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Irish Babies' Names

2014

Five most popular babies' names in 2014				Five most popular babies' names in 1964
Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count
Jack	786	Emily	619	John	3,696	Mary	3,471
James	695	Sophie	468	Patrick	2,235	Catherine	1,412
Daniel	638	Emma	441	Michael	2,157	Margaret	1,392
Conor	581	Grace	408	Paul	1,814	Ann	866
Sean	526	Ava	404	James	1,554	Anne	834

Jack and Emily again most popular babies' names in 2014

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Jack and Emily remain the most popular babies’ names registered in 2014. 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 fourth consecutive year that Emily has been the most popular name chosen for girls. Sophie, Emma, Grace and Ava were the next most frequently chosen names to make it to the top five most popular names for girls in 2014. See table 1.

There were four first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Henry, Hugo, Ollie and Luca. The highest new entry at number 87 was Ollie, rising from 113th place in 2013. It was also the name rising most in popularity up 26 places from 2013. See tables 1 and 5.

There were two first time entrants to the top 100 for girls: Annie and Isla. The highest new entry at 75th place was Annie rising from 106th place in 2013. The name rising in popularity most was Evie up 43 places from 110th place in 2013. See tables 1 and 5.

As in previous years, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,586 girls’ names registered compared to 3,486 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 seven areas favoured names outside of the top five for boys; In Cavan, Adam was the most popular boy's name in 2014. Michael was the most popular boy’s name registered in 2014 in Longford and the name also shared the top spot with Daniel in Limerick County. Patrick and Liam along with Daniel and James were the most popular in Galway city. Oisin along with James was most favoured in Donegal, while Thomas shared the top position with Jack in South Tipperary. Noah along with Sean and Jack proved to be the most popular for baby boys registered in Carlow in 2014. 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, Anna, Aoife, Caoimhe, Ella, Katie, Lily, Lucy, Mia and Sophia. See table 8(b).

Some of the less common girls' names registered in 2014 and not included in the top 100 names were Skylar, Angel, Meadow, Miley, Destiny, Raven and Halle. Some of the less popular boys' names registered in 2014 were Troy, Avery, Deacon, Braxton, Dexter, Cooper and Ariel.

Where both parents were stated as being Irish nationals, Jack was the top ranked name for boys. Charlie, Daniel, Finn, Jack, Leo, Noah and Thomas were the most popular choice with parents of UK nationality while Liam was the most popular boy’s name chosen by parents from the EU15 (excl. Irl & UK). David and Jakub were the boy’s names chosen most often by parents from the EU28 excl. EU15. Parents from nations outside the EU made Muhammed the highest ranked name of baby boys registered in Ireland in 2014. See table 9.

For girls where both parents were Irish nationals, Emily was the most popular name. Emily was also the name most often 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.

Surname

An analysis of the top ten most popular surnames of babies' registered in 2014 is included in this publication for the first time. There were 67,462 live births registered in 2014. Of these, there were 22,090 unique surnames. These unique surnames include some double barrelled surnames e.g. O’Brien-Murphy. The top 10 most popular surnames account for over 7.4% (or 5,000) of the 67,462 births registered in 2014. The surname ‘Murphy’ accounted for over 1.1% while ‘Kelly’ accounts for just over 0.9% or 633 births. See table 10.

John and Mary the most popular names in 1964

An analysis was done of the baby names registered fifty years earlier in 1964. There were 3,696 boys whose registered name was John in 1964 which made it the most popular name for boys. The name John was ranked number 25 in popularity in 2014 when 293 baby boys were so named. See tables 11 and 12.

The top five boys’ names in 1964 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 2014. See table 11.

While 1,554 baby boys were named James in 1964 there was less than half of that number (695) named James in 2014. The names Adam, Jack, Luke, Noah, Harry or Charlie did not appear anywhere on the top 100 list of male baby names in 1964. However, Daniel, Sean and Conor were in the top 100 most popular names in 1964.

For girls, Mary was the name of choice for 3,471 parents for their newborn daughters in 1964 making it the most popular name for girls born that year. It was also still among the top 100 names (ranked 77) for baby girls born in Ireland in 2014 when 88 newborn girls were named Mary. See tables 11 and 12.

The top five girls’ names in 1964 were Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Ann and Anne. None of these names featured in the top five names registered for baby girls in 2014. 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 2014. See table 11.

None of the top 10 most popular names for girls' in 2014 appeared anywhere in the top 100 girls' names in 1964.

As in 2014, the data for 1964 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 1964. There were 1,103 girls’ names registered in 1964 (versus 4,586 in 2014) and 614 boys’ names (as against 3,486 in 2014).

Show Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2014, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2009 and 2014

Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2014, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2009 and 2014

Boys' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	Girls' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Emily	1	1	1	1	2	7
James	2	2	2	2	4	5	Sophie	2	3	2	2	1	1
Daniel	3	3	3	4	3	3	Emma	3	2	3	3	3	3
Conor	4	4	5	5	5	4	Grace	4	9	4	4	7	5
Sean	5	5	4	3	2	2	Ava	5	7	8	8	6	2
Adam	6	6	6	7	7	7	Ella	6	4	7	11	11	18
Luke	7	13	11	12	9	9	Amelia	7	5	12	32	34	39
Noah	8	10	19	23	26	41	Mia	8	11	6	12	20	14
Harry	9	9	7	8	20	28	Lucy	9	8	9	7	4	8
Charlie	10	15	12	20	19	27	Aoife	10	6	11	13	10	9
Dylan	11	20	9	10	10	11	Lily	11	17	5	5	14	20
Alex	12	12	18	10	8	8	Sarah	12	10	10	6	5	4
Oisin	13	14	14	15	17	17	Hannah	13	14	13	17	22	23
Michael	14	8	10	9	12	10	Chloe	14	13	15	9	9	10
Liam	15	18	13	17	15	15	Sophia	15	20	21	29	33	50
Ryan	16	7	7	6	6	6	Anna	16	12	22	18	13	16
Thomas	17	11	17	18	22	18	Katie	17	18	14	10	8	6
Cian	18	17	15	13	14	12	Kate	18	15	18	15	19	13
Patrick	19	16	21	21	18	19	Ellie	19	23	28	24	28	36
Cillian	20	23	23	22	21	21	Olivia	20	27	30	28	27	39
Darragh	21	18	20	19	16	14	Holly	21	24	19	23	11	21
Jamie	22	21	16	14	11	13	Ruby	22	16	20	20	23	17
David	23	28	27	24	25	25	Saoirse	23	22	17	19	18	25
Aaron	24	24	22	16	13	16	Lauren	24	21	23	22	21	12
John	25	27	25	26	24	21	Caoimhe	25	19	16	14	24	21
Fionn	26	25	27	30	35	34	Isabelle	26	31	26	27	26	32
Jake	27	26	31	34	30	35	Leah	27	25	24	15	16	15
Matthew	28	22	24	24	23	23	Ciara	28	29	32	26	17	19
Nathan	29	31	26	29	30	32	Molly	29	33	27	33	31	26
Ben	30	29	34	28	28	26	Amy	30	26	25	25	14	11
Ethan	31	36	30	31	34	45	Robyn	31	35	41	46	43	52
Evan	32	34	29	27	27	24	Jessica	32	28	29	31	30	27
Finn	32	30	38	36	46	48	Zoe	32	30	34	37	46	42
Kyle	34	32	32	36	37	40	Niamh	34	32	37	30	25	24
Rian	35	37	33	42	54	60	Cara	35	40	48	50	52	58
Callum	36	47	39	35	32	29	Freya	36	38	49	60	63	67
Alexander	37	39	54	49	51	50	Roisin	37	37	31	34	32	27
Joshua	38	42	41	33	36	30	Erin	38	36	39	47	36	37
Max	39	35	34	46	48	56	Sadie	39	77	139	137	177	193
Oliver	40	41	59	54	52	62	Julia	40	34	34	35	35	31
Joseph	41	38	44	41	38	36	Isabella	41	44	50	51	51	70
Sam	42	51	46	45	41	43	Sofia	42	41	64	58	80	130
Samuel	43	33	40	39	38	37	Eva	43	42	45	52	44	38
Mason	44	40	57	70	128	240	Clodagh	44	50	54	44	39	34
Tom	45	49	58	66	62	63	Sadhbh	44	67	61	56	64	69
Eoin	46	44	36	32	29	20	Kayla	46	45	33	21	41	43
Oscar	46	46	61	62	61	66	Millie	47	47	57	72	86	91
Tadhg	48	51	37	38	40	42	Eve	48	59	50	45	60	62
Jacob	49	53	64	64	75	111	Abbie	49	46	38	43	44	44
William	50	43	51	47	47	55	Laura	49	39	36	36	38	30
Aidan	51	48	50	40	48	46	Layla	51	58	45	54	50	74
Robert	52	50	48	53	43	44	Faye	52	49	43	49	56	60
Jayden	53	45	43	50	45	49	Amber	53	92	64	68	70	74
Bobby	54	59	63	63	62	85	Rachel	53	43	40	39	29	29
Leon	54	56	54	52	57	52	Abigail	55	54	50	53	49	46
Eoghan	56	62	53	55	55	39	Aisling	55	51	42	41	41	45
Leo	56	63	84	79	94	112	Ellen	57	55	47	47	47	48
Alfie	58	66	79	85	99	112	Emilia	57	72	74	91	92	98
Shane	58	55	47	43	33	30	Alice	59	52	69	66	70	76
Senan	60	58	65	67	74	85	Eabha	60	52	62	64	56	56
Andrew	61	60	60	60	58	58	Aoibhinn	61	57	56	60	67	64
Ciaran	61	74	62	57	53	54	Charlotte	62	47	63	62	69	72
Benjamin	63	68	68	74	65	68	Zara	63	59	68	82	89	77
Ronan	64	60	52	48	50	38	Maya	64	70	80	74	83	89
Mark	65	57	48	50	44	33	Aine	65	62	54	58	58	47
Odhran	66	72	82	88	75	82	Alannah	65	61	67	62	66	58
Rory	66	65	42	56	56	52	Evie	67	110	84	124	105	111
Scott	68	70	67	83	72	71	Nicole	67	66	58	42	40	41
Cathal	69	54	56	44	42	47	Maria	69	63	70	54	53	54
Tommy	69	78	80	88	160	166	Megan	70	63	53	38	37	33
Logan	71	79	97	112	141	156	Clara	71	68	86	90	95	82
Christopher	72	71	75	69	69	61	Elizabeth	72	69	71	67	60	64
Kai	73	85	109	118	147	170	Maja	73	71	60	57	54	54
Lucas	74	64	71	80	78	79	Rebecca	74	65	44	40	48	35
Tyler	75	67	45	65	78	130	Annie	75	106	112	111	107	107
Cormac	76	68	68	59	58	58	Lilly	76	86	75	78	77	109
Isaac	77	95	85	101	113	121	Aoibheann	77	76	59	69	76	79
Peter	77	101	89	87	84	67	Mary	77	81	71	69	59	61
Danny	79	96	92	114	114	146	Lena	79	78	71	85	83	119
Dara	80	75	86	73	72	76	Fiadh	80	82	146	189	319	488
Killian	80	87	76	72	62	73	Sienna	81	80	112	135	132	204
Kevin	82	73	70	58	67	51	Lexi	82	56	89	96	96	102
Shay	83	76	103	106	78	97	Alexandra	83	90	105	97	89	78
Jakub	84	81	73	61	60	57	Isla	84	101	129	189	205	219
Josh	84	90	78	77	69	65	Rose	85	74	100	113	118	149
Donnacha	86	84	73	76	102	116	Madison	86	101	100	89	100	96
Ollie	87	113	174	201	201	386	Isabel	87	75	82	71	64	64
Sebastian	87	98	109	92	92	133	Hanna	88	86	97	111	127	122
Anthony	89	79	99	83	86	80	Meabh	89	109	88	92	107	111
Tomas	90	83	93	97	86	81	Victoria	89	92	79	94	95	98
Henry	91	102	141	109	142	173	Caitlin	91	73	64	65	75	53
Niall	91	88	93	86	91	69	Georgia	91	104	104	109	107	150
Ruairi	93	92	81	94	88	88	Tara	93	84	90	74	62	51
Alan	94	76	72	75	68	64	Hollie	94	79	77	104	99	95
Billy	95	110	100	101	122	114	Ailbhe	95	124	93	133	107	115
Martin	95	92	89	88	85	74	Ruth	96	86	97	86	100	91
Hugo	97	107	129	117	145	129	Natalia	97	103	93	107	81	87
Rhys	97	82	66	68	65	74	Lara	98	95	114	101	102	124
Luca	99	107	116	147	147	155	Sara	99	96	93	78	88	90
Lorcan	100	115	107	108	97	92	Poppy	100	90	136	132	200	263
Oran	100	98	83	80	78	91

Table 2 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2014, in order of popularity - numbers registered between 2009 and 2014

Boys' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	Girls' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Jack	786	764	831	840	935	1,068	Emily	619	625	626	596	605	500
James	695	746	773	796	746	711	Sophie	468	497	577	582	608	640
Daniel	638	678	683	711	792	842	Emma	441	499	497	562	571	627
Conor	581	610	639	709	726	776	Grace	408	395	461	503	489	528
Sean	526	609	677	755	827	934	Ava	404	410	440	446	501	635
Adam	493	518	558	637	581	618	Ella	398	478	445	434	380	346
Luke	437	403	457	487	519	501	Amelia	388	429	409	235	216	197
Noah	434	418	390	333	315	211	Mia	370	374	446	400	344	362
Harry	398	430	510	499	364	305	Lucy	369	397	439	463	543	463
Charlie	389	383	432	396	376	312	Aoife	364	424	426	399	425	459
Dylan	384	360	471	492	491	480	Lily	350	309	449	496	371	336
Alex	383	406	392	492	551	503	Sarah	343	391	430	466	537	568
Oisin	381	392	407	436	401	423	Hannah	337	340	368	349	333	321
Michael	379	432	462	496	463	499	Chloe	328	346	345	437	441	411
Liam	378	365	427	412	412	457	Sophia	316	289	299	251	218	147
Ryan	373	459	510	685	669	641	Anna	314	352	296	348	378	357
Thomas	362	412	403	403	347	411	Katie	301	301	353	436	451	502
Cian	361	368	406	461	424	469	Kate	290	328	316	350	348	364
Patrick	358	369	388	390	387	399	Ellie	288	256	250	293	265	211
Cillian	350	322	341	360	351	346	Olivia	287	222	230	252	271	197
Darragh	347	365	389	401	409	465	Holly	266	245	312	297	380	326
Jamie	328	359	404	448	468	466	Ruby	265	317	302	323	325	353
David	306	262	292	331	332	326	Saoirse	263	264	317	339	355	275
Aaron	303	320	372	423	439	444	Lauren	261	279	290	305	339	371
John	293	287	297	312	343	346	Caoimhe	242	292	334	398	323	326
Fionn	270	304	292	255	265	249	Isabelle	223	207	252	265	275	233
Jake	263	295	265	247	297	248	Leah	207	232	287	350	369	358
Matthew	260	323	336	331	344	343	Ciara	198	214	227	284	364	337
Nathan	255	236	295	282	297	253	Molly	196	197	251	229	243	268
Ben	252	253	232	294	305	324	Amy	191	226	253	289	371	385
Ethan	234	211	268	253	272	200	Robyn	187	183	166	163	180	137
Evan	224	214	278	298	314	333	Jessica	173	215	236	246	245	257
Finn	224	246	218	242	191	187	Zoe	173	211	196	204	170	188
Kyle	222	228	252	242	232	216	Niamh	169	204	185	249	292	314
Rian	215	208	243	213	161	151	Cara	165	160	148	155	144	123
Callum	214	181	215	245	293	301	Freya	163	172	144	128	119	112
Alexander	211	202	161	183	177	179	Roisin	162	178	229	223	224	257
Joshua	203	198	210	249	259	260	Erin	158	180	177	159	210	204
Max	201	213	232	194	187	164	Sadie	157	84	42	44	36	31
Oliver	199	199	155	167	172	141	Julia	156	186	196	213	213	236
Joseph	197	207	196	214	227	247	Isabella	150	149	138	154	145	105
Sam	195	166	183	196	210	204	Sofia	148	155	105	130	85	50
Samuel	193	217	213	230	227	238	Eva	147	154	160	152	176	201
Mason	187	201	159	115	59	22	Clodagh	144	133	128	168	195	224
Tom	185	178	157	126	127	139	Sadhbh	144	108	113	132	117	111
Eoin	179	194	228	251	299	368	Kayla	138	148	198	306	186	183
Oscar	179	184	150	135	135	132	Millie	135	144	120	97	80	77
Tadhg	177	166	224	232	221	206	Eve	133	122	138	164	122	118
Jacob	170	158	140	131	100	69	Abbie	132	145	178	174	176	176
William	165	195	169	190	190	166	Laura	132	169	191	212	198	243
Aidan	159	179	172	229	187	197	Layla	130	125	160	134	150	100
Robert	154	175	175	169	198	203	Faye	129	136	163	156	128	122
Jayden	153	191	197	177	193	182	Amber	127	73	105	107	99	100
Bobby	152	146	141	133	127	96	Rachel	127	153	169	196	247	247
Leon	152	149	161	171	154	172	Abigail	124	129	138	139	158	165
Eoghan	142	132	166	164	160	223	Aisling	124	132	165	183	186	170
Leo	142	131	96	97	78	68	Ellen	120	128	155	159	168	155
Alfie	141	120	102	92	74	68	Emilia	120	91	98	77	76	69
Shane	141	151	176	209	277	260	Alice	119	130	101	115	99	95
Senan	140	147	126	121	103	96	Eabha	115	130	109	121	128	131
Andrew	137	143	151	140	139	159	Aoibhinn	111	126	125	128	111	117
Ciaran	137	107	143	155	166	170	Charlotte	110	144	106	122	108	104
Benjamin	134	115	116	108	126	115	Zara	109	122	102	90	77	94
Ronan	131	143	167	187	180	225	Maya	108	97	81	92	81	80
Mark	129	148	175	177	195	250	Aine	106	116	128	130	124	159
Odhran	124	111	98	89	100	98	Alannah	106	120	104	122	113	123
Rory	124	126	200	159	155	172	Evie	104	56	79	52	64	59
Scott	122	114	118	94	109	112	Nicole	104	109	116	176	192	194
Cathal	121	156	160	208	202	195	Maria	103	113	100	134	137	133
Tommy	121	101	101	89	43	37	Megan	99	113	135	203	204	232
Logan	115	100	80	66	53	40	Clara	98	103	76	79	72	86
Christopher	114	112	105	117	116	143	Elizabeth	97	99	99	108	122	117
Kai	111	90	66	63	49	34	Maja	96	94	114	131	132	133
Lucas	110	130	109	96	99	103	Rebecca	92	110	162	195	162	219
Tyler	103	116	195	127	99	57	Annie	91	59	58	57	62	61
Cormac	102	115	116	141	139	159	Lilly	90	75	94	91	91	60
Isaac	101	80	95	77	66	62	Aoibheann	88	85	115	106	92	88
Peter	101	70	91	90	96	128	Mary	88	79	99	106	123	120
Danny	100	77	88	65	63	46	Lena	87	82	99	83	81	56
Dara	99	106	94	111	109	106	Fiadh	86	78	39	31	16	8
Killian	99	88	104	113	127	108	Sienna	85	80	58	47	48	28
Kevin	98	108	112	143	120	175	Lexi	83	127	73	72	65	46
Shay	97	104	69	72	99	78	Alexandra	82	74	62	71	77	92
Jakub	94	99	106	139	136	160	Isla	81	65	47	31	28	25
Josh	94	83	103	99	116	133	Rose	79	87	64	56	57	42
Donnacha	92	91	106	100	72	66	Madison	78	65	64	80	67	71
Ollie	91	64	39	29	29	9	Isabel	76	86	80	101	117	117
Sebastian	91	73	66	88	81	53	Hanna	75	75	66	57	50	55
Anthony	89	100	77	94	92	100	Meabh	74	57	75	75	62	59
Tomas	86	93	86	81	92	99	Victoria	74	73	83	73	72	69
Henry	85	69	51	68	52	33	Caitlin	73	89	105	116	93	134
Niall	85	87	86	91	84	113	Georgia	73	61	63	58	62	41
Ruairi	84	81	99	86	91	93	Tara	72	76	71	92	121	145
Alan	82	104	108	103	117	138	Hollie	71	81	92	64	68	72
Billy	81	66	76	77	61	67	Ailbhe	69	49	68	48	62	58
Martin	81	81	91	89	95	107	Ruth	68	75	66	82	67	77
Hugo	80	67	56	64	50	58	Natalia	67	62	68	59	84	81
Rhys	80	98	124	120	126	107	Lara	66	72	54	67	65	53
Luca	78	67	61	48	49	41	Sara	65	71	68	91	78	79
Lorcan	76	61	68	70	75	82	Poppy	64	74	43	49	30	19
Oran	76	73	97	96	99	87



Total in top 100	21,568	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427		17,444	18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402
Total with first name recorded	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403		32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525
Top 100 as % of total	62.0	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6		53.4	53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3
Total names registered	3,486	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946		4,586	4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849
Total births registered	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403		32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525

Table 3 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2014, in alphabetical order - rank between 2009 and 2014

Boys' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	Girls' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Aaron	24	24	22	16	13	16	Abbie	49	46	38	43	44	44
Adam	6	6	6	7	7	7	Abigail	55	54	50	53	49	46
Aidan	51	48	50	40	48	46	Ailbhe	95	124	93	133	107	115
Alan	94	76	72	75	68	64	Aine	65	62	54	58	58	47
Alex	12	12	18	10	8	8	Aisling	55	51	42	41	41	45
Alexander	37	39	54	49	51	50	Alannah	65	61	67	62	66	58
Alfie	58	66	79	85	99	112	Alexandra	83	90	105	97	89	78
Andrew	61	60	60	60	58	58	Alice	59	52	69	66	70	76
Anthony	89	79	99	83	86	80	Amber	53	92	64	68	70	74
Ben	30	29	34	28	28	26	Amelia	7	5	12	32	34	39
Benjamin	63	68	68	74	65	68	Amy	30	26	25	25	14	11
Billy	95	110	100	101	122	114	Anna	16	12	22	18	13	16
Bobby	54	59	63	63	62	85	Annie	75	106	112	111	107	107
Callum	36	47	39	35	32	29	Aoibheann	77	76	59	69	76	79
Cathal	69	54	56	44	42	47	Aoibhinn	61	57	56	60	67	64
Charlie	10	15	12	20	19	27	Aoife	10	6	11	13	10	9
Christopher	72	71	75	69	69	61	Ava	5	7	8	8	6	2
Cian	18	17	15	13	14	12	Caitlin	91	73	64	65	75	53
Ciaran	61	74	62	57	53	54	Caoimhe	25	19	16	14	24	21
Cillian	20	23	23	22	21	21	Cara	35	40	48	50	52	58
Conor	4	4	5	5	5	4	Charlotte	62	47	63	62	69	72
Cormac	76	68	68	59	58	58	Chloe	14	13	15	9	9	10
Daniel	3	3	3	4	3	3	Ciara	28	29	32	26	17	19
Danny	79	96	92	114	114	146	Clara	71	68	86	90	95	82
Dara	80	75	86	73	72	76	Clodagh	44	50	54	44	39	34
Darragh	21	18	20	19	16	14	Eabha	60	52	62	64	56	56
David	23	28	27	24	25	25	Elizabeth	72	69	71	67	60	64
Donnacha	86	84	73	76	102	116	Ella	6	4	7	11	11	18
Dylan	11	20	9	10	10	11	Ellen	57	55	47	47	47	48
Eoghan	56	62	53	55	55	39	Ellie	19	23	28	24	28	36
Eoin	46	44	36	32	29	20	Emilia	57	72	74	91	92	98
Ethan	31	36	30	31	34	45	Emily	1	1	1	1	2	7
Evan	32	34	29	27	27	24	Emma	3	2	3	3	3	3
Finn	32	30	38	36	46	48	Erin	38	36	39	47	36	37
Fionn	26	25	27	30	35	34	Eva	43	42	45	52	44	38
Harry	9	9	7	8	20	28	Eve	48	59	50	45	60	62
Henry	91	102	141	109	142	173	Evie	67	110	84	124	105	111
Hugo	97	107	129	117	145	129	Faye	52	49	43	49	56	60
Isaac	77	95	85	101	113	121	Fiadh	80	82	146	189	319	488
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Freya	36	38	49	60	63	67
Jacob	49	53	64	64	75	111	Georgia	91	104	104	109	107	150
Jake	27	26	31	34	30	35	Grace	4	9	4	4	7	5
Jakub	84	81	73	61	60	57	Hanna	88	86	97	111	127	122
James	2	2	2	2	4	5	Hannah	13	14	13	17	22	23
Jamie	22	21	16	14	11	13	Hollie	94	79	77	104	99	95
Jayden	53	45	43	50	45	49	Holly	21	24	19	23	11	21
John	25	27	25	26	24	21	Isabel	87	75	82	71	64	64
Joseph	41	38	44	41	38	36	Isabella	41	44	50	51	51	70
Josh	84	90	78	77	69	65	Isabelle	26	31	26	27	26	32
Joshua	38	42	41	33	36	30	Isla	84	101	129	189	205	219
Kai	73	85	109	118	147	170	Jessica	32	28	29	31	30	27
Kevin	82	73	70	58	67	51	Julia	40	34	34	35	35	31
Killian	80	87	76	72	62	73	Kate	18	15	18	15	19	13
Kyle	34	32	32	36	37	40	Katie	17	18	14	10	8	6
Leo	56	63	84	79	94	112	Kayla	46	45	33	21	41	43
Leon	54	56	54	52	57	52	Lara	98	95	114	101	102	124
Liam	15	18	13	17	15	15	Laura	49	39	36	36	38	30
Logan	71	79	97	112	141	156	Lauren	24	21	23	22	21	12
Lorcan	100	115	107	108	97	92	Layla	51	58	45	54	50	74
Luca	99	107	116	147	147	155	Leah	27	25	24	15	16	15
Lucas	74	64	71	80	78	79	Lena	79	78	71	85	83	119
Luke	7	13	11	12	9	9	Lexi	82	56	89	96	96	102
Mark	65	57	48	50	44	33	Lilly	76	86	75	78	77	109
Martin	95	92	89	88	85	74	Lily	11	17	5	5	14	20
Mason	44	40	57	70	128	240	Lucy	9	8	9	7	4	8
Matthew	28	22	24	24	23	23	Madison	86	101	100	89	100	96
Max	39	35	34	46	48	56	Maja	73	71	60	57	54	54
Michael	14	8	10	9	12	10	Maria	69	63	70	54	53	54
Nathan	29	31	26	29	30	32	Mary	77	81	71	69	59	61
Niall	91	88	93	86	91	69	Maya	64	70	80	74	83	89
Noah	8	10	19	23	26	41	Meabh	89	109	88	92	107	111
Odhran	66	72	82	88	75	82	Megan	70	63	53	38	37	33
Oisin	13	14	14	15	17	17	Mia	8	11	6	12	20	14
Oliver	40	41	59	54	52	62	Millie	47	47	57	72	86	91
Ollie	87	113	174	201	201	386	Molly	29	33	27	33	31	26
Oran	100	98	83	80	78	91	Natalia	97	103	93	107	81	87
Oscar	46	46	61	62	61	66	Niamh	34	32	37	30	25	24
Patrick	19	16	21	21	18	19	Nicole	67	66	58	42	40	41
Peter	77	101	89	87	84	67	Olivia	20	27	30	28	27	39
Rhys	97	82	66	68	65	74	Poppy	100	90	136	132	200	263
Rian	35	37	33	42	54	60	Rachel	53	43	40	39	29	29
Robert	52	50	48	53	43	44	Rebecca	74	65	44	40	48	35
Ronan	64	60	52	48	50	38	Robyn	31	35	41	46	43	52
Rory	66	65	42	56	56	52	Roisin	37	37	31	34	32	27
Ruairi	93	92	81	94	88	88	Rose	85	74	100	113	118	149
Ryan	16	7	7	6	6	6	Ruby	22	16	20	20	23	17
Sam	42	51	46	45	41	43	Ruth	96	86	97	86	100	91
Samuel	43	33	40	39	38	37	Sadhbh	44	67	61	56	64	69
Scott	68	70	67	83	72	71	Sadie	39	77	139	137	177	193
Sean	5	5	4	3	2	2	Saoirse	23	22	17	19	18	25
Sebastian	87	98	109	92	92	133	Sara	99	96	93	78	88	90
Senan	60	58	65	67	74	85	Sarah	12	10	10	6	5	4
Shane	58	55	47	43	33	30	Sienna	81	80	112	135	132	204
Shay	83	76	103	106	78	97	Sofia	42	41	64	58	80	130
Tadhg	48	51	37	38	40	42	Sophia	15	20	21	29	33	50
Thomas	17	11	17	18	22	18	Sophie	2	3	2	2	1	1
Tom	45	49	58	66	62	63	Tara	93	84	90	74	62	51
Tomas	90	83	93	97	86	81	Victoria	89	92	79	94	95	98
Tommy	69	78	80	88	160	166	Zara	63	59	68	82	89	77
Tyler	75	67	45	65	78	130	Zoe	32	30	34	37	46	42
William	50	43	51	47	47	55

Table 4 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2014, in alphabetical order - numbers registered between 2009 and 2014

Boys' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	Girls' name	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Aaron	303	320	372	423	439	444	Abbie	132	145	178	174	176	176
Adam	493	518	558	637	581	618	Abigail	124	129	138	139	158	165
Aidan	159	179	172	229	187	197	Ailbhe	69	49	68	48	62	58
Alan	82	104	108	103	117	138	Aine	106	116	128	130	124	159
Alex	383	406	392	492	551	503	Aisling	124	132	165	183	186	170
Alexander	211	202	161	183	177	179	Alannah	106	120	104	122	113	123
Alfie	141	120	102	92	74	68	Alexandra	82	74	62	71	77	92
Andrew	137	143	151	140	139	159	Alice	119	130	101	115	99	95
Anthony	89	100	77	94	92	100	Amber	127	73	105	107	99	100
Ben	252	253	232	294	305	324	Amelia	388	429	409	235	216	197
Benjamin	134	115	116	108	126	115	Amy	191	226	253	289	371	385
Billy	81	66	76	77	61	67	Anna	314	352	296	348	378	357
Bobby	152	146	141	133	127	96	Annie	91	59	58	57	62	61
Callum	214	181	215	245	293	301	Aoibheann	88	85	115	106	92	88
Cathal	121	156	160	208	202	195	Aoibhinn	111	126	125	128	111	117
Charlie	389	383	432	396	376	312	Aoife	364	424	426	399	425	459
Christopher	114	112	105	117	116	143	Ava	404	410	440	446	501	635
Cian	361	368	406	461	424	469	Caitlin	73	89	105	116	93	134
Ciaran	137	107	143	155	166	170	Caoimhe	242	292	334	398	323	326
Cillian	350	322	341	360	351	346	Cara	165	160	148	155	144	123
Conor	581	610	639	709	726	776	Charlotte	110	144	106	122	108	104
Cormac	102	115	116	141	139	159	Chloe	328	346	345	437	441	411
Daniel	638	678	683	711	792	842	Ciara	198	214	227	284	364	337
Danny	100	77	88	65	63	46	Clara	98	103	76	79	72	86
Dara	99	106	94	111	109	106	Clodagh	144	133	128	168	195	224
Darragh	347	365	389	401	409	465	Eabha	115	130	109	121	128	131
David	306	262	292	331	332	326	Elizabeth	97	99	99	108	122	117
Donnacha	92	91	106	100	72	66	Ella	398	478	445	434	380	346
Dylan	384	360	471	492	491	480	Ellen	120	128	155	159	168	155
Eoghan	142	132	166	164	160	223	Ellie	288	256	250	293	265	211
Eoin	179	194	228	251	299	368	Emilia	120	91	98	77	76	69
Ethan	234	211	268	253	272	200	Emily	619	625	626	596	605	500
Evan	224	214	278	298	314	333	Emma	441	499	497	562	571	627
Finn	224	246	218	242	191	187	Erin	158	180	177	159	210	204
Fionn	270	304	292	255	265	249	Eva	147	154	160	152	176	201
Harry	398	430	510	499	364	305	Eve	133	122	138	164	122	118
Henry	85	69	51	68	52	33	Evie	104	56	79	52	64	59
Hugo	80	67	56	64	50	58	Faye	129	136	163	156	128	122
Isaac	101	80	95	77	66	62	Fiadh	86	78	39	31	16	8
Jack	786	764	831	840	935	1,068	Freya	163	172	144	128	119	112
Jacob	170	158	140	131	100	69	Georgia	73	61	63	58	62	41
Jake	263	295	265	247	297	248	Grace	408	395	461	503	489	528
Jakub	94	99	106	139	136	160	Hanna	75	75	66	57	50	55
James	695	746	773	796	746	711	Hannah	337	340	368	349	333	321
Jamie	328	359	404	448	468	466	Hollie	71	81	92	64	68	72
Jayden	153	191	197	177	193	182	Holly	266	245	312	297	380	326
John	293	287	297	312	343	346	Isabel	76	86	80	101	117	117
Joseph	197	207	196	214	227	247	Isabella	150	149	138	154	145	105
Josh	94	83	103	99	116	133	Isabelle	223	207	252	265	275	233
Joshua	203	198	210	249	259	260	Isla	81	65	47	31	28	25
Kai	111	90	66	63	49	34	Jessica	173	215	236	246	245	257
Kevin	98	108	112	143	120	175	Julia	156	186	196	213	213	236
Killian	99	88	104	113	127	108	Kate	290	328	316	350	348	364
Kyle	222	228	252	242	232	216	Katie	301	301	353	436	451	502
Leo	142	131	96	97	78	68	Kayla	138	148	198	306	186	183
Leon	152	149	161	171	154	172	Lara	66	72	54	67	65	53
Liam	378	365	427	412	412	457	Laura	132	169	191	212	198	243
Logan	115	100	80	66	53	40	Lauren	261	279	290	305	339	371
Lorcan	76	61	68	70	75	82	Layla	130	125	160	134	150	100
Luca	78	67	61	48	49	41	Leah	207	232	287	350	369	358
Lucas	110	130	109	96	99	103	Lena	87	82	99	83	81	56
Luke	437	403	457	487	519	501	Lexi	83	127	73	72	65	46
Mark	129	148	175	177	195	250	Lilly	90	75	94	91	91	60
Martin	81	81	91	89	95	107	Lily	350	309	449	496	371	336
Mason	187	201	159	115	59	22	Lucy	369	397	439	463	543	463
Matthew	260	323	336	331	344	343	Madison	78	65	64	80	67	71
Max	201	213	232	194	187	164	Maja	96	94	114	131	132	133
Michael	379	432	462	496	463	499	Maria	103	113	100	134	137	133
Nathan	255	236	295	282	297	253	Mary	88	79	99	106	123	120
Niall	85	87	86	91	84	113	Maya	108	97	81	92	81	80
Noah	434	418	390	333	315	211	Meabh	74	57	75	75	62	59
Odhran	124	111	98	89	100	98	Megan	99	113	135	203	204	232
Oisin	381	392	407	436	401	423	Mia	370	374	446	400	344	362
Oliver	199	199	155	167	172	141	Millie	135	144	120	97	80	77
Ollie	91	64	39	29	29	9	Molly	196	197	251	229	243	268
Oran	76	73	97	96	99	87	Natalia	67	62	68	59	84	81
Oscar	179	184	150	135	135	132	Niamh	169	204	185	249	292	314
Patrick	358	369	388	390	387	399	Nicole	104	109	116	176	192	194
Peter	101	70	91	90	96	128	Olivia	287	222	230	252	271	197
Rhys	80	98	124	120	126	107	Poppy	64	74	43	49	30	19
Rian	215	208	243	213	161	151	Rachel	127	153	169	196	247	247
Robert	154	175	175	169	198	203	Rebecca	92	110	162	195	162	219
Ronan	131	143	167	187	180	225	Robyn	187	183	166	163	180	137
Rory	124	126	200	159	155	172	Roisin	162	178	229	223	224	257
Ruairi	84	81	99	86	91	93	Rose	79	87	64	56	57	42
Ryan	373	459	510	685	669	641	Ruby	265	317	302	323	325	353
Sam	195	166	183	196	210	204	Ruth	68	75	66	82	67	77
Samuel	193	217	213	230	227	238	Sadhbh	144	108	113	132	117	111
Scott	122	114	118	94	109	112	Sadie	157	84	42	44	36	31
Sean	526	609	677	755	827	934	Saoirse	263	264	317	339	355	275
Sebastian	91	73	66	88	81	53	Sara	65	71	68	91	78	79
Senan	140	147	126	121	103	96	Sarah	343	391	430	466	537	568
Shane	141	151	176	209	277	260	Sienna	85	80	58	47	48	28
Shay	97	104	69	72	99	78	Sofia	148	155	105	130	85	50
Tadhg	177	166	224	232	221	206	Sophia	316	289	299	251	218	147
Thomas	362	412	403	403	347	411	Sophie	468	497	577	582	608	640
Tom	185	178	157	126	127	139	Tara	72	76	71	92	121	145
Tomas	86	93	86	81	92	99	Victoria	74	73	83	73	72	69
Tommy	121	101	101	89	43	37	Zara	109	122	102	90	77	94
Tyler	103	116	195	127	99	57	Zoe	173	211	196	204	170	188
William	165	195	169	190	190	166



Total in top 100	21,568	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075	24,427		17,444	18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484	22,402
Total with first name recorded	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403		32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525
Top 100 as % of total	62	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0	63.6		53.4	53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2	61.3
Total names registered	3,486	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910	3,946		4,586	4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762	4,849
Total births registered	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244	38,403		32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732	36,525

Table 5 Babies' names with most growth in popularity between 2013 and 2014, and between 2009 and 2014, measured by change in rank

Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2014	2013	Change in rank		2014	2013	Change in rank
Ollie	87	113	26	Evie	67	110	43
Peter	77	101	24	Amber	53	92	39
Isaac	77	95	18	Sadie	39	77	38
Danny	79	96	17	Annie	75	106	31
Billy	95	110	15	Ailbhe	95	124	29
Lorcan	100	115	15

Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2014	2009	Change in rank		2014	2009	Change in rank
Ollie	87	386	299	Fiadh	80	488	408
Mason	44	240	196	Poppy	100	263	163
Kai	73	170	96	Sadie	39	193	154
Tommy	69	166	97	Isla	84	219	135
Logan	71	156	85	Sienna	81	204	123

Table 6 Babies' names with most growth in popularity between 2013 and 2014, and between 2009 and 2014 measured by number of names

Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2014	2013	Increase in number		2014	2013	Increase in number
David	306	262	44	Sadie	157	84	73
Luke	437	403	34	Olivia	287	222	65
Callum	214	181	33	Amber	127	73	54
Peter	101	70	31	Evie	104	56	48
Ciaran	137	107	30	Lily	350	309	41


	2014	2009	Increase in number		2014	2009	Increase in number
Noah	434	211	223	Amelia	388	197	191
Mason	187	22	165	Sophia	316	147	169
Jacob	170	69	101	Sadie	157	31	126
Harry	398	305	93	Emily	619	500	119
Tommy	121	37	84	Sofia	148	50	98

Table 7 Most popular babies' names registered in each regional authority in 2014

Year	Regional Authority	Boys		Girls
		Name	%	Name	%
2014	Border	James	2.44	Emily	1.81
	Midland	Jack	2.58	Emily	2.75
	West	James	2.18	Emily	2.10
	Dublin	Jack	1.94	Emily	1.65
	Mid-East	Jack	2.42	Emily	1.78
	Mid-West	Jack	2.86	Emily	2.11
	South-East	Jack	2.40	Emily	1.75
	South-West	Jack	2.67	Emily	2.07
	Ireland	Jack	2.26	Emily	1.89

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

Table 8a Most popular boys' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2012 and 2014

	2014	2013	2012
STATE	Jack	Jack	Jack

LEINSTER	Jack	Daniel	James

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

MUNSTER	Jack	Jack	Jack

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

CONNACHT	James	James	Jack

Galway City	Patrick/Liam/Daniel/James	James	Jack/James
Galway County	Jack	Jack	Jack
Leitrim	Conor	Conor/Mark	Daniel
Mayo	James	James	James
Roscommon	Jack/Conor	James	James
Sligo	Jack	Daniel/James	Jack

ULSTER (PART OF)	James	Jack	Conor

Cavan	Adam	Ryan	Conor
Donegal	Oisin/James	Jack	Conor
Monaghan	James	Charlie/James/Ryan	Ryan

Table 8b Most popular girls' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2012 and 2014

	2014	2013	2012
STATE	Emily	Emily	Emily

LEINSTER	Emily	Emily	Emily

Carlow	Emily	Emma	Sophie
Dublin City	Emily	Emily	Amelia
South Dublin	Emily	Emily	Emily/Sophie
Fingal	Amelia	Emily	Emma
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	Anna	Hannah	Emily
Kildare	Sophie	Sophie	Sophie
Kilkenny	Katie	Emma	Emily
Laois	Emily	Emily	Aoife/Emily/Sophie
Longford	Emily	Emily	Emily
Louth	Emily	Emily	Emily
Meath	Emily	Emily	Emily
Offaly	Emily	Emma	Emily
Westmeath	Emily	Emily/Ava	Emily
Wexford	Mia	Amelia	Emily
Wicklow	Sophie	Ava	Amelia

MUNSTER	Emily	Emily	Emily

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

CONNACHT	Emily	Emily	Emma

Galway City	Sarah	Sophie/Mia/Amelia	Aoife
Galway County	Emily	Emily	Ella
Leitrim	Aoife/Sophia/Caoimhe	Rachel	Sophie
Mayo	Emily/Lily	Emma	Emily
Roscommon	Emily/Lily	Caoimhe	Chloe
Sligo	Amelia	Emily/Sarah	Emily

ULSTER (PART OF)	Sophie	Sophie	Ella

Cavan	Emily	Grace	Emma
Donegal	Emily/Ella	Sophie	Ella
Monaghan	Katie/Sophie	Sophie	Grace/Lauren

Table 9 Most popular babies' names registered in 2014, classified by nationality of parents

Nationality of mother	Nationality of father	Boys' name	Girls' name
Ireland	Ireland	Jack	Emily
Ireland	United Kingdom	Jack	Emily/Isla
Ireland	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Alexander	Sophia
Ireland	EU15 to EU28	Alexander/Daniel/David	Emily
Ireland	Other	Daniel/Noah	Amy/Emma/Olivia/Sofia
Ireland	Not stated	Noah	Emily
United Kingdom	Ireland	Thomas	Amelia
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Ireland	Liam	Lucia/Maya/Sofia
EU15 to EU28	Ireland	Adam	Emily
Other*	Ireland	Daniel	–
Not stated	Ireland	Oscar	Abilgail-Sarah
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Charlie/Daniel/Finn/Jack/Leo/Noah/Thomas	Emily
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Liam	Emma
EU15 to EU28	EU15 to EU28	David/Jakub	Julia
Other	Other	Muhammad	Sarah
Remainder		Daniel	Maya

*No name with more than one occurrence

Table 10 Top 10 Surnames of babies' registered in 2014 by number
Surname	Number
Murphy	767
Kelly	633
Byrne	552
Ryan	527
O'Brien	489
Walsh	475
O'Sullivan	472
O'Connor	441
Doyle	323
McCarthy	321

Table 11 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1964, in order of popularity - rank

Boys' name	1964	Girls' name	1964
John	1	Mary	1
Patrick	2	Catherine	2
Michael	3	Margaret	3
Paul	4	Ann	4
James	5	Anne	5
Thomas	6	Elizabeth	6
David	7	Caroline	7
William	8	Bridget	8
Martin	9	Geraldine	9
Gerard	10	Patricia	10
Joseph	11	Jacqueline	11
Anthony	12	Pauline	12
Peter	13	Helen	13
Brian	14	Deirdre	14
Kevin	15	Bernadette	15
Francis	16	Sandra	16
Brendan	17	Eileen	17
Edward	18	Martina	18
Daniel	19	Teresa	19
Noel	20	Paula	20
Denis	21	Carmel	21
Robert	22	Susan	22
Declan	23	Kathleen	23
Richard	24	Angela	24
Stephen	25	Josephine	25
Timothy	26	Marie	26
Christopher	27	Ellen	27
Mark	28	Linda	28
Alan	29	Brigid	29
Derek	30	Nora	30
Raymond	30	Joan	31
Kieran	32	Fiona	32
Bernard	33	Maria	33
Andrew	34	Anna	34
Dermot	34	Siobhan	35
Philip	36	Carol	36
Aidan	37	Sheila	37

Table 13 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1964, in alphabetical order - rank

Boys' name	1964	Girls' name	1964
Adrian	65	Adrienne	74
Aidan	37	Aileen	100
Alan	29	Alice	57
Albert	100	Angela	24
Andrew	34	Ann	4
Anthony	12	Anna	34
Arthur	97	Anne	5
Barry	69	Annette	68
Bartholomew	81	Antoinette	95
Bernard	33	Audrey	85
Brendan	17	Barbara	43
Brian	14	Bernadette	15
Cathal	95	Brenda	63
Charles	43	Bridget	8
Christopher	27	Brigid	29
Ciaran	49	Carmel	21
Colin	89	Carol	36
Colm	45	Caroline	7
Conor	56	Catherine	2
Cormac	87	Christina	40
Cornelius	39	Christine	65
Damian	73	Claire	75
Damien	75	Clare	55
Daniel	19	Colette	47
David	7	Deborah	76
Declan	23	Deirdre	14
Denis	21	Denise	56
Derek	30	Dolores	80
Dermot	34	Dorothy	95
Desmond	43	Edel	83
Dominic	84	Eileen	17
Donal	45	Elaine	58
Eamon	62	Eleanor	98
Eamonn	64	Elizabeth	6
Edmond	80	Ellen	27
Edward	18	Evelyn	83
Enda	75	Fiona	32

Table 12 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1964, in order of popularity - numbers registered

Boys' name	1964	Girls' name	1964
John	3,696	Mary	3,471
Patrick	2,235	Catherine	1,412
Michael	2,157	Margaret	1,392
Paul	1,814	Ann	866
James	1,554	Anne	834
Thomas	1,349	Elizabeth	722
David	936	Caroline	617
William	875	Bridget	595
Martin	849	Geraldine	579
Gerard	815	Patricia	536
Joseph	737	Jacqueline	529
Anthony	613	Pauline	460
Peter	527	Helen	437
Brian	464	Deirdre	408
Kevin	452	Bernadette	392
Francis	429	Sandra	358
Brendan	426	Eileen	344
Edward	425	Martina	339
Daniel	395	Teresa	328
Noel	394	Paula	311
Denis	347	Carmel	304
Robert	342	Susan	303
Declan	321	Kathleen	301
Richard	301	Angela	291
Stephen	296	Josephine	287
Timothy	295	Marie	284
Christopher	289	Ellen	282
Mark	279	Linda	279
Alan	245	Brigid	272
Derek	237	Nora	264
Raymond	237	Joan	262
Kieran	224	Fiona	249
Bernard	201	Maria	236
Andrew	195	Anna	214
Dermot	195	Siobhan	207
Philip	187	Carol	185
Aidan	182	Sheila	176
Sean	171	Frances	173
Cornelius	161	Sharon	172
Jeremiah	161	Christina	169
Kenneth	150	Karen	165
Vincent	148	Julia	157
Charles	145	Barbara	156
Desmond	145	Johanna	146
Colm	144	Yvonne	139
Donal	144	Sarah	137
Niall	142	Colette	135
Laurence	141	Lorraine	135
Ciaran	124	Rose	130
Eugene	123	Valerie	129
Maurice	120	Veronica	126
George	115	Orla	120
Hugh	112	Miriam	117
Liam	111	Louise	116
Terence	102	Clare	115
Conor	97	Denise	113
Gerald	94	Alice	111
Nicholas	92	Elaine	107
Matthew	89	Jane	106
Henry	87	Rita	106
Seamus	87	Theresa	100
Eamon	86	Grainne	99
Ian	86	Brenda	98
Eamonn	83	Helena	98
Adrian	75	Christine	92
Fergus	71	Noreen	92
Ronan	70	Suzanne	91
Oliver	69	Annette	90
Barry	62	Jennifer	90
Finbarr	61	Monica	87
Owen	59	Rosemary	86
Gabriel	57	Olive	84
Damian	56	Philomena	84
Rory	56	Adrienne	80
Damien	49	Claire	78
Enda	49	Deborah	77
Shane	49	Katherine	76
Garrett	47	Jean	75
Gregory	47	Marian	75
Edmond	45	Dolores	74
Bartholomew	44	Maeve	74
Neil	43	Rosaleen	74
Eoin	42	Edel	73
Dominic	41	Evelyn	73
Gary	41	Audrey	72
Karl	40	Irene	72
Cormac	39	Imelda	70
Padraig	38	Ruth	70
Colin	37	Una	70
Ronald	37	Nuala	68
Leslie	36	Hannah	67
Simon	36	Maureen	67
Fergal	35	Jacinta	66
Eric	34	Winifred	66
Cathal	32	Antoinette	65
Keith	32	Dorothy	65
Arthur	31	Majella	65
Nigel	31	Eleanor	64
Fintan	29	Ursula	64
Albert	28	Aileen	63
Leo	28
Trevor	28


Total in top 100	30,479		25,500
Total with first name recorded	32,376		30,748
Top 100 as % of total	94.1		82.9
Total names registered	614		1,103
Total births registered	32,759		31,313

Table 14 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1964, in alphabetical order - numbers registered

Boys' name	1964	Girls' name	1964
Adrian	75	Adrienne	80
Aidan	182	Aileen	63
Alan	245	Alice	111
Albert	28	Angela	291
Andrew	195	Ann	866
Anthony	613	Anna	214
Arthur	31	Anne	834
Barry	62	Annette	90
Bartholomew	44	Antoinette	65
Bernard	201	Audrey	72
Brendan	426	Barbara	156
Brian	464	Bernadette	392
Cathal	32	Brenda	98
Charles	145	Bridget	595
Christopher	289	Brigid	272
Ciaran	124	Carmel	304
Colin	37	Carol	185
Colm	144	Caroline	617
Conor	97	Catherine	1,412
Cormac	39	Christina	169
Cornelius	161	Christine	92
Damian	56	Claire	78
Damien	49	Clare	115
Daniel	395	Colette	135
David	936	Deborah	77
Declan	321	Deirdre	408
Denis	347	Denise	113
Derek	237	Dolores	74
Dermot	195	Dorothy	65
Desmond	145	Edel	73
Dominic	41	Eileen	344
Donal	144	Elaine	107
Eamon	86	Eleanor	64
Eamonn	83	Elizabeth	722
Edmond	45	Ellen	282
Edward	425	Evelyn	73
Enda	49	Fiona	249
Eoin	42	Frances	173
Eric	34	Geraldine	579
Eugene	123	Grainne	99
Fergal	35	Hannah	67
Fergus	71	Helen	437
Finbarr	61	Helena	98
Fintan	29	Imelda	70
Francis	429	Irene	72
Gabriel	57	Jacinta	66
Garrett	47	Jacqueline	529
Gary	41	Jane	106
George	115	Jean	75
Gerald	94	Jennifer	90
Gerard	815	Joan	262
Gregory	47	Johanna	146
Henry	87	Josephine	287
Hugh	112	Julia	157
Ian	86	Karen	165
James	1,554	Katherine	76
Jeremiah	161	Kathleen	301
John	3,696	Linda	279
Joseph	737	Lorraine	135
Karl	40	Louise	116
Keith	32	Maeve	74
Kenneth	150	Majella	65
Kevin	452	Margaret	1,392
Kieran	224	Maria	236
Laurence	141	Marian	75
Leo	28	Marie	284
Leslie	36	Martina	339
Liam	111	Mary	3,471
Mark	279	Maureen	67
Martin	849	Miriam	117
Matthew	89	Monica	87
Maurice	120	Nora	264
Michael	2,157	Noreen	92
Neil	43	Nuala	68
Niall	142	Olive	84
Nicholas	92	Orla	120
Nigel	31	Patricia	536
Noel	394	Paula	311
Oliver	69	Pauline	460
Owen	59	Philomena	84
Padraig	38	Rita	106
Patrick	2,235	Rosaleen	74
Paul	1,814	Rose	130
Peter	527	Rosemary	86
Philip	187	Ruth	70
Raymond	237	Sandra	358
Richard	301	Sarah	137
Robert	342	Sharon	172
Ronald	37	Sheila	176
Ronan	70	Siobhan	207
Rory	56	Susan	303
Seamus	87	Suzanne	91
Sean	171	Teresa	328
Shane	49	Theresa	100
Simon	36	Una	70
Stephen	296	Ursula	64
Terence	102	Valerie	129
Thomas	1,349	Veronica	126
Timothy	295	Winifred	66
Trevor	28	Yvonne	139
Vincent	148
William	875


Total in top 100	30,479		25,500
Total with first name recorded	32,376		30,748
Top 100 as % of total	94.1		82.9
Total names registered	614		1,103
Total births registered	32,728		31,280

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

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Irish Babies' Names

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Jack and Emily again most popular babies' names in 2014

John and Mary the most popular names in 1964

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