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Irish Babies' Names

2013

Five most popular babies' names in 2013				Five most popular babies' names in 1963
Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count
Jack	764	Emily	625	John	3,892	Mary	3,721
James	746	Emma	499	Patrick	2,302	Margaret	1,526
Daniel	678	Sophie	497	Michael	2,010	Catherine	1,387
Conor	610	Ella	478	Paul	1,867	Ann	927
Sean	609	Amelia	429	James	1,575	Anne	824

Jack and Emily most popular names in 2013

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Jack and Emily were the most popular babies’ names registered in 2013. 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, Conor and Sean) have been the top five since 2007 with the order changing slightly from 2012, when Conor finished in 4th place ahead of Sean. Indeed four of the top five boys’ names (Jack, Sean, Conor and James) have been in the top five since 1998. This is the third consecutive year that Emily has been the most popular name chosen for girls. Emma, Sophie, Ella and Amelia were the next most frequently chosen names to make it to the top five most popular names for girls in 2013. See table 1.

There were two first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Kai and Kayden. The highest new entry at number 85 was Kai, rising from 103rd place in 2012. The name rising in popularity most was Kayden, up 44 places from 135th place in 2012. See table 1 and 5.

There were four first time entrants to the top 100 for girls: Sadie, Sienna, Fiadh and Poppy. The highest new entry at 77th place was Sadie rising from 139th place in 2012. The name rising in popularity most was Fiadh up 64 places from 146th place in 2012. See table 1 and 5.

As in previous years, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,643 girls’ names registered compared to 3,628 boys’ names. Despite the greater number of male births, a smaller range of names were used for boys than for girls.

In most areas of the country one of the top five boys’ names took the number one spot.

Only six areas favoured names outside of the top five; In Kilkenny, Michael was the most popular boy’s name registered in 2013 while Alex was the most popular in Cork City and Aaron in Waterford City. Ryan proved to be the most popular for baby boys registered in Cavan in 2013 while Charlie along with James and Ryan were the most popular in Monaghan. In Leitrim, Mark shared the most popular boys’ name with Conor. 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 Ava, Caoimhe, Kate, Grace, Hannah, Mia, Rachel and Sarah. See table 8(b).

Where both parents were stated as being Irish nationals, Jack was the top ranked name for boys. James was the most popular choice with parents of UK nationality while Noah was the most popular boy’s name chosen by parents from the EU15 (excl. Irl & UK). Jakub was the boy’s name chosen most often by parents from the EU28 excl. EU15. Parents from nations outside the EU made Daniel the highest ranked name of baby boys registered in Ireland in 2013. See table 9.

For girls where both parents were Irish nationals, Emily was the most popular name. Ava, Emily, Grace, Jessica and Willow were the top ranked names chosen by parents of UK nationality. Emma ranked first with parents of the EU15 (excl. Irl & UK) and Julia took the top spot with parents of the EU 28 excl. EU15 countries. Parents from outside the EU28, made Sarah the name that ranked highest of baby girls registered in Ireland. See table 9.

John and Mary the most popular names in 1963

An analysis was done of the baby names registered fifty years earlier in 1963. There were 3,892 boys whose registered name was John in 1963 which made it the most popular name for boys. The name John was ranked number 27 in popularity in 2013 when 287 baby boys were so named. See tables 10 and 11.

The top five boys’ names in 1963 were, in order, John, Patrick, Michael, Paul and James. Of these five names only James was in the top five names registered for boys fifty years later in 2013. See table 10.

Only two of the ten most popular boys’ names in 2013, James and Michael, were also among the ten most popular names in 1963. James was the second most popular name in 2013 for boys while it was the 5th most favoured name for boys in 1963. However, while 1,575 baby boys were named James in 1963 there was less than half of that number (746) named James in 2013. The name Michael was chosen by 432 parents in 2013 which made it the eighth most popular name while in 1963, 2,010 newborn males were given the name Michael making it the 3rd most popular boys’ name that year. The names Jack, Ryan or Noah did not appear on the entire list of male baby names in 1963. However, Daniel, Sean and Conor were in the top 100 most popular names in 1963 while Adam and Harry were outside the top 100.

For girls, Mary was the name of choice for 3,721 parents for their newborn daughters in 1963 making it the most popular name for girls born that year. It was also still among the top 100 names (ranked 81) for baby girls born in Ireland in 2013 when 79 newborn girls were named Mary. See tables 10 and 11.

The top five girls’ names in 1963 were Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Ann and Anne. None of these names featured in the top five names registered for baby girls in 2013. Apart from Mary, none of the other four names (i.e. Margaret, Catherine, Ann and Anne) featured in the top 100 names for girls in 2013. See table 10

None of the ten most popular names for girls in 2013 were in the top ten names in 1963. Only the name Sarah, which was the tenth most popular name in 2013, was in the top 100 most popular names in 1963 when it shared 40th place. Sophie or Ava did not feature in 1963 while Grace, Lucy Amelia, Emily, Emma, Aoife or Ella were not in the top 100 most popular girls’ names.

As in 2013, the data for 1963 shows that girls were given a wider variety of names than boys. However, the range of names for both boys and girls were not as varied 50 years earlier in 1963. There were 1,109 girls’ names registered in 1963 (versus 4,643 in 2013) and 678 boys’ names (as against 3,628 in 2013).

1963 is the only year before 1998 where there was an analysis of babies’ names carried out.

Show Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2013, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2008 and 2013

Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2013, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2008 and 2013

Boys' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Girls' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Emily	1	1	1	2	7	5
James	2	2	2	4	5	5	Emma	2	3	3	3	3	4
Daniel	3	3	4	3	3	4	Sophie	3	2	2	1	1	6
Conor	4	5	5	5	4	3	Ella	4	7	11	11	18	12
Sean	5	4	3	2	2	2	Amelia	5	12	32	34	39	45
Adam	6	6	7	7	7	7	Aoife	6	11	13	10	9	8
Ryan	7	7	6	6	6	6	Ava	7	8	8	6	2	1
Michael	8	10	9	12	10	13	Lucy	8	9	7	4	8	11
Harry	9	7	8	20	28	31	Grace	9	4	4	7	5	7
Noah	10	19	23	26	41	46	Sarah	10	10	6	5	4	3
Thomas	11	17	18	22	18	19	Mia	11	6	12	20	14	23
Alex	12	18	10	8	8	10	Anna	12	22	18	13	16	20
Luke	13	11	12	9	9	9	Chloe	13	15	9	9	10	9
Oisin	14	14	15	17	17	16	Hannah	14	13	17	22	23	15
Charlie	15	12	20	19	27	29	Kate	15	18	15	19	13	10
Patrick	16	21	21	18	19	18	Ruby	16	20	20	23	17	21
Cian	17	15	13	14	12	11	Lily	17	5	5	14	20	29
Liam	18	13	17	15	15	17	Katie	18	14	10	8	6	2
Darragh	18	20	19	16	14	15	Caoimhe	19	16	14	24	21	16
Dylan	20	9	10	10	11	8	Sophia	20	21	29	33	50	56
Jamie	21	16	14	11	13	14	Lauren	21	23	22	21	12	19
Matthew	22	24	24	23	23	20	Saoirse	22	17	19	18	25	24
Cillian	23	23	22	21	21	23	Ellie	23	28	24	28	36	35
Aaron	24	22	16	13	16	12	Holly	24	19	23	11	21	26
Fionn	25	27	30	35	34	35	Leah	25	24	15	16	15	13
Jake	26	31	34	30	35	30	Amy	26	25	25	14	11	16
John	27	25	26	24	21	22	Olivia	27	30	28	27	39	41
David	28	27	24	25	25	21	Jessica	28	29	31	30	27	22
Ben	29	34	28	28	26	24	Ciara	29	32	26	17	19	14
Finn	30	38	36	46	48	49	Zoe	30	34	37	46	42	47
Nathan	31	26	29	30	32	34	Isabelle	31	26	27	26	32	41
Kyle	32	32	36	37	40	38	Niamh	32	37	30	25	87	18
Samuel	33	40	39	38	37	39	Molly	33	27	33	31	26	25
Evan	34	29	27	27	24	25	Julia	34	34	35	35	31	34
Max	35	34	46	48	56	56	Robyn	35	41	46	43	52	52
Ethan	36	30	31	34	45	53	Erin	36	39	47	36	37	39
Rian	37	33	42	54	60	62	Roisin	37	31	34	32	27	28
Joseph	38	44	41	38	36	32	Freya	38	49	60	63	67	110
Alexander	39	54	49	51	50	45	Laura	39	36	36	38	30	30
Mason	40	57	70	128	240	252	Cara	40	48	50	52	58	61
Oliver	41	59	54	52	62	83	Sofia	41	64	58	58	80	130
Joshua	42	41	33	36	30	27	Eva	42	45	52	44	38	38
William	43	51	47	47	55	46	Rachel	43	40	39	29	29	27
Eoin	44	36	32	29	20	26	Isabella	44	50	51	51	70	64
Jayden	45	43	50	45	49	54	Kayla	45	33	21	41	43	48
Oscar	46	61	62	61	66	65	Abbie	46	38	43	44	44	33
Callum	47	39	35	32	29	37	Charlotte	47	63	62	62	69	72
Aidan	48	50	40	48	46	60	Millie	47	57	72	86	91	88
Tom	49	58	66	62	63	76	Faye	49	43	49	56	60	77
Robert	50	48	53	43	44	49	Clodagh	50	54	44	39	34	44
Sam	51	46	45	41	43	57	Aisling	51	42	41	41	45	41
Tadhg	51	37	38	40	42	41	Alice	52	69	66	66	70	76
Jacob	53	64	64	75	111	110	Eabha	52	62	64	64	56	56
Cathal	54	56	44	42	47	36	Abigail	54	50	53	49	46	36
Shane	55	47	43	33	30	28	Ellen	55	47	47	47	48	39
Leon	56	54	52	57	52	44	Lexi	56	89	96	96	102	137
Mark	57	48	50	44	33	33	Aoibhinn	57	56	60	60	67	64
Senan	58	65	67	74	85	85	Layla	58	45	54	50	74	106
Bobby	59	63	63	62	85	109	Eve	59	50	45	60	62	62
Ronan	60	52	48	50	38	43	Zara	59	68	82	82	89	77
Andrew	60	60	60	58	58	41	Alannah	61	67	62	62	66	58
Eoghan	62	53	55	55	39	48	Aine	62	54	58	58	47	50
Leo	63	84	79	94	112	96	Maria	63	70	54	53	54	49
Lucas	64	71	80	78	79	105	Megan	63	53	38	37	33	32
Rory	65	42	56	56	52	49	Rebecca	65	44	40	48	35	31
Alfie	66	79	85	99	112	146	Nicole	66	58	42	40	41	37
Tyler	67	45	65	78	130	146	Sadhbh	67	61	56	64	69	67
Benjamin	68	68	74	65	68	63	Clara	68	86	90	90	95	82
Cormac	68	68	59	58	58	54	Elizabeth	69	71	67	67	60	64
Scott	70	67	83	72	71	71	Maya	70	80	74	74	83	89
Christopher	71	75	69	69	61	61	Maja	71	60	57	54	54	73
Odhran	72	82	88	75	82	89	Emilia	72	74	91	91	92	98
Kevin	73	70	58	67	51	59	Caitlin	73	64	65	65	75	53
Ciaran	74	62	57	53	54	40	Rose	74	100	113	118	149	139
Dara	75	86	73	72	76	81	Isabel	75	82	71	71	64	64
Shay	76	103	106	75	97	119	Aoibheann	76	59	69	69	76	79
Alan	76	72	75	68	64	73	Sadie	77	139	137	177	193	194
Tommy	78	80	88	160	166	169	Lena	78	71	85	85	83	119
Logan	79	97	112	141	156	157	Hollie	79	77	104	99	95	143
Anthony	79	99	83	86	80	80	Sienna	80	112	135	132	204	241
Jakub	81	73	61	60	57	64	Mary	81	71	69	69	59	61
Rhys	82	66	68	65	74	67	Fiadh	82	146	189	319	488	341
Tomas	83	93	97	86	81	89	Zuzanna	83	108	73	74	70	85
Donnacha	84	73	76	102	116	100	Aimee	84	75	74	74	55	49
Kai	85	109	118	147	171	178	Tara	84	90	74	74	62	51
Stephen	86	95	77	88	77	58	Hanna	86	97	111	127	123	185
Killian	87	76	72	62	73	65	Katelyn	86	91	78	78	68	57
Niall	88	93	86	91	69	83	Lilly	86	75	78	78	77	109
Jason	89	86	71	75	72	72	Ruth	86	97	86	86	100	91
Josh	90	78	77	69	65	75	Alexandra	90	105	97	89	78	92
Kayden	91	135	137	174	186	207	Poppy	90	136	132	200	263	251
Martin	92	89	88	85	74	81	Amber	92	64	68	68	70	74
Ruairi	92	81	94	88	88	86	Mollie	92	105	127	177	172	170
Brian	92	91	92	82	69	49	Victoria	92	79	94	94	95	98
Isaac	95	85	101	111	121	126	Lara	95	114	101	102	124	148
Danny	96	92	114	114	146	141	Sara	96	93	78	78	88	90
Edward	96	95	95	100	104	93	Brooke	97	86	82	82	72	85
Oran	98	83	80	78	91	86	Aoibhe	98	78	87	87	79	62
Sebastian	98	109	92	92	133	137	Laoise	98	97	106	133	159	115
Hugh	98	112	99	126	92	100	Kayleigh	100	85	97	97	89	86

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Show Table 2 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2013, in order of popularity - numbers registered between 2008 and 2013

Table 2 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2013, in order of popularity - numbers registered between 2008 and 2013

Boys' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Girls' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Jack	764	831	840	935	1,068	1,151	Emily	625	626	596	605	500	599
James	746	773	796	746	711	737	Emma	499	497	562	571	627	637
Daniel	678	683	711	792	842	828	Sophie	497	577	582	608	640	582
Conor	610	639	709	726	776	857	Ella	478	445	434	380	346	407
Sean	609	677	755	827	934	970	Amelia	429	409	235	216	197	173
Adam	518	558	637	581	618	645	Aoife	424	426	399	425	459	518
Ryan	459	510	685	669	641	670	Ava	410	440	446	501	635	695
Michael	432	462	496	463	499	483	Lucy	397	439	463	543	463	418
Harry	430	510	499	364	305	276	Grace	395	461	503	489	528	566
Noah	418	390	333	315	211	181	Sarah	391	430	466	537	568	651
Thomas	412	403	403	347	411	432	Mia	374	446	400	344	362	299
Alex	406	392	492	551	503	501	Anna	352	296	348	378	357	342
Luke	403	457	487	519	501	516	Chloe	346	345	437	441	411	453
Oisin	392	407	436	401	423	454	Hannah	340	368	349	333	321	390
Charlie	383	432	396	376	312	292	Kate	328	316	350	348	364	419
Patrick	369	388	390	387	399	433	Ruby	317	302	323	325	353	305
Cian	368	406	461	424	469	493	Lily	309	449	496	371	336	248
Liam	365	427	412	412	457	437	Katie	301	353	436	451	502	667
Darragh	365	389	401	409	465	458	Caoimhe	292	334	398	323	326	355
Dylan	360	471	492	491	480	519	Sophia	289	299	251	218	147	126
Jamie	359	404	448	468	466	481	Lauren	279	290	305	339	371	343
Matthew	323	336	331	344	343	408	Saoirse	264	317	339	355	275	279
Cillian	322	341	360	351	346	350	Ellie	256	250	293	265	211	208
Aaron	320	372	423	439	444	485	Holly	245	312	297	380	326	264
Fionn	304	292	255	265	249	239	Leah	232	287	350	369	358	402
Jake	295	265	247	297	248	286	Amy	226	253	289	371	385	355
John	287	297	312	343	346	377	Olivia	222	230	252	271	197	190
David	262	292	331	332	326	403	Jessica	215	236	246	245	257	304
Ben	253	232	294	305	324	349	Ciara	214	227	284	364	337	400
Finn	246	218	242	191	187	172	Zoe	211	196	204	170	188	162
Nathan	236	295	282	297	253	245	Isabelle	207	252	265	275	233	190
Kyle	228	252	242	232	216	223	Niamh	204	185	249	292	314	344
Samuel	217	213	230	227	238	218	Molly	197	251	229	243	268	268
Evan	214	278	298	314	333	317	Julia	186	196	213	213	236	213
Max	213	232	194	187	164	165	Robyn	183	166	163	180	137	141
Ethan	211	268	253	272	200	170	Erin	180	177	159	210	204	193
Rian	208	243	213	161	151	144	Roisin	178	229	223	224	257	250
Joseph	207	196	214	227	247	268	Freya	172	144	128	119	112	59
Alexander	202	161	183	177	179	185	Laura	169	191	212	198	243	245
Mason	201	159	115	59	22	18	Cara	160	148	155	144	123	115
Oliver	199	155	167	172	141	98	Sofia	155	105	130	85	50	54
Joshua	198	210	249	259	260	302	Eva	154	160	152	176	201	196
William	195	169	190	190	166	181	Rachel	153	169	196	247	247	263
Eoin	194	228	251	299	368	311	Isabella	149	138	154	145	105	113
Jayden	191	197	177	193	182	167	Kayla	148	198	306	186	183	161
Oscar	184	150	135	135	132	132	Abbie	145	178	174	176	176	225
Callum	181	215	245	293	301	224	Charlotte	144	106	122	108	104	106
Aidan	179	172	229	187	197	151	Millie	144	120	97	80	77	75
Tom	178	157	126	127	139	113	Faye	136	163	156	128	122	91
Robert	175	175	169	198	203	172	Clodagh	133	128	168	195	224	178
Sam	166	183	196	210	204	155	Aisling	132	165	183	186	170	190
Tadhg	166	224	232	221	206	192	Alice	130	101	115	99	95	76
Jacob	158	140	131	100	69	71	Eabha	130	109	121	128	131	140
Cathal	156	160	208	202	195	233	Abigail	129	138	139	158	165	200
Shane	151	176	209	277	260	294	Ellen	128	155	159	168	155	193
Leon	149	161	171	154	172	188	Lexi	127	73	72	65	46	20
Mark	148	175	177	195	250	254	Aoibhinn	126	125	128	111	117	72
Senan	147	126	121	103	96	97	Layla	125	160	134	150	100	62
Bobby	146	141	133	127	96	72	Eve	122	138	164	122	118	114
Ronan	143	167	187	180	225	191	Zara	122	102	90	77	94	114
Andrew	143	151	140	139	159	192	Alannah	120	104	122	113	123	130
Eoghan	132	166	164	160	223	179	Aine	116	128	130	124	159	157
Leo	131	96	97	78	68	81	Maria	113	100	134	137	133	158
Lucas	130	109	96	99	103	73	Megan	113	135	203	204	232	229
Rory	126	200	159	155	172	172	Rebecca	110	162	195	162	219	239
Alfie	120	102	92	74	68	48	Nicole	109	116	176	192	194	198
Tyler	116	195	127	99	57	48	Sadhbh	108	113	132	117	111	107
Benjamin	115	116	108	126	115	139	Clara	103	76	79	72	86	81
Cormac	115	116	141	139	159	167	Elizabeth	99	99	108	122	117	90
Scott	114	118	94	109	112	126	Maya	97	81	92	81	80	64
Christopher	112	105	117	116	143	149	Maja	94	114	131	132	133	96
Odhran	111	98	89	100	98	88	Emilia	91	98	77	76	69	49
Kevin	108	112	143	120	175	152	Caitlin	89	105	116	93	134	168
Ciaran	107	143	155	166	170	217	Rose	87	64	56	56	42	44
Dara	106	94	111	109	106	99	Isabel	86	80	101	117	117	124
Shay	104	69	72	99	77	63	Aoibheann	85	115	106	92	88	102
Alan	104	108	103	117	138	116	Sadie	84	42	44	36	31	29
Tommy	101	101	89	43	37	38	Lena	82	99	83	81	56	30
Logan	100	80	66	52	40	42	Hollie	81	92	63	68	71	42
Anthony	100	77	94	92	100	101	Sienna	80	58	47	48	28	22
Jakub	99	106	139	136	160	138	Mary	79	99	106	123	120	121
Rhys	98	124	120	126	107	131	Fiadh	78	39	31	16	8	14
Tomas	93	86	81	92	99	88	Zuzanna	77	62	94	96	105	76
Donnacha	91	106	100	72	66	76	Aimee	76	94	92	129	152	108
Kai	90	66	63	49	34	35	Tara	76	71	92	121	145	144
Stephen	89	84	99	91	105	154	Hanna	75	66	57	49	55	31
Killian	88	104	113	127	108	132	Katelyn	75	70	91	110	128	126
Niall	87	86	91	84	113	98	Lilly	75	94	91	91	60	65
Jason	86	94	114	100	109	123	Ruth	75	66	82	67	77	59
Josh	83	103	99	116	133	114	Alexandra	74	62	71	77	92	73
Kayden	82	52	51	37	31	26	Poppy	74	43	49	30	19	21
Martin	81	91	89	95	107	99	Amber	73	105	107	99	100	94
Ruairi	81	99	86	91	93	93	Mollie	73	62	51	36	35	35
Brian	81	90	88	98	113	172	Victoria	73	83	73	72	69	62
Isaac	80	95	77	66	62	59	Lara	72	54	67	65	53	41
Danny	77	88	65	63	46	50	Sara	71	68	91	78	79	88
Edward	77	84	85	73	75	85	Brooke	70	76	90	97	84	94
Oran	73	97	96	99	87	93	Aoibhe	67	88	81	89	118	127
Sebastian	73	66	88	81	53	53	Laoise	67	66	61	46	38	56
Hugh	73	63	79	60	82	76	Kayleigh	66	78	71	77	82	110




Total in top 100	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427	24,799		18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402	22,514
Total with first name recorded	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917		33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807
Top 100 as % of total	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6	63.7		53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3	61.2
Total names registered	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946	3,900		4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849	4,796
Total births registered	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917		33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807

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Boys' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Girls' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Aaron	24	22	16	13	16	12	Abbie	46	38	43	44	44	33
Adam	6	6	7	7	7	7	Abigail	54	50	53	49	46	36
Aidan	48	50	40	48	46	60	Aimee	84	75	74	74	55	49
Alan	76	72	75	68	64	73	Aine	62	54	58	58	47	50
Alex	12	18	10	8	8	10	Aisling	51	42	41	41	45	41
Alexander	39	54	49	51	50	45	Alannah	61	67	62	62	66	58
Alfie	66	79	85	99	112	146	Alexandra	90	105	97	89	78	92
Andrew	60	60	60	58	58	41	Alice	52	69	66	66	70	76
Anthony	79	99	83	86	80	80	Amber	92	64	68	68	70	74
Ben	29	34	28	28	26	24	Amelia	5	12	32	34	39	45
Benjamin	68	68	74	65	68	63	Amy	26	25	25	14	11	16
Bobby	59	63	63	62	85	109	Anna	12	22	18	13	16	20
Brian	92	91	92	82	69	49	Aoibhe	98	78	87	87	79	62
Callum	47	39	35	32	29	37	Aoibheann	76	59	69	69	76	79
Cathal	54	56	44	42	47	36	Aoibhinn	57	56	60	60	67	64
Charlie	15	12	20	19	27	29	Aoife	6	11	13	10	9	8
Christopher	71	75	69	69	61	61	Ava	7	8	8	6	2	1
Cian	17	15	13	14	12	11	Brooke	97	86	82	82	72	85
Ciaran	74	62	57	53	54	40	Caitlin	73	64	65	65	75	53
Cillian	23	23	22	21	21	23	Caoimhe	19	16	14	24	21	16
Conor	4	5	5	5	4	3	Cara	40	48	50	52	58	61
Cormac	68	68	59	58	58	54	Charlotte	47	63	62	62	69	72
Daniel	3	3	4	3	3	4	Chloe	13	15	9	9	10	9
Danny	96	92	114	114	146	141	Ciara	29	32	26	17	19	14
Dara	75	86	73	72	76	81	Clara	68	86	90	90	95	82
Darragh	18	20	19	16	14	15	Clodagh	50	54	44	39	34	44
David	28	27	24	25	25	21	Eabha	52	62	64	64	56	56
Donnacha	84	73	76	102	116	100	Elizabeth	69	71	67	67	60	64
Dylan	20	9	10	10	11	8	Ella	4	7	11	11	18	12
Edward	96	95	95	100	104	93	Ellen	55	47	47	47	48	39
Eoghan	62	53	55	55	39	48	Ellie	23	28	24	28	36	35
Eoin	44	36	32	29	20	26	Emilia	72	74	91	91	92	98
Ethan	36	30	31	34	45	53	Emily	1	1	1	2	7	5
Evan	34	29	27	27	24	25	Emma	2	3	3	3	3	4
Finn	30	38	36	46	48	49	Erin	36	39	47	36	37	39
Fionn	25	27	30	35	34	35	Eva	42	45	52	44	38	38
Harry	9	7	8	20	28	31	Eve	59	50	45	60	62	62
Hugh	98	112	99	126	92	100	Faye	49	43	49	56	60	77
Isaac	95	85	101	111	121	126	Fiadh	82	146	189	319	488	341
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Freya	38	49	60	63	67	110
Jacob	53	64	64	75	111	110	Grace	9	4	4	7	5	7
Jake	26	31	34	30	35	30	Hanna	86	97	111	127	123	185
Jakub	81	73	61	60	57	64	Hannah	14	13	17	22	23	15
James	2	2	2	4	5	5	Hollie	79	77	104	99	95	143
Jamie	21	16	14	11	13	14	Holly	24	19	23	11	21	26
Jason	89	86	71	75	72	72	Isabel	75	82	71	71	64	64
Jayden	45	43	50	45	49	54	Isabella	44	50	51	51	70	64
John	27	25	26	24	21	22	Isabelle	31	26	27	26	32	41
Joseph	38	44	41	38	36	32	Jessica	28	29	31	30	27	22
Josh	90	78	77	69	65	75	Julia	34	34	35	35	31	34
Joshua	42	41	33	36	30	27	Kate	15	18	15	19	13	10
Kai	85	109	118	147	171	178	Katelyn	86	91	78	78	68	57
Kayden	91	135	137	174	186	207	Katie	18	14	10	8	6	2
Kevin	73	70	58	67	51	59	Kayla	45	33	21	41	43	48
Killian	87	76	72	62	73	65	Kayleigh	100	85	97	97	89	86
Kyle	32	32	36	37	40	38	Laoise	98	97	106	133	159	115
Leo	63	84	79	94	112	96	Lara	95	114	101	102	124	148
Leon	56	54	52	57	52	44	Laura	39	36	36	38	30	30
Liam	18	13	17	15	15	17	Lauren	21	23	22	21	12	19
Logan	79	97	112	141	156	157	Layla	58	45	54	50	74	106
Lucas	64	71	80	78	79	105	Leah	25	24	15	16	15	13
Luke	13	11	12	9	9	9	Lena	78	71	85	85	83	119
Mark	57	48	50	44	33	33	Lexi	56	89	96	96	102	137
Martin	92	89	88	85	74	81	Lilly	86	75	78	78	77	109
Mason	40	57	70	128	240	252	Lily	17	5	5	14	20	29
Matthew	22	24	24	23	23	20	Lucy	8	9	7	4	8	11
Max	35	34	46	48	56	56	Maja	71	60	57	54	54	73
Michael	8	10	9	12	10	13	Maria	63	70	54	53	54	49
Nathan	31	26	29	30	32	34	Mary	81	71	69	69	59	61
Niall	88	93	86	91	69	83	Maya	70	80	74	74	83	89
Noah	10	19	23	26	41	46	Megan	63	53	38	37	33	32
Odhran	72	82	88	75	82	89	Mia	11	6	12	20	14	23
Oisin	14	14	15	17	17	16	Millie	47	57	72	86	91	88
Oliver	41	59	54	52	62	83	Mollie	92	105	127	177	172	170
Oran	98	83	80	78	91	86	Molly	33	27	33	31	26	25
Oscar	46	61	62	61	66	65	Niamh	32	37	30	25	87	18
Patrick	16	21	21	18	19	18	Nicole	66	58	42	40	41	37
Rhys	82	66	68	65	74	67	Olivia	27	30	28	27	39	41
Rian	37	33	42	54	60	62	Poppy	90	136	132	200	263	251
Robert	50	48	53	43	44	49	Rachel	43	40	39	29	29	27
Ronan	60	52	48	50	38	43	Rebecca	65	44	40	48	35	31
Rory	65	42	56	56	52	49	Robyn	35	41	46	43	52	52
Ruairi	92	81	94	88	88	86	Roisin	37	31	34	32	27	28
Ryan	7	7	6	6	6	6	Rose	74	100	113	118	149	139
Sam	51	46	45	41	43	57	Ruby	16	20	20	23	17	21
Samuel	33	40	39	38	37	39	Ruth	86	97	86	86	100	91
Scott	70	67	83	72	71	71	Sadhbh	67	61	56	64	69	67
Sean	5	4	3	2	2	2	Sadie	77	139	137	177	193	194
Sebastian	98	109	92	92	133	137	Saoirse	22	17	19	18	25	24
Senan	58	65	67	74	85	85	Sara	96	93	78	78	88	90
Shane	55	47	43	33	30	28	Sarah	10	10	6	5	4	3
Shay	76	103	106	75	97	119	Sienna	80	112	135	132	204	241
Stephen	86	95	77	88	77	58	Sofia	41	64	58	58	80	130
Tadhg	51	37	38	40	42	41	Sophia	20	21	29	33	50	56
Thomas	11	17	18	22	18	19	Sophie	3	2	2	1	1	6
Tom	49	58	66	62	63	76	Tara	84	90	74	74	62	51
Tomas	83	93	97	86	81	89	Victoria	92	79	94	94	95	98
Tommy	78	80	88	160	166	169	Zara	59	68	82	82	89	77
Tyler	67	45	65	78	130	146	Zoe	30	34	37	46	42	47
William	43	51	47	47	55	46	Zuzanna	83	108	73	74	70	85

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Boys' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	Girls' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Aaron	320	372	423	439	444	485	Abbie	145	178	174	176	176	225
Adam	518	558	637	581	618	645	Abigail	129	138	139	158	165	200
Aidan	179	172	229	187	197	151	Aimee	76	94	92	129	152	108
Alan	104	108	103	117	138	116	Aine	116	128	130	124	159	157
Alex	406	392	492	551	503	501	Aisling	132	165	183	186	170	190
Alexander	202	161	183	177	179	185	Alannah	120	104	122	113	123	130
Alfie	120	102	92	74	68	48	Alexandra	74	62	71	77	92	73
Andrew	143	151	140	139	159	192	Alice	130	101	115	99	95	76
Anthony	100	77	94	92	100	101	Amber	73	105	107	99	100	94
Ben	253	232	294	305	324	349	Amelia	429	409	235	216	197	173
Benjamin	115	116	108	126	115	139	Amy	226	253	289	371	385	355
Bobby	146	141	133	127	96	72	Anna	352	296	348	378	357	342
Brian	81	90	88	98	113	172	Aoibhe	67	88	81	89	118	127
Callum	181	215	245	293	301	224	Aoibheann	85	115	106	92	88	102
Cathal	156	160	208	202	195	233	Aoibhinn	126	125	128	111	117	72
Charlie	383	432	396	376	312	292	Aoife	424	426	399	425	459	518
Christopher	112	105	117	116	143	149	Ava	410	440	446	501	635	695
Cian	368	406	461	424	469	493	Brooke	70	76	90	97	84	94
Ciaran	107	143	155	166	170	217	Caitlin	89	105	116	93	134	168
Cillian	322	341	360	351	346	350	Caoimhe	292	334	398	323	326	355
Conor	610	639	709	726	776	857	Cara	160	148	155	144	123	115
Cormac	115	116	141	139	159	167	Charlotte	144	106	122	108	104	106
Daniel	678	683	711	792	842	828	Chloe	346	345	437	441	411	453
Danny	77	88	65	63	46	50	Ciara	214	227	284	364	337	400
Dara	106	94	111	109	106	99	Clara	103	76	79	72	86	81
Darragh	365	389	401	409	465	458	Clodagh	133	128	168	195	224	178
David	262	292	331	332	326	403	Eabha	130	109	121	128	131	140
Donnacha	91	106	100	72	66	76	Elizabeth	99	99	108	122	117	90
Dylan	360	471	492	491	480	519	Ella	478	445	434	380	346	407
Edward	77	84	85	73	75	85	Ellen	128	155	159	168	155	193
Eoghan	132	166	164	160	223	179	Ellie	256	250	293	265	211	208
Eoin	194	228	251	299	368	311	Emilia	91	98	77	76	69	49
Ethan	211	268	253	272	200	170	Emily	625	626	596	605	500	599
Evan	214	278	298	314	333	317	Emma	499	497	562	571	627	637
Finn	246	218	242	191	187	172	Erin	180	177	159	210	204	193
Fionn	304	292	255	265	249	239	Eva	154	160	152	176	201	196
Harry	430	510	499	364	305	276	Eve	122	138	164	122	118	114
Hugh	73	63	79	60	82	76	Faye	136	163	156	128	122	91
Isaac	80	95	77	66	62	59	Fiadh	78	39	31	16	8	14
Jack	764	831	840	935	1,068	1,151	Freya	172	144	128	119	112	59
Jacob	158	140	131	100	69	71	Grace	395	461	503	489	528	566
Jake	295	265	247	297	248	286	Hanna	75	66	57	49	55	31
Jakub	99	106	139	136	160	138	Hannah	340	368	349	333	321	390
James	746	773	796	746	711	737	Hollie	81	92	63	68	71	42
Jamie	359	404	448	468	466	481	Holly	245	312	297	380	326	264
Jason	86	94	114	100	109	123	Isabel	86	80	101	117	117	124
Jayden	191	197	177	193	182	167	Isabella	149	138	154	145	105	113
John	287	297	312	343	346	377	Isabelle	207	252	265	275	233	190
Joseph	207	196	214	227	247	268	Jessica	215	236	246	245	257	304
Josh	83	103	99	116	133	114	Julia	186	196	213	213	236	213
Joshua	198	210	249	259	260	302	Kate	328	316	350	348	364	419
Kai	90	66	63	49	34	35	Katelyn	75	70	91	110	128	126
Kayden	82	52	51	37	31	26	Katie	301	353	436	451	502	667
Kevin	108	112	143	120	175	152	Kayla	148	198	306	186	183	161
Killian	88	104	113	127	108	132	Kayleigh	66	78	71	77	82	110
Kyle	228	252	242	232	216	223	Laoise	67	66	61	46	38	56
Leo	131	96	97	78	68	81	Lara	72	54	67	65	53	41
Leon	149	161	171	154	172	188	Laura	169	191	212	198	243	245
Liam	365	427	412	412	457	437	Lauren	279	290	305	339	371	343
Logan	100	80	66	52	40	42	Layla	125	160	134	150	100	62
Lucas	130	109	96	99	103	73	Leah	232	287	350	369	358	402
Luke	403	457	487	519	501	516	Lena	82	99	83	81	56	30
Mark	148	175	177	195	250	254	Lexi	127	73	72	65	46	20
Martin	81	91	89	95	107	99	Lilly	75	94	91	91	60	65
Mason	201	159	115	59	22	18	Lily	309	449	496	371	336	248
Matthew	323	336	331	344	343	408	Lucy	397	439	463	543	463	418
Max	213	232	194	187	164	165	Maja	94	114	131	132	133	96
Michael	432	462	496	463	499	483	Maria	113	100	134	137	133	158
Nathan	236	295	282	297	253	245	Mary	79	99	106	123	120	121
Niall	87	86	91	84	113	98	Maya	97	81	92	81	80	64
Noah	418	390	333	315	211	181	Megan	113	135	203	204	232	229
Odhran	111	98	89	100	98	88	Mia	374	446	400	344	362	299
Oisin	392	407	436	401	423	454	Millie	144	120	97	80	77	75
Oliver	199	155	167	172	141	98	Mollie	73	62	51	36	35	35
Oran	73	97	96	99	87	93	Molly	197	251	229	243	268	268
Oscar	184	150	135	135	132	132	Niamh	204	185	249	292	314	344
Patrick	369	388	390	387	399	433	Nicole	109	116	176	192	194	198
Rhys	98	124	120	126	107	131	Olivia	222	230	252	271	197	190
Rian	208	243	213	161	151	144	Poppy	74	43	49	30	19	21
Robert	175	175	169	198	203	172	Rachel	153	169	196	247	247	263
Ronan	143	167	187	180	225	191	Rebecca	110	162	195	162	219	239
Rory	126	200	159	155	172	172	Robyn	183	166	163	180	137	141
Ruairi	81	99	86	91	93	93	Roisin	178	229	223	224	257	250
Ryan	459	510	685	669	641	670	Rose	87	64	56	56	42	44
Sam	166	183	196	210	204	155	Ruby	317	302	323	325	353	305
Samuel	217	213	230	227	238	218	Ruth	75	66	82	67	77	59
Scott	114	118	94	109	112	126	Sadhbh	108	113	132	117	111	107
Sean	609	677	755	827	934	970	Sadie	84	42	44	36	31	29
Sebastian	73	66	88	81	53	53	Saoirse	264	317	339	355	275	279
Senan	147	126	121	103	96	97	Sara	71	68	91	78	79	88
Shane	151	176	209	277	260	294	Sarah	391	430	466	537	568	651
Shay	104	69	72	99	77	63	Sienna	80	58	47	48	28	22
Stephen	89	84	99	91	105	154	Sofia	155	105	130	85	50	54
Tadhg	166	224	232	221	206	192	Sophia	289	299	251	218	147	126
Thomas	412	403	403	347	411	432	Sophie	497	577	582	608	640	582
Tom	178	157	126	127	139	113	Tara	76	71	92	121	145	144
Tomas	93	86	81	92	99	88	Victoria	73	83	73	72	69	62
Tommy	101	101	89	43	37	38	Zara	122	102	90	77	94	114
Tyler	116	195	127	99	57	48	Zoe	211	196	204	170	188	162
William	195	169	190	190	166	181	Zuzanna	77	62	94	96	105	76




Total in top 100	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427	24,799		18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402	22,514
Total with first name recorded	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917		33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807
Top 100 as % of total	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6	63.7		53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3	61.2
Total names registered	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946	3,900		4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849	4,796
Total births registered	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403	38,917		33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525	36,807

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Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2013	2012	Change in rank		2013	2012	Change in rank
Kayden	91	135	44	Fiadh	82	146	64
Shay	76	103	27	Sadie	77	139	62
Kai	85	109	24	Poppy	90	136	46
Leo	63	84	21	Lexi	56	89	33
Anthony	79	99	20	Sienna	80	112	32


Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2013	2008	Change in rank		2013	2008	Change in rank
Mason	40	252	212	Fiadh	82	341	259
Kayden	91	207	116	Sienna	80	241	161
Kai	85	178	93	Poppy	90	251	161
Tommy	78	169	91	Sadie	77	194	117
Alfie	66	146	80	Hanna	86	185	99

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Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2013	2012	Increase in number		2013	2012	Increase in number
Oliver	199	155	44	Anna	352	296	56
Mason	201	159	42	Lexi	127	73	54
Alexander	202	161	41	Sofia	155	105	50
Leo	131	96	35	Sadie	84	42	42
Shay	104	69	35	Fiadh	78	39	39

Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2013	2008	Increase in number		2013	2008	Increase in number
Noah	418	181	237	Amelia	429	173	256
Mason	201	18	183	Sophia	289	126	163
Harry	430	276	154	Freya	172	59	113
Oliver	199	98	101	Lexi	127	20	107
Charlie	383	292	91	Sofia	155	54	101

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Table 7 Most popular babies' names registered in each regional authority in 2013

Year	Regional Authority	Boys		Girls
		Name	%	Name	%
2013	Border	Jack	2.25	Sophie	2.03
	Midland	Jack	2.57	Emily	2.03
	West	James	2.83	Emma	2.15
	Dublin	Daniel	1.99	Emily	1.76
	Mid-East	Jack	2.27	Emily	2.10
	Mid-West	Jack	2.63	Emily	1.87
	South-East	Jack	2.64	Emma	1.88
	South-West	Jack	2.71	Emily	1.85
	Ireland	Jack	2.17	Emily	1.86

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	1.79

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

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	2013	2012	2011
STATE	Jack	Jack	Jack

LEINSTER	Daniel	James	James

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

MUNSTER	Jack	Jack	Jack

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

CONNACHT	James	Jack	Sean

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

ULSTER (PART OF)	Jack	Conor	Ryan

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

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	2013	2012	2011
STATE	Emily	Emily	Emily

LEINSTER	Emily	Emily	Emily

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

MUNSTER	Emily	Emily	Emma

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

CONNACHT	Emily	Emma	Grace

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

ULSTER (PART OF)	Sophie	Ella	Sophie

Cavan	Grace	Emma	Chloe
Donegal	Sophie	Ella	Sarah
Monaghan	Sophie	Grace/Lauren	Emma

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Nationality of mother	Nationality of father	Boys' name	Girls' name
Ireland	Ireland	Jack	Emily
Ireland	United Kingdom	James	Sophie
Ireland	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	James	Amelie/Sofia
Ireland	EU15 to EU28	Daniel/Noah	Sofia
Ireland	Other	Ethan/Jayden/Noah	Hannah
Ireland	Not stated	Jayden	Ruby
United Kingdom	Ireland	Thomas	Katie
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Ireland	Noah	Emma
EU15 to EU28	Ireland	Daniel	Emily
Other	Ireland	Daniel	Emily
Not stated*	Ireland	–	–
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	James	Ava/Emily/Grace/Jessica/Willow
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Noah	Emma
EU15 to EU28	EU15 to EU28	Jakub	Julia
Other	Other	Daniel	Sarah
Remainder		Daniel	Emma

*No name with more than one occurrence

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Boys' name	1963	Girls' name	1963
John	1	Mary	1
Patrick	2	Margaret	2
Michael	3	Catherine	3
Paul	4	Ann	4
James	5	Anne	5
Thomas	6	Elizabeth	6
Martin	7	Pauline	7
William	8	Bridget	8
David	9	Geraldine	9
Gerard	10	Patricia	10
Joseph	11	Bernadette	11
Anthony	12	Paula	12
Peter	13	Helen	13
Edward	14	Martina	14
Francis	15	Caroline	15
Daniel	16	Jacqueline	16
Kevin	17	Deirdre	17
Brendan	18	Eileen	18
Noel	19	Susan	19
Brian	20	Teresa	20
Denis	21	Kathleen	21
Declan	22	Brigid	22
Stephen	23	Sandra	23
Christopher	24	Josephine	24
Richard	25	Marie	25
Timothy	26	Ellen	26
Robert	27	Nora	27
Mark	28	Carmel	28
Kieran	29	Angela	29
Philip	30	Joan	30
Bernard	31	Maria	31
Derek	32	Linda	32
Raymond	33	Fiona	33
Jeremiah	34	Christina	34
Andrew	35	Sheila	35
Alan	36	Carol	36
Dermot	37	Julia	37
Sean	38	Rose	38
Cornelius	39	Siobhan	39
Laurence	40	Frances	40
Desmond	41	Sarah	40
Charles	42	Yvonne	40
Maurice	42	Anna	43
Vincent	44	Valerie	44
Aidan	45	Barbara	45
Kenneth	46	Lorraine	46
Eugene	47	Colette	47
Donal	48	Veronica	48
Colm	49	Karen	49
George	49	Rita	50
Niall	51	Johanna	51
Terence	52	Miriam	52
Eamonn	53	Clare	53
Matthew	54	Denise	54
Liam	55	Helena	55
Ciaran	56	Sharon	55
Nicholas	57	Jane	57
Hugh	58	Monica	58
Seamus	59	Alice	59
Gerald	60	Annette	59
Conor	61	Grainne	61
Henry	61	Theresa	61
Ian	63	Adrienne	63
Gregory	64	Christine	64
Owen	65	Claire	65
Eamon	66	Therese	65
Gabriel	66	Evelyn	67
Edmond	68	Noreen	68
Fergus	68	Orla	68
Oliver	68	Una	68
Damian	71	Jean	71
Ronan	72	Jennifer	71
Adrian	73	Louise	71
Finbarr	74	Brenda	74
Eoin	75	Nuala	75
Shane	76	Rosemary	76
Cormac	77	Elaine	77
Enda	78	Audrey	78
Padraig	78	Dolores	78
Donald	80	Imelda	80
Rory	80	Katherine	80
Damien	82	Winifred	82
Leo	83	Michele	83
Simon	84	Aileen	84
Barry	85	Jacinta	84
Colin	85	Ruth	84
Arthur	87	Olive	87
Ronald	88	Janet	88
Karl	89	Marian	88
Fergal	90	Eleanor	90
Pascal	90	Antoinette	91
Aiden	92	Hannah	91
Samuel	92	Deborah	93
Eric	94	Gabrielle	94
Keith	94	Noeleen	94
Garrett	96	Rosaleen	94
Cathal	97	Agnes	97
Dominic	97	Maureen	98
Fintan	97	Dympna	99
Bartholomew	100	Emer	100

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Boys' name	1963	Girls' name	1963
John	3,892	Mary	3,721
Patrick	2,302	Margaret	1,526
Michael	2,010	Catherine	1,387
Paul	1,867	Ann	927
James	1,575	Anne	824
Thomas	1,361	Elizabeth	791
Martin	1,034	Pauline	771
William	984	Bridget	671
David	962	Geraldine	607
Gerard	863	Patricia	588
Joseph	758	Bernadette	469
Anthony	610	Paula	451
Peter	590	Helen	432
Edward	451	Martina	429
Francis	418	Caroline	428
Daniel	408	Jacqueline	423
Kevin	400	Deirdre	409
Brendan	395	Eileen	377
Noel	379	Susan	357
Brian	369	Teresa	338
Denis	327	Kathleen	329
Declan	324	Brigid	307
Stephen	297	Sandra	302
Christopher	295	Josephine	291
Richard	293	Marie	290
Timothy	292	Ellen	287
Robert	283	Nora	285
Mark	280	Carmel	273
Kieran	242	Angela	272
Philip	228	Joan	251
Bernard	212	Maria	235
Derek	211	Linda	234
Raymond	206	Fiona	218
Jeremiah	199	Christina	199
Andrew	195	Sheila	192
Alan	191	Carol	191
Dermot	188	Julia	169
Sean	178	Rose	160
Cornelius	166	Siobhan	157
Laurence	159	Frances	152
Desmond	153	Sarah	152
Charles	146	Yvonne	152
Maurice	146	Anna	151
Vincent	145	Valerie	147
Aidan	143	Barbara	143
Kenneth	129	Lorraine	139
Eugene	127	Colette	128
Donal	123	Veronica	125
Colm	120	Karen	121
George	120	Rita	119
Niall	117	Johanna	112
Terence	115	Miriam	111
Eamonn	114	Clare	109
Matthew	103	Denise	108
Liam	100	Helena	107
Ciaran	99	Sharon	107
Nicholas	97	Jane	106
Hugh	91	Monica	101
Seamus	90	Alice	100
Gerald	87	Annette	100
Conor	86	Grainne	94
Henry	86	Theresa	94
Ian	84	Adrienne	92
Gregory	64	Christine	89
Owen	63	Claire	87
Eamon	61	Therese	87
Gabriel	61	Evelyn	86
Edmond	60	Noreen	85
Fergus	60	Orla	85
Oliver	60	Una	85
Damian	59	Jean	84
Ronan	57	Jennifer	84
Adrian	54	Louise	84
Finbarr	52	Brenda	83
Eoin	50	Nuala	82
Shane	49	Rosemary	80
Cormac	47	Elaine	76
Enda	46	Audrey	75
Padraig	46	Dolores	75
Donald	44	Imelda	69
Rory	44	Katherine	69
Damien	43	Winifred	68
Leo	42	Michele	67
Simon	41	Aileen	66
Barry	40	Jacinta	66
Colin	40	Ruth	66
Arthur	39	Olive	65
Ronald	38	Janet	63
Karl	37	Marian	63
Fergal	36	Eleanor	62
Pascal	36	Antoinette	61
Aiden	34	Hannah	61
Samuel	34	Deborah	60
Eric	32	Gabrielle	59
Keith	32	Noeleen	59
Garrett	31	Rosaleen	59
Cathal	30	Agnes	58
Dominic	30	Maureen	57
Fintan	30	Dympna	56
Bartholomew	29	Emer	55


Total in top 100	30,666		26,074
Total with first name recorded	32,736		31,088
Top 100 as % of total	93.7		83.9
Total names registered	678		1,109
Total births registered	32,486		30,760

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Boys' name	1963	Girls' name	1963
Adrian	73	Adrienne	63
Aidan	45	Agnes	97
Aiden	92	Aileen	84
Alan	36	Alice	59
Andrew	35	Angela	29
Anthony	12	Ann	4
Arthur	87	Anna	43
Barry	85	Anne	5
Bartholomew	100	Annette	59
Bernard	31	Antoinette	91
Brendan	18	Audrey	78
Brian	20	Barbara	45
Cathal	97	Bernadette	11
Charles	42	Brenda	74
Christopher	24	Bridget	8
Ciaran	56	Brigid	22
Colin	85	Carmel	28
Colm	49	Carol	36
Conor	61	Caroline	15
Cormac	77	Catherine	3
Cornelius	39	Christina	34
Damian	71	Christine	64
Damien	82	Claire	65
Daniel	16	Clare	53
David	9	Colette	47
Declan	22	Deborah	93
Denis	21	Deirdre	17
Derek	32	Denise	54
Dermot	37	Dolores	78
Desmond	41	Dympna	99
Dominic	97	Eileen	18
Donal	48	Elaine	77
Donald	80	Eleanor	90
Eamon	66	Elizabeth	6
Eamonn	53	Ellen	26
Edmond	68	Emer	100
Edward	14	Evelyn	67
Enda	78	Fiona	33
Eoin	75	Frances	40
Eric	94	Gabrielle	94
Eugene	47	Geraldine	9
Fergal	90	Grainne	61
Fergus	68	Hannah	91
Finbarr	74	Helen	13
Fintan	97	Helena	55
Francis	15	Imelda	80
Gabriel	66	Jacinta	84
Garrett	96	Jacqueline	16
George	49	Jane	57
Gerald	60	Janet	88
Gerard	10	Jean	71
Gregory	64	Jennifer	71
Henry	61	Joan	30
Hugh	58	Johanna	51
Ian	63	Josephine	24
James	5	Julia	37
Jeremiah	34	Karen	49
John	1	Katherine	80
Joseph	11	Kathleen	21
Karl	89	Linda	32
Keith	94	Lorraine	46
Kenneth	46	Louise	71
Kevin	17	Margaret	2
Kieran	29	Maria	31
Laurence	40	Marian	88
Leo	83	Marie	25
Liam	55	Martina	14
Mark	28	Mary	1
Martin	7	Maureen	98
Matthew	54	Michele	83
Maurice	42	Miriam	52
Michael	3	Monica	58
Niall	51	Noeleen	94
Nicholas	57	Nora	27
Noel	19	Noreen	68
Oliver	68	Nuala	75
Owen	65	Olive	87
Padraig	78	Orla	68
Pascal	90	Patricia	10
Patrick	2	Paula	12
Paul	4	Pauline	7
Peter	13	Rita	50
Philip	30	Rosaleen	94
Raymond	33	Rose	38
Richard	25	Rosemary	76
Robert	27	Ruth	84
Ronald	88	Sandra	23
Ronan	72	Sarah	40
Rory	80	Sharon	55
Samuel	92	Sheila	35
Seamus	59	Siobhan	39
Sean	38	Susan	19
Shane	76	Teresa	20
Simon	84	Theresa	61
Stephen	23	Therese	65
Terence	52	Una	68
Thomas	6	Valerie	44
Timothy	26	Veronica	48
Vincent	44	Winifred	82
William	8	Yvonne	40

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Boys' name	1963	Girls' name	1963
Adrian	54	Adrienne	92
Aidan	143	Agnes	58
Aiden	34	Aileen	66
Alan	191	Alice	100
Andrew	195	Angela	272
Anthony	610	Ann	927
Arthur	39	Anna	151
Barry	40	Anne	824
Bartholomew	29	Annette	100
Bernard	212	Antoinette	61
Brendan	395	Audrey	75
Brian	369	Barbara	143
Cathal	30	Bernadette	469
Charles	146	Brenda	83
Christopher	295	Bridget	671
Ciaran	99	Brigid	307
Colin	40	Carmel	273
Colm	120	Carol	191
Conor	86	Caroline	428
Cormac	47	Catherine	1,387
Cornelius	166	Christina	199
Damian	59	Christine	89
Damien	43	Claire	87
Daniel	408	Clare	109
David	962	Colette	128
Declan	324	Deborah	60
Denis	327	Deirdre	409
Derek	211	Denise	108
Dermot	188	Dolores	75
Desmond	153	Dympna	56
Dominic	30	Eileen	377
Donal	123	Elaine	76
Donald	44	Eleanor	62
Eamon	61	Elizabeth	791
Eamonn	114	Ellen	287
Edmond	60	Emer	55
Edward	451	Evelyn	86
Enda	46	Fiona	218
Eoin	50	Frances	152
Eric	32	Gabrielle	59
Eugene	127	Geraldine	607
Fergal	36	Grainne	94
Fergus	60	Hannah	61
Finbarr	52	Helen	432
Fintan	30	Helena	107
Francis	418	Imelda	69
Gabriel	61	Jacinta	66
Garrett	31	Jacqueline	423
George	120	Jane	106
Gerald	87	Janet	63
Gerard	863	Jean	84
Gregory	64	Jennifer	84
Henry	86	Joan	251
Hugh	91	Johanna	112
Ian	84	Josephine	291
James	1,575	Julia	169
Jeremiah	199	Karen	121
John	3,892	Katherine	69
Joseph	758	Kathleen	329
Karl	37	Linda	234
Keith	32	Lorraine	139
Kenneth	129	Louise	84
Kevin	400	Margaret	1,526
Kieran	242	Maria	235
Laurence	159	Marian	63
Leo	42	Marie	290
Liam	100	Martina	429
Mark	280	Mary	3,721
Martin	1,034	Maureen	57
Matthew	103	Michele	67
Maurice	146	Miriam	111
Michael	2,010	Monica	101
Niall	117	Noeleen	59
Nicholas	97	Nora	285
Noel	379	Noreen	85
Oliver	60	Nuala	82
Owen	63	Olive	65
Padraig	46	Orla	85
Pascal	36	Patricia	588
Patrick	2,302	Paula	451
Paul	1,867	Pauline	771
Peter	590	Rita	119
Philip	228	Rosaleen	59
Raymond	206	Rose	160
Richard	293	Rosemary	80
Robert	283	Ruth	66
Ronald	38	Sandra	302
Ronan	57	Sarah	152
Rory	44	Sharon	107
Samuel	34	Sheila	192
Seamus	90	Siobhan	157
Sean	178	Susan	357
Shane	49	Teresa	338
Simon	41	Theresa	94
Stephen	297	Therese	87
Terence	115	Una	85
Thomas	1,361	Valerie	147
Timothy	292	Veronica	125
Vincent	145	Winifred	68
William	984	Yvonne	152




Total in top 100	30,666		26,074
Total with first name recorded	32,736		31,088
Top 100 as % of total	93.7		83.9
Total names registered	678		1,109
Total births registered	32,486		30,760

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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 2013 included the baby’s first name when the statistical return was sent to the CSO. 1963 and 1964 are the only years prior to 1998 for which an analysis of names are available.

Information recorded

Only the first name was used for this analysis. Babies’ surnames and additional forenames were not extracted by the CSO. With regard to 1963, 0.6% of forenames were not available for analysis.

Spellings and variants

Different spellings of a name have been treated as separate names. For example, while there were 322 boys named Cillian, another 88 had the alternate spelling Killian. Similarly, if you combine the number of girls named Hannah (340) and Hanna (75) then it becomes the 7th most popular name for girls in 2013. Variants of names and abbreviations have also been treated as separate names. For example, Jack, Sean and John account between them for 1,660 boys. These were counted as separate names and rank first, fifth and twenty-seventh 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 EU28 consists of: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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Irish Babies' Names

2013

Jack and Emily most popular names in 2013

John and Mary the most popular names in 1963

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