355	275	279	247
Alex	392	492	551	503	501	401	Kate	316	350	348	364	419	426
Noah	390	333	315	211	181	163	Holly	312	297	380	326	264	224
Darragh	389	401	409	465	458	472	Ruby	302	323	325	353	305	222
Patrick	388	390	387	399	433	402	Sophia	299	251	218	147	126	137
Aaron	372	423	439	444	485	485	Anna	296	348	378	357	342	316
Cillian	341	360	351	346	350	377	Lauren	290	305	339	371	343	283
Matthew	336	331	344	343	408	430	Leah	287	350	369	358	402	364
John	297	312	343	346	377	392	Amy	253	289	371	385	355	415
Nathan	295	282	297	253	245	215	Isabelle	252	265	275	233	190	167
David	292	331	332	326	403	418	Molly	251	229	243	268	268	281
Fionn	292	255	265	249	239	246	Ellie	250	293	265	211	208	227
Evan	278	298	314	333	317	360	Jessica	236	246	245	257	304	298
Ethan	268	253	272	200	170	176	Olivia	230	252	271	197	190	172
Jake	265	247	297	248	286	320	Roisin	229	223	224	257	250	233
Kyle	252	242	232	216	223	210	Ciara	227	284	364	337	400	410
Rian	243	213	161	151	144	139	Kayla	198	306	186	183	161	136
Ben	232	294	305	324	349	336	Julia	196	213	213	236	213	140
Max	232	194	187	164	165	116	Zoe	196	204	170	188	162	135
Eoin	228	251	299	368	311	354	Laura	191	212	198	243	245	224
Tadhg	224	232	221	206	192	170	Niamh	185	249	292	314	344	340
Finn	218	242	191	187	172	150	Abbie	178	174	176	176	225	231
Callum	215	245	293	301	224	239	Erin	177	159	210	204	193	189
Samuel	213	230	227	238	218	225	Rachel	169	196	247	247	263	323
Joshua	210	249	259	260	302	311	Robyn	166	163	180	137	141	125
Rory	200	159	155	172	172	169	Aisling	165	183	186	170	190	209
Jayden	197	177	193	182	167	83	Faye	163	156	128	122	91	69
Joseph	196	214	227	247	268	242	Rebecca	162	195	162	219	239	267
Tyler	195	127	99	57	48	52	Eva	160	152	176	201	196	178
Sam	183	196	210	204	155	138	Layla	160	134	150	100	62	47
Shane	176	209	277	260	294	343	Ellen	155	159	168	155	193	214
Mark	175	177	195	250	254	264	Cara	148	155	144	123	115	96
Robert	175	169	198	203	172	207	Freya	144	128	119	112	59	62
Aidan	172	229	187	197	151	149	Abigail	138	139	158	165	200	162
William	169	190	190	166	181	179	Eve	138	164	122	118	114	87
Ronan	167	187	180	225	191	200	Isabella	138	154	145	105	113	92
Eoghan	166	164	160	223	179	154	Megan	135	203	204	232	229	229
Alexander	161	183	177	179	185	145	Aine	128	130	124	159	157	203
Leon	161	171	154	172	188	106	Clodagh	128	168	195	224	178	199
Cathal	160	208	202	195	233	210	Aoibhinn	125	128	111	117	72	72
Mason	159	115	59	22	18	17	Millie	120	97	80	77	75	71
Tom	157	126	127	139	113	107	Nicole	116	176	192	194	198	200
Oliver	155	167	172	141	98	99	Aoibheann	115	106	92	88	102	67
Andrew	151	140	139	159	192	189	Maja	114	131	132	133	96	53
Oscar	150	135	135	132	132	89	Sadhbh	113	132	117	111	107	95
Ciaran	143	155	166	170	217	200	Eabha	109	121	128	131	140	114
Bobby	141	133	127	96	72	66	Charlotte	106	122	108	104	106	72
Jacob	140	131	100	69	71	75	Amber	105	107	99	100	94	96
Senan	126	121	103	96	97	72	Caitlin	105	116	93	134	168	164
Rhys	124	120	126	107	131	99	Sofia	105	130	85	50	54	41
Scott	118	94	109	112	126	119	Alannah	104	122	113	123	130	117
Benjamin	116	108	126	115	139	145	Zara	102	90	77	94	114	79
Cormac	116	141	139	159	167	153	Alice	101	115	99	95	76	81
Kevin	112	143	120	175	152	179	Maria	100	134	137	133	158	119
Lucas	109	96	99	103	73	78	Elizabeth	99	108	122	117	90	110
Alan	108	103	117	138	116	121	Lena	99	83	81	56	30	24
Donnacha	106	100	72	66	76	57	Mary	99	106	123	120	121	124
Jakub	106	139	136	160	138	68	Emilia	98	77	76	69	49	29
Christopher	105	117	116	143	149	130	Aimee	94	92	129	152	108	108
Filip	104	96	113	95	82	47	Lilly	94	91	91	60	65	52
Killian	104	113	127	108	132	130	Hollie	92	63	68	71	42	36
Josh	103	99	116	133	114	126	Aoibhe	88	81	89	118	127	118
Alfie	102	92	74	68	48	25	Victoria	83	73	72	69	62	83
Tommy	101	89	43	37	38	41	Eimear	81	89	91	102	125	137
Ruairi	99	86	91	93	93	74	Maya	81	92	81	80	64	61
Odhran	98	89	100	98	88	69	Isabel	80	101	117	117	124	101
Oran	97	96	99	87	93	81	Orla	80	92	81	112	98	118
Leo	96	97	78	68	81	78	Evie	79	52	64	59	41	44
Isaac	95	77	66	62	59	72	Kayleigh	78	71	77	82	110	126
Dara	94	111	109	106	99	93	Brooke	76	90	97	84	94	87
Jason	94	114	100	109	123	117	Clara	76	79	72	86	81	71
Zach	93	82	69	63	62	67	Meabh	75	75	62	59	75	53
Martin	91	89	95	107	99	109	Lexi	73	72	65	46	20	12
Peter	91	90	96	128	127	121	Tara	71	92	121	145	144	151
Brian	90	88	98	113	172	156	Daisy	70	68	97	70	39	36
Danny	88	65	63	46	50	47	Katelyn	70	91	110	128	126	142
Niall	86	91	84	113	98	99	Ailbhe	68	48	62	58	48	54
Tomas	86	81	92	99	88	73	Amelie	68	53	45	41	36	26
Edward	84	85	73	75	85	85	Natalia	68	59	82	81	89	41
Stephen	84	99	91	105	154	131	Sara	68	91	78	79	88	76
Logan	80	66	52	40	42	25	Hanna	66	57	49	55	31	22
Kacper	79	73	69	79	84	66	Laoise	66	61	46	38	56	44
Anthony	77	94	92	100	101	113	Ruth	66	82	67	77	59	60
Billy	76	77	61	67	78	54	Madison	64	80	67	71	59	40
							Maeve	64	51	59	80	71	82
							Maisie	64	66	53	35	14	9
							Rose	64	56	56	42	44	36

Total in top 100	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427	24,799	23,591		21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402	22,514	21,389
Total with first name recorded	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917	36,010		35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807	34,610
Top 100 as % of total	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6	63.7	65.5		60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3	61.2	61.8
Total names registered	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946	3,900	3,604		4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849	4,796	4,554
Total births registered	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917	36,010		35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807	34,610

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Boys' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	Girls' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Aaron	22	16	13	16	12	12	Abbie	38	43	44	44	33	29
Adam	6	7	7	7	7	6	Abigail	50	53	49	46	36	45
Aidan	50	40	48	46	60	55	Ailbhe	93	133	107	110	129	109
Alan	72	75	68	64	73	65	Aimee	75	74	74	55	49	66
Alex	18	10	8	8	10	20	Aine	54	58	58	47	50	37
Alexander	54	49	51	50	45	56	Aisling	42	41	41	45	41	36
Alfie	79	85	99	112	146	195	Alannah	67	62	62	66	58	54
Andrew	60	60	58	58	41	43	Alice	69	66	66	70	76	85
Anthony	99	83	86	80	80	71	Amber	64	68	68	70	74	75
Ben	34	28	28	26	24	27	Amelia	12	32	34	39	45	48
Benjamin	68	74	65	68	63	56	Amelie	93	120	135	151	168	196
Billy	100	101	121	112	98	120	Amy	25	25	14	11	16	11
Bobby	63	63	62	85	109	108	Anna	22	18	13	16	20	20
Brian	91	92	82	69	49	51	Aoibhe	78	87	87	79	62	55
Callum	39	35	32	29	37	34	Aoibheann	59	69	69	76	79	71
Cathal	56	44	42	47	36	38	Aoibhinn	56	60	60	67	64	94
Charlie	12	20	19	27	29	36	Aoife	11	13	10	9	8	7
Christopher	75	69	69	61	61	61	Ava	8	8	6	2	1	6
Cian	15	13	14	12	11	9	Brooke	86	82	82	72	85	75
Ciaran	62	57	53	54	40	41	Caitlin	64	65	65	75	53	46
Cillian	23	22	21	21	23	22	Caoimhe	16	14	24	21	16	17
Conor	5	5	5	4	3	3	Cara	48	50	52	58	61	68
Cormac	68	59	58	58	54	53	Charlotte	63	62	62	69	72	68
Daniel	3	4	3	3	4	4	Chloe	15	9	9	10	9	15
Danny	92	114	114	146	141	134	Ciara	32	26	17	19	14	12
Dara	86	73	72	76	81	80	Clara	86	90	90	95	82	83
Darragh	20	19	16	14	15	13	Clodagh	54	44	39	34	44	39
David	27	24	25	25	21	16	Daisy	91	100	100	72	97	159
Donnacha	73	76	102	116	100	118	Eabha	62	64	64	56	56	53
Dylan	9	10	10	11	8	11	Eimear	80	84	84	77	73	58
Edward	95	95	100	104	93	82	Elizabeth	71	67	67	60	64	78
Eoghan	53	55	55	39	48	52	Ella	7	11	11	18	12	3
Eoin	36	32	29	20	26	24	Ellen	47	47	47	48	39	35
Ethan	30	31	34	45	53	46	Ellie	28	24	28	36	35	31
Evan	29	27	27	24	25	23	Emilia	74	91	91	92	98	128
Filip	76	80	71	87	95	134	Emily	1	1	2	7	5	8
Finn	38	36	46	48	49	54	Emma	3	3	3	3	4	2
Fionn	27	30	35	34	35	32	Erin	39	47	36	37	39	40
Harry	7	8	20	28	31	31	Eva	45	52	44	38	38	41
Isaac	85	101	111	121	126	101	Eve	50	45	60	62	62	73
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Evie	84	124	102	111	148	135
Jacob	64	64	75	111	110	94	Faye	43	49	56	60	77	87
Jake	31	34	30	35	30	28	Freya	49	60	63	67	110	97
Jakub	73	61	60	57	64	105	Grace	4	4	7	5	7	9
James	2	2	4	5	5	5	Hanna	97	111	127	123	185	222
Jamie	16	14	11	13	14	17	Hannah	13	17	22	23	15	13
Jason	86	71	75	72	72	68	Hollie	77	104	99	95	143	164
Jayden	43	50	45	49	54	85	Holly	19	23	11	21	26	32
John	25	26	24	21	22	21	Isabel	82	71	71	64	64	59
Joseph	44	41	38	36	32	33	Isabella	50	51	51	70	64	72
Josh	78	77	69	65	75	63	Isabelle	26	27	26	32	41	43
Joshua	41	33	36	30	27	29	Jessica	29	31	30	27	22	21
Kacper	98	104	102	95	93	108	Julia	34	35	35	31	34	49
Kevin	70	58	67	51	59	44	Kate	18	15	19	13	10	10
Killian	76	72	62	73	65	61	Katelyn	91	78	78	68	57	56
Kyle	32	36	37	40	38	38	Katie	14	10	8	6	2	4
Leo	84	79	94	112	96	91	Kayla	33	21	41	43	48	53
Leon	54	52	57	52	44	75	Kayleigh	85	97	97	89	86	65
Liam	13	17	15	15	17	26	Laoise	97	106	133	159	115	135
Logan	97	112	141	156	157	195	Laura	36	36	38	30	30	32
Lucas	71	80	78	79	105	91	Lauren	23	22	21	12	19	22
Luke	11	12	9	9	9	8	Layla	45	54	50	74	106	127
Mark	48	50	44	33	33	30	Leah	24	15	16	15	13	16
Martin	89	88	85	74	81	73	Lena	71	85	85	83	119	189
Mason	57	70	128	240	252	242	Lexi	89	96	96	102	137	257
Matthew	24	24	23	23	20	15	Lilly	75	78	78	77	109	102
Max	34	46	48	56	56	69	Lily	5	5	14	20	29	28
Michael	10	9	12	10	13	10	Lucy	9	7	4	8	11	14
Nathan	26	29	30	32	34	37	Madison	100	89	89	100	96	110
Niall	93	86	91	69	83	76	Maeve	100	127	115	87	94	78
Noah	19	23	26	41	46	49	Maisie	100	102	124	175	341	431
Odhran	82	88	75	82	89	104	Maja	60	57	54	54	73	110
Oisin	14	15	17	17	16	18	Maria	70	54	53	54	49	58
Oliver	59	54	52	62	83	76	Mary	71	69	69	59	61	60
Oran	83	80	78	91	86	86	Maya	80	74	74	83	89	103
Oscar	61	62	61	66	65	81	Meabh	88	92	92	107	111	88
Patrick	21	21	18	19	18	19	Megan	53	38	37	33	32	30
Peter	89	87	84	67	70	65	Mia	6	12	20	14	23	24
Rhys	66	68	65	74	67	76	Millie	57	72	86	91	88	84
Rian	33	42	54	60	62	58	Molly	27	33	31	26	25	23
Robert	48	53	43	44	49	40	Natalia	93	107	81	86	78	150
Ronan	52	48	50	38	43	41	Niamh	37	30	25	87	18	18
Rory	42	56	56	52	49	48	Nicole	58	42	40	41	37	38
Ruairi	81	94	88	88	86	97	Olivia	30	28	27	39	41	42
Ryan	7	6	6	6	6	7	Orla	82	74	74	83	67	72
Sam	46	45	41	43	57	59	Rachel	40	39	29	29	27	19
Samuel	40	39	38	37	39	35	Rebecca	44	40	48	35	31	25
Scott	67	83	72	71	71	67	Robyn	41	46	43	52	52	56
Sean	4	3	2	2	2	2	Roisin	31	34	32	27	28	27
Senan	65	67	74	85	85	101	Rose	100	113	118	149	139	164
Shane	47	43	33	30	28	25	Ruby	20	20	23	17	21	34
Stephen	95	77	88	77	58	60	Ruth	97	86	86	100	91	110
Tadhg	37	38	40	42	41	47	Sadhbh	61	56	64	69	67	70
Thomas	17	18	22	18	19	14	Saoirse	17	19	18	25	24	26
Tom	58	66	62	63	76	74	Sara	93	78	78	88	90	80
Tomas	93	97	86	81	89	99	Sarah	10	6	5	4	3	1
Tommy	80	88	160	166	169	150	Sofia	64	58	58	80	130	119
Tyler	45	65	78	130	146	123	Sophia	21	29	33	50	56	51
William	51	47	47	55	46	44	Sophie	2	2	1	1	6	5
Zach	88	96	105	119	121	107	Tara	90	74	74	62	51	51
							Victoria	79	94	94	95	98	106
							Zara	68	82	82	89	77	62
							Zoe	34	37	46	42	47	54

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Table 4 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2012, in alphabetical order - numbers registered between 2007 and 2012

Boys' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	Girls' name	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Aaron	372	423	439	444	485	485	Abbie	178	174	176	176	225	231
Adam	558	637	581	618	645	659	Abigail	138	139	158	165	200	162
Aidan	172	229	187	197	151	149	Ailbhe	68	48	62	58	48	54
Alan	108	103	117	138	116	121	Aimee	94	92	129	152	108	108
Alex	392	492	551	503	501	401	Aine	128	130	124	159	157	203
Alexander	161	183	177	179	185	145	Aisling	165	183	186	170	190	209
Alfie	102	92	74	68	48	25	Alannah	104	122	113	123	130	117
Andrew	151	140	139	159	192	189	Alice	101	115	99	95	76	81
Anthony	77	94	92	100	101	113	Amber	105	107	99	100	94	96
Ben	232	294	305	324	349	336	Amelia	409	235	216	197	173	141
Benjamin	116	108	126	115	139	145	Amelie	68	53	45	41	36	26
Billy	76	77	61	67	78	54	Amy	253	289	371	385	355	415
Bobby	141	133	127	96	72	66	Anna	296	348	378	357	342	316
Brian	90	88	98	113	172	156	Aoibhe	88	81	89	118	127	118
Callum	215	245	293	301	224	239	Aoibheann	115	106	92	88	102	67
Cathal	160	208	202	195	233	210	Aoibhinn	125	128	111	117	72	72
Charlie	432	396	376	312	292	221	Aoife	426	399	425	459	518	527
Christopher	105	117	116	143	149	130	Ava	440	446	501	635	695	555
Cian	406	461	424	469	493	527	Brooke	76	90	97	84	94	87
Ciaran	143	155	166	170	217	200	Caitlin	105	116	93	134	168	164
Cillian	341	360	351	346	350	377	Caoimhe	334	398	323	326	355	361
Conor	639	709	726	776	857	821	Cara	148	155	144	123	115	96
Cormac	116	141	139	159	167	153	Charlotte	106	122	108	104	106	72
Daniel	683	711	792	842	828	725	Chloe	345	437	441	411	453	388
Danny	88	65	63	46	50	47	Ciara	227	284	364	337	400	410
Dara	94	111	109	106	99	93	Clara	76	79	72	86	81	71
Darragh	389	401	409	465	458	472	Clodagh	128	168	195	224	178	199
David	292	331	332	326	403	418	Daisy	70	68	97	70	39	36
Donnacha	106	100	72	66	76	57	Eabha	109	121	128	131	140	114
Dylan	471	492	491	480	519	516	Eimear	81	89	91	102	125	137
Edward	84	85	73	75	85	85	Elizabeth	99	108	122	117	90	110
Eoghan	166	164	160	223	179	154	Ella	445	434	380	346	407	601
Eoin	228	251	299	368	311	354	Ellen	155	159	168	155	193	214
Ethan	268	253	272	200	170	176	Ellie	250	293	265	211	208	227
Evan	278	298	314	333	317	360	Emilia	98	77	76	69	49	29
Filip	104	96	113	95	82	47	Emily	626	596	605	500	599	475
Finn	218	242	191	187	172	150	Emma	497	562	571	627	637	632
Fionn	292	255	265	249	239	246	Erin	177	159	210	204	193	189
Harry	510	499	364	305	276	251	Eva	160	152	176	201	196	178
Isaac	95	77	66	62	59	72	Eve	138	164	122	118	114	87
Jack	831	840	935	1,068	1,151	1,073	Evie	79	52	64	59	41	44
Jacob	140	131	100	69	71	75	Faye	163	156	128	122	91	69
Jake	265	247	297	248	286	320	Freya	144	128	119	112	59	62
Jakub	106	139	136	160	138	68	Grace	461	503	489	528	566	473
James	773	796	746	711	737	713	Hanna	66	57	49	55	31	22
Jamie	404	448	468	466	481	412	Hannah	368	349	333	321	390	407
Jason	94	114	100	109	123	117	Hollie	92	63	68	71	42	36
Jayden	197	177	193	182	167	83	Holly	312	297	380	326	264	224
John	297	312	343	346	377	392	Isabel	80	101	117	117	124	101
Joseph	196	214	227	247	268	242	Isabella	138	154	145	105	113	92
Josh	103	99	116	133	114	126	Isabelle	252	265	275	233	190	167
Joshua	210	249	259	260	302	311	Jessica	236	246	245	257	304	298
Kacper	79	73	69	79	84	66	Julia	196	213	213	236	213	140
Kevin	112	143	120	175	152	179	Kate	316	350	348	364	419	426
Killian	104	113	127	108	132	130	Katelyn	70	91	110	128	126	142
Kyle	252	242	232	216	223	210	Katie	353	436	451	502	667	566
Leo	96	97	78	68	81	78	Kayla	198	306	186	183	161	136
Leon	161	171	154	172	188	106	Kayleigh	78	71	77	82	110	126
Liam	427	412	412	457	437	339	Laoise	66	61	46	38	56	44
Logan	80	66	52	40	42	25	Laura	191	212	198	243	245	224
Lucas	109	96	99	103	73	78	Lauren	290	305	339	371	343	283
Luke	457	487	519	501	516	538	Layla	160	134	150	100	62	47
Mark	175	177	195	250	254	264	Leah	287	350	369	358	402	364
Martin	91	89	95	107	99	109	Lena	99	83	81	56	30	24
Mason	159	115	59	22	18	17	Lexi	73	72	65	46	20	12
Matthew	336	331	344	343	408	430	Lilly	94	91	91	60	65	52
Max	232	194	187	164	165	116	Lily	449	496	371	336	248	232
Michael	462	496	463	499	483	521	Lucy	439	463	543	463	418	404
Nathan	295	282	297	253	245	215	Madison	64	80	67	71	59	40
Niall	86	91	84	113	98	99	Maeve	64	51	59	80	71	82
Noah	390	333	315	211	181	163	Maisie	64	66	53	35	14	9
Odhran	98	89	100	98	88	69	Maja	114	131	132	133	96	53
Oisin	407	436	401	423	454	407	Maria	100	134	137	133	158	119
Oliver	155	167	172	141	98	99	Mary	99	106	123	120	121	124
Oran	97	96	99	87	93	81	Maya	81	92	81	80	64	61
Oscar	150	135	135	132	132	89	Meabh	75	75	62	59	75	53
Patrick	388	390	387	399	433	402	Megan	135	203	204	232	229	229
Peter	91	90	96	128	127	121	Mia	446	400	344	362	299	275
Rhys	124	120	126	107	131	99	Millie	120	97	80	77	75	71
Rian	243	213	161	151	144	139	Molly	251	229	243	268	268	281
Robert	175	169	198	203	172	207	Natalia	68	59	82	81	89	41
Ronan	167	187	180	225	191	200	Niamh	185	249	292	314	344	340
Rory	200	159	155	172	172	169	Nicole	116	176	192	194	198	200
Ruairi	99	86	91	93	93	74	Olivia	230	252	271	197	190	172
Ryan	510	685	669	641	670	553	Orla	80	92	81	112	98	118
Sam	183	196	210	204	155	138	Rachel	169	196	247	247	263	323
Samuel	213	230	227	238	218	225	Rebecca	162	195	162	219	239	267
Scott	118	94	109	112	126	119	Robyn	166	163	180	137	141	125
Sean	677	755	827	934	970	965	Roisin	229	223	224	257	250	233
Senan	126	121	103	96	97	72	Rose	64	56	56	42	44	36
Shane	176	209	277	260	294	343	Ruby	302	323	325	353	305	222
Stephen	84	99	91	105	154	131	Ruth	66	82	67	77	59	60
Tadhg	224	232	221	206	192	170	Sadhbh	113	132	117	111	107	95
Thomas	403	403	347	411	432	440	Saoirse	317	339	355	275	279	247
Tom	157	126	127	139	113	107	Sara	68	91	78	79	88	76
Tomas	86	81	92	99	88	73	Sarah	430	466	537	568	651	656
Tommy	101	89	43	37	38	41	Sofia	105	130	85	50	54	41
Tyler	195	127	99	57	48	52	Sophia	299	251	218	147	126	137
William	169	190	190	166	181	179	Sophie	577	582	608	640	582	556
Zach	93	82	69	63	62	67	Tara	71	92	121	145	144	151
							Victoria	83	73	72	69	62	83
							Zara	102	90	77	94	114	79
							Zoe	196	204	170	188	162	135

Total in top 100	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427	24,799	23,591		21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402	22,514	21,389
Total with first name recorded	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917	36,010		35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807	34,610
Top 100 as % of total	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6	63.7	65.5		60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3	61.2	61.8
Total names registered	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946	3,900	3,604		4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849	4,796	4,554
Total births registered	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917	36,010		35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807	34,610

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Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2012	2011	Change in rank		2012	2011	Change in rank
Danny	92	114	22	Evie	84	124	40
Tyler	45	65	20	Ailbhe	93	133	40
Scott	67	83	16	Hollie	77	104	27
Isaac	85	101	16	Amelie	93	120	27
Logan	97	112	15	Maeve	100	127	27
Rory	42	56	14	Amelia	12	32	20

Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2012	2007	Change in rank		2012	2007	Change in rank
Mason	57	242	185	Maisie	100	431	331
Alfie	79	195	116	Lexi	89	257	168
Logan	97	195	98	Hanna	97	222	125
Tyler	45	123	78	Lena	71	189	118
Tommy	80	150	70	Amelie	93	196	103

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Table 6 Babies' names with most growth in popularity between 2011 and 2012, and between 2007 and 2012 measured by number of names

Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2012	2011	Increase in number		2012	2011	Increase in number
Tyler	195	127	68	Amelia	409	235	174
Noah	390	333	57	Sophia	299	251	48
Mason	159	115	44	Mia	446	400	46
Rory	200	159	41	Emily	626	596	30
Max	232	194	38	Hollie	92	63	29

Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2012	2007	Increase in number		2012	2007	Increase in number
Harry	510	251	259	Amelia	409	141	268
Noah	390	163	227	Lily	449	232	217
Charlie	432	221	211	Mia	446	275	171
Tyler	195	52	143	Sophia	299	137	162
Mason	159	17	142	Emily	626	475	151

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Table 7 Most popular babies' names registered in each regional authority

Year	Regional Authority	Boys		Girls
		Name	%	Name	%
2012	Border	Conor	2.29	Emily/Sophie	1.90
	Midland	James	2.27	Emily	2.31
	West	Jack	2.33	Emma	1.82
	Dublin	Daniel	1.91	Emily	1.56
	Mid-East	Daniel	2.11	Sophie	2.09
	Mid-West	Jack	2.59	Sophie	1.72
	South-East	Jack	2.81	Emily	2.19
	South-West	Jack	2.83	Emily	1.84
	Ireland	Jack	2.23	Emily

2011	Border	Ryan	2.67	Emily/Sophie	1.95
	Midland	Jack	2.59	Sarah	1.89
	West	Sean	2.73	Chloe/Grace	1.61
	Dublin	Daniel	2.05	Sophie	1.42
	Mid-East	James	2.21	Emily	2.05
	Mid-West	Jack/Sean	2.49	Emma	2.45
	South-East	Jack	3.19	Sophie	1.88
	South-West	Jack	2.32	Emily	1.74
	Ireland	Jack	2.20	Emily	1.64

2010	Border	Jack	2.40	Emma	1.75
	Midland	Jack	3.30	Sophie	1.76
	West	Conor	2.63	Sarah	1.83
	Dublin	Daniel	2.28	Sophie	1.91
	Mid-East	Sean	2.65	Emily	1.88
	Mid-West	Jack	3.35	Emma	2.40
	South-East	Jack	2.75	Emma	1.75
	South-West	Jack	2.84	Lucy	1.80
	Ireland	Jack	2.44	Sophie	1.66

2009	Border	Jack	2.12	Ava	1.67
	Midland	Jack	2.73	Emma	2.24
	West	Sean	3.06	Sarah	1.99
	Dublin	Daniel	2.46	Sophie	1.99
	Mid-East	Jack	2.78	Sophie	2.15
	Mid-West	Jack	3.56	Sophie	2.08
	South-East	Jack	3.66	Sophie	1.85
	South-West	Jack	3.08	Ava	2.00
	Ireland	Jack	2.78	Sophie	1.75

2008	Border	Jack	2.91	Katie	2.15
	Midland	Jack	3.39	Grace	2.03
	West	Jack	2.57	Emma	2.03
	Dublin	Sean	2.47	Ava	1.89
	Mid-East	Jack	3.24	Emma	1.87
	Mid-West	Jack	3.01	Sarah	2.32
	South-East	Jack	3.88	Emily	2.10
	South-West	Jack	3.32	Sarah	2.26
	Ireland	Jack	2.96	Ava	1.89

2007	Border	Jack	2.65	Sarah	2.08
	Midland	Jack	2.73	Katie	2.26
	West	Jack	2.94	Emma	2.58
	Dublin	Sean	2.77	Sophie	1.84
	Mid-East	Jack	3.35	Ella	1.89
	Mid-West	Jack	4.06	Emma	2.24
	South-East	Jack	3.51	Ella	2.20
	South-West	Jack	3.15	Sarah	2.02
	Ireland	Jack	2.98	Sarah	1.90

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Table 8a Most popular boys' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2010 and 2012

	2012	2011	2010
STATE	Jack	Jack	Jack

LEINSTER	James	James	Sean

Carlow	Jack	James	Sean
Dublin City	James	James/Sean	Daniel
South Dublin	Daniel	Ryan	Alex
Fingal	Daniel	Daniel	Daniel
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	James	James	Daniel/James
Kildare	Daniel	Sean	Sean
Kilkenny	Daniel	Jack	James
Laois	Sean	Ryan	Jack
Longford	Adam/David/Michael/Rian	James	Daniel
Louth	Sean	Ryan	Ryan
Meath	Sean	Jack/James	Sean
Offaly	Jack	Jack	Jack
Westmeath	James	Conor	Jack
Wexford	Jack	Jack	Jack
Wicklow	James	Ryan	Jack

MUNSTER	Jack	Jack	Jack

Clare	Jack	Sean	Sean
Cork City	Jack	Jack	Ryan
Cork County	Jack	Jack	Jack
Kerry	Jack	Jack	Jack
Limerick City	Sean	Jack	James
Limerick County	James	Jack	Jack
North Tipperary	Conor	Jack	Alex
South Tipperary	Jack	Alex	Sean
Waterford City	James	Jack	Jack
Waterford County	James	Daniel	Jack

CONNACHT	Jack	Sean	Conor/Jack

Galway City	Jack/James	James/Sean	Conor/Michael
Galway County	Jack	Conor	Jack
Leitrim	Daniel	Daniel	Sean
Mayo	James	Sean	Conor
Roscommon	James	Sean	Conor
Sligo	Jack	Ryan	Adam

ULSTER (PART OF)	Conor	Ryan	Jack

Cavan	Conor	Ryan	James
Donegal	Conor	Ryan	Jack
Monaghan	Ryan	Jamie	Jack

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Table 8b Most popular girls' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2010 and 2012

	2012	2011	2010
STATE	Emily	Emily	Sophie

LEINSTER	Emily	Emily	Sophie

Carlow	Sophie	Emily	Holly
Dublin City	Amelia	Ava	Sophie
South Dublin	Emily/Sophie	Ella/Sophie	Sophie
Fingal	Emma	Sophie	Sophie
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	Emily	Emma	Emily
Kildare	Sophie	Emily	Lucy
Kilkenny	Emily	Caoimhe	Emma
Laois	Aoife/Emily/Sophie	Sarah	Sarah
Longford	Emily	Mia	Sarah
Louth	Emily	Emily	Emily
Meath	Emily	Grace	Emily/Sophie
Offaly	Emily	Aoife/Grace/Sarah	Sophie
Westmeath	Emily	Emily/Lucy	Lucy
Wexford	Emily	Mia	Sarah
Wicklow	Amelia	Chloe/Sophie	Sophie

MUNSTER	Emily	Emma	Emma

Clare	Aoife/Lily/Lucy/Sophie	Emma	Emma
Cork City	Sarah	Katie/Sophie	Sophie
Cork County	Emily/Saoirse	Sarah	Lucy
Kerry	Mia	Ava/Emma	Sarah
Limerick City	Grace	Ava/Sophie	Ellie
Limerick County	Grace	Emma	Emma
North Tipperary	Emily	Emma	Emma
South Tipperary	Emily	Sophie	Lucy
Waterford City	Emily	Grace	Sophie
Waterford County	Amelia	Ella	Emma

CONNACHT	Emma	Grace	Emma

Galway City	Aoife	Roisin	Ciara
Galway County	Ella	Caoimhe	Sarah
Leitrim	Sophie	Emma/Grace	Katie
Mayo	Emily	Ava/Sophie	Grace
Roscommon	Chloe	Katie	Emma
Sligo	Emily	Emma	Emma/Saoirse

ULSTER (PART OF)	Ella	Sophie	Katie/Sarah

Cavan	Emma	Chloe	Aoife
Donegal	Ella	Sarah	Chloe
Monaghan	Grace/Lauren	Emma	Katie

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Table 9 Most popular babies' names registered in 2012, classified by nationality of parents

Nationality of mother	Nationality of father	Boys' name	Girls' name
Ireland	Ireland	Jack	Emily
Ireland	United Kingdom	Harry	Emily
Ireland	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Daniel	Sophia
Ireland	Accession states (EU27 excl. EU15)	Jakub	Alicja
Ireland	Other	Sean	Zara
Ireland	Not stated	Jack	Mia
United Kingdom	Ireland	Jack	Emily
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Ireland	Matthew	Ella
Accession states (EU27 excl. EU15)	Ireland	Adam	Sophie
Other	Ireland	Andrew/Liam	chloe
Not stated	Ireland	Michael	Emily/Leah/Niamh/Sophie
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	James	Ella/Jessica
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	David/Matteo	Emma
Accession states (EU27 excl. EU15)	Accession states (EU27 excl. EU15)	Filip	Julia
Other	Other	Daniel	Sarah
Remainder		Daniel	Julia

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Source

These results are based on an analysis of the first names recorded on birth returns for registration and vital statistics, begun by the CSO in 1998. All birth notifications in 2012 included the baby’s first name when the statistical return was sent to the CSO

Information recorded

Only the first name was used for this analysis. Babies’ surnames and additional forenames were not extracted by the CSO.

Spellings and variants

Different spellings of a name have been treated as separate names. For example, while there were 341 boys named Cillian, another 104 had the alternate spelling Killian. Similarly, if you combine the number of girls named Hannah (368) and Hanna (66) then it becomes the 10th most popular name for girls in 2012. Variants of names and abbreviations have also been treated as separate names. For example, Jack, Sean and John account between them for 1,805 boys. These were counted as separate names and rank first, fourth and twenty-fifth respectively. If treated as variants of John, it would rank as the most popular boys’ name. Names containing accents have been recorded without those accents e.g. Seán was recorded as Sean.

Ranking

Names of equal rank have been placed in alphabetical order in Table 1.

Nuts2 and Nuts3 regions

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. The NUTS3 regions correspond to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994. The NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, are groupings of the NUTS3 regions. The composition of the regions is set out below.

Border, Midland and Western NUTS2 Region		Southern and Eastern NUTS2 Region

Border	Cavan	Dublin	Dublin City
	Donegal		Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
	Leitrim		Fingal
	Louth		South Dublin
	Monaghan
	Sligo	Mid-East	Kildare
			Meath
Midland	Laois		Wicklow
	Longford
	Offaly	Mid-West	Clare
	Westmeath		Limerick City
			Limerick County
West	Galway City		North Tipperary
	Galway County
	Mayo	South-East	Carlow
	Roscommon		Kilkenny
			South Tipperary
			Waterford City
			Waterford County
			Wexford

		South-West	Cork City
			Cork County
			Kerry

Nationality groups

The category EU15 excl Ireland & the UK consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

The category EU15 to EU27 consists of: Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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