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Irish Babies' Names

2015

Five most popular babies' names in 2015				Five most popular babies' names in 1965
Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count	Name	Count
Jack	752	Emily	626	John	3,360	Mary	3,229
James	697	Emma	449	Patrick	2,281	Margaret	1,395
Daniel	617	Ava	421	Michael	2,057	Catherine	1,351
Conor	558	Sophie	407	James	1,464	Anne	840
Sean	530	Amelia	400	Thomas	1,367	Ann	807

Jack and Emily again most popular babies' names in 2015

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Jack and Emily remain the most popular babies’ names registered in 2015. 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 slight changes to their order. Indeed, four of the top five boys’ names (Jack, Sean, Conor and James) have been in the top five since 1998. This is the fifth consecutive year that Emily has been the most popular name chosen for girls. Emma, Ava, Sophie and Amelia were the next most frequently chosen names to make it to the top five most popular names for girls in 2015. See table 1.

George was the only first time entry to the top 100 for boys, rising 13 places, from 103rd in 2014 to 90th in 2015. For the second year in a row Ollie was the boys' name rising most in popularity. It increased 21 places from 87th place in 2014 to 66th place in 2015. See tables 1 and 5.

There were three first time entrants to the top 100 for girls: Annabelle, Mila and Rosie. Mila was also the girls' name rising most in popularity, up 54 places from 142nd place in 2014 to 88th place in 2015. See tables 1 and 5.

As in previous years, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,487 girls’ names registered compared to 3,475 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.

For boys, eight areas favoured names outside of the top five for boys in 2015. In Galway City, Adam was the most popular boy's name while Charlie was the most popular boy’s name registered in Kilkenny and in Wexford. In Laois and Longford, Michael and Patrick respectively got the number one spot. In Waterford City, Daniel, Harry, Luke, Oisin and Oliver all shared the top position. Similarly, in South Tipperary Darragh and Harry along with Jack were the most favoured names. In Roscommon, Thomas along with Jack proved most popular. See table 8(a).

For girls, there were only seven areas in 2015 where the number one name was not one of the top five. Ella was the favourite in Roscommon. Grace was the most popular in Louth and South Tipperary. In Galway City, Lauren was the most popular name. Leah was the name most favoured in Waterford City while Molly was the most popular in Cavan. In Limerick County, Anna, Emily, Grace and Mia all shared the top position. See table 8(b).

Some of the less common girls' names registered in 2015 and not included in the top 100 names were Paris, Nelly, Dakota, Kim, Pixie and Sabina. Some of the less popular boys' names registered in 2015 were Barra, Pauric, Zayn, Gus, Romeo and Otis.

Where both parents were stated as being Irish nationals, Jack was the top ranked name for boys. Jack was also 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). David was the name chosen most often by parents from the EU28 excl. EU15. Parents from nations outside the EU made Muhammad the highest ranked name of baby boys registered in Ireland in 2015. See table 9.

For girls where both parents were Irish nationals, Emily was the most popular name. Isla and Chloe were the names most often chosen by parents of UK nationality. Chloe along with 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 Fatima the name that ranked highest of baby girls registered in Ireland in 2015. See table 9.

Surname

An analysis of the top ten most popular surnames of babies' registered in 2015 is also included in this publication. There were 65,909 live births registered in 2015. Of these, there were 21,264 unique surnames. These unique surnames include some double barrelled surnames e.g. O’Brien-Murphy. The top 10 most popular surnames account for 7.4% (or 4,862) of the 65,909 births registered in 2015. The surname ‘Murphy’ accounted for over 1.1% ( 752 births) while ‘Kelly’ accounts for 1.0% or 633 births. See table 10.

John and Mary the most popular names in 1965

An analysis was done of the baby names registered fifty years earlier in 1965. There were 3,360 boys whose registered name was John in 1965 which made it the most popular name for boys. The name John was ranked number 28 in popularity in 2015 when 266 baby boys were so named. See tables 11 and 12.

The top five boys’ names in 1965 were, in order, John, Patrick, Michael, James and Thomas. Of these five names only James was in the top five names registered for boys fifty years later in 2015. See table 11.

While 1,464 baby boys were named James in 1965 there was less than half of that number (697) named James in 2015. The names Adam, Jack, Luke, Noah or Charlie did not appear anywhere on the top 100 list of male baby names in 1965. However, Michael, Daniel, Sean, and Conor were in the top 100 most popular names in 1965.

For girls, Mary was the name of choice for 3,229 parents for their newborn daughters in 1965 making it the most popular name for girls born that year. It was also still among the top 100 names (ranked 74) for baby girls born in Ireland in 2015 when 91 newborn girls were named Mary. See tables 11 and 12.

The top five girls’ names in 1965 were Mary, Margaret, Catherine, Anne and Ann. None of these names featured in the top five names registered for baby girls in 2015. Mary is the only name out of the top five in 1965 that features in the top 100 names for girls in 2015. See table 11.

None of the top 10 most popular names for girls' in 2015 appeared anywhere in the top 100 girls' names in 1965.

As in 2015, the data for 1965 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 in 1965 in comparison to 2015. There were 1,158 girls’ names registered in 1965 (versus 4,487 in 2015) and 744 boys’ names (as against 3,475 in 2015).

Show Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2015, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2010 and 2015

Table 1 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2015, in order of popularity, with corresponding rank between 2010 and 2015

Boys' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Girls' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Emily	1	1	1	1	1	2
James	2	2	2	2	2	4	Emma	2	3	2	3	3	3
Daniel	3	3	3	3	4	3	Ava	3	5	7	8	8	6
Conor	4	4	4	5	5	5	Sophie	4	2	3	2	2	1
Sean	5	5	5	4	3	2	Amelia	5	7	5	12	32	34
Adam	6	6	6	6	7	7	Ella	6	6	4	7	11	11
Noah	7	8	10	19	23	26	Lucy	7	9	8	9	7	4
Michael	8	14	8	10	9	12	Grace	8	4	9	4	4	7
Charlie	9	10	15	12	20	19	Chloe	9	14	13	15	9	9
Luke	10	7	13	11	12	9	Mia	10	8	11	6	12	20
Thomas	11	17	11	17	18	22	Lily	11	11	17	5	5	14
Oisin	12	13	14	14	15	17	Hannah	12	13	14	13	17	22
Alex	13	12	12	18	10	8	Aoife	13	10	6	11	13	10
Cian	14	18	17	15	13	14	Anna	14	16	12	22	18	13
Harry	14	9	9	7	8	20	Olivia	14	20	27	30	28	27
Patrick	16	19	16	21	21	18	Sarah	14	12	10	10	6	5
Dylan	17	11	20	9	10	10	Kate	17	18	15	18	15	19
Ryan	18	16	7	7	6	6	Saoirse	18	23	22	17	19	18
Fionn	19	26	25	27	30	35	Lauren	19	24	21	23	22	21
Liam	20	15	18	13	17	15	Caoimhe	20	25	19	16	14	24
Darragh	21	21	18	20	19	16	Sophia	21	15	20	21	29	33
Cillian	22	20	23	23	22	21	Katie	22	17	18	14	10	8
David	23	23	28	27	24	25	Robyn	23	31	35	41	46	43
Jamie	24	22	21	16	14	11	Ellie	24	19	23	28	24	28
Jake	25	27	26	31	34	30	Roisin	25	37	37	31	34	32
Aaron	26	24	24	22	16	13	Isabelle	26	26	31	26	27	26
Matthew	27	28	22	24	24	23	Ruby	27	22	16	20	20	23
John	28	25	27	25	26	24	Holly	28	21	24	19	23	11
Ben	29	30	29	34	28	28	Ciara	29	28	29	32	26	17
Finn	30	32	30	38	36	46	Zoe	30	32	30	34	37	46
Oliver	31	40	41	59	54	52	Molly	31	29	33	27	33	31
Nathan	32	29	31	26	29	30	Sadie	32	39	77	139	137	177
Tadhg	33	48	51	37	38	40	Freya	33	36	38	49	60	63
Kyle	34	34	32	32	36	37	Leah	34	27	25	24	15	16
Evan	35	32	34	29	27	27	Fiadh	35	80	82	146	189	319
Rian	36	35	37	33	42	54	Amy	36	30	26	25	25	14
Tom	37	45	49	58	66	62	Cara	36	35	40	48	50	52
Sam	38	42	51	46	45	41	Jessica	38	32	28	29	31	30
Mason	39	44	40	57	70	128	Eva	39	43	42	45	52	44
Ethan	40	31	36	30	31	34	Alice	40	59	52	69	66	70
Samuel	41	43	33	40	39	38	Sofia	41	42	41	64	58	80
Joseph	42	41	38	44	41	38	Niamh	42	34	32	37	30	25
Callum	43	36	47	39	35	32	Rachel	43	53	43	40	39	29
Max	43	39	35	34	46	48	Faye	44	52	49	43	49	56
Oscar	45	46	46	61	62	61	Erin	45	38	36	39	47	36
Alexander	46	37	39	54	49	51	Isabella	46	41	44	50	51	51
Eoin	47	46	44	36	32	29	Layla	46	51	58	45	54	50
Joshua	47	38	42	41	33	36	Eve	48	48	59	50	45	60
Jacob	49	49	53	64	64	75	Laura	48	49	39	36	36	38
Bobby	50	54	59	63	63	62	Clodagh	50	44	50	54	44	39
William	51	50	43	51	47	47	Julia	50	40	34	34	35	35
Aidan	52	51	48	50	40	48	Eabha	52	60	52	62	64	56
Leo	53	56	63	84	79	94	Sadhbh	53	44	67	61	56	64
Leon	54	54	56	54	52	57	Evie	54	67	110	84	124	105
Robert	54	52	50	48	53	43	Maria	54	69	63	70	54	53
Ronan	56	64	60	52	48	50	Abigail	56	55	54	50	53	49
Senan	56	60	58	65	67	74	Ellen	56	57	55	47	47	47
Benjamin	58	63	68	68	74	65	Charlotte	58	62	47	63	62	69
Logan	59	71	79	97	112	141	Amber	59	53	92	64	68	70
Andrew	60	61	60	60	60	58	Elizabeth	60	72	69	71	67	60
Jayden	61	53	45	43	50	45	Aine	61	65	62	54	58	58
Alfie	62	58	66	79	85	99	Millie	62	47	47	57	72	86
Tommy	63	69	78	80	88	160	Rebecca	62	74	65	44	40	48
Ciaran	64	61	74	62	57	53	Emilia	64	57	72	74	91	92
Mark	65	65	57	48	50	44	Megan	65	70	63	53	38	37
Cathal	66	69	54	56	44	42	Maya	66	64	70	80	74	83
Ollie	66	87	113	174	201	201	Aoibhinn	67	61	57	56	60	67
Danny	68	79	96	92	114	114	Kayla	68	46	45	33	21	41
Odhran	69	66	72	82	88	75	Abbie	69	49	46	38	43	44
Donnacha	70	86	84	73	76	102	Zara	69	63	59	68	82	89
Eoghan	71	56	62	53	55	55	Clara	71	71	68	86	90	95
Shane	71	58	55	47	43	33	Sienna	71	81	80	112	135	132
Rory	73	66	65	42	56	56	Isla	73	84	101	129	189	205
Scott	74	68	70	67	83	72	Mary	74	77	81	71	69	59
Peter	75	77	101	89	87	84	Rose	75	85	74	100	113	118
Dara	76	80	75	86	73	72	Nicole	76	67	66	58	42	40
Isaac	77	77	95	85	101	113	Alannah	77	65	61	67	62	66
Shay	78	83	76	103	106	78	Alexandra	78	83	90	105	97	89
Billy	79	95	110	100	101	122	Lena	78	79	78	71	85	83
Kai	80	73	85	109	118	147	Lilly	80	76	86	75	78	77
Tyler	80	75	67	45	65	78	Aisling	81	55	51	42	41	41
Lucas	82	74	64	71	80	78	Maisie	82	104	122	100	102	124
Anthony	83	89	79	99	83	86	Annie	83	75	106	112	111	107
Henry	83	91	102	141	109	142	Aoibheann	83	77	76	59	69	76
Martin	83	95	92	89	88	85	Meabh	83	89	109	88	92	107
Christopher	86	72	71	75	69	69	Annabelle	86	106	110	121	140	177
Kevin	87	82	73	70	58	67	Hanna	86	88	86	97	111	127
Lorcan	87	100	115	107	108	97	Mila	88	142	131	199	240	547
Cormac	89	76	68	68	59	58	Madison	89	86	101	100	89	100
George	90	103	115	116	123	139	Sara	89	99	96	93	78	88
Hugo	91	97	107	129	117	145	Maja	91	73	71	60	57	54
Tomas	92	90	83	93	97	86	Rosie	91	106	119	157	199	211
Daithi	93	102	102	116	100	93	Victoria	91	89	92	79	94	95
Josh	93	84	90	78	77	69	Eimear	94	112	116	80	84	84
Brian	95	109	92	91	92	82	Hollie	94	94	79	77	104	99
Edward	95	106	96	95	95	100	Lexi	94	82	56	89	96	96
Sebastian	97	87	98	109	92	92	Caitlin	97	91	73	64	65	75
Killian	98	80	87	76	72	62	Lara	97	98	95	114	101	102
Ruairi	98	93	92	81	94	88	Tara	99	93	84	90	74	62
Daire	100	114	120	102	112	100	Georgia	100	91	104	104	109	107
Luca	100	99	107	116	147	147
Rhys	100	97	82	66	68	65

Table 2 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2015, in order of popularity - numbers registered between 2010 and 2015

Boys' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Girls' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Jack	752	786	764	831	840	935	Emily	626	619	625	626	596	605
James	697	695	746	773	796	746	Emma	449	441	499	497	562	571
Daniel	617	638	678	683	711	792	Ava	421	404	410	440	446	501
Conor	558	581	610	639	709	726	Sophie	407	468	497	577	582	608
Sean	530	526	609	677	755	827	Amelia	400	388	429	409	235	216
Adam	449	493	518	558	637	581	Ella	384	398	478	445	434	380
Noah	438	434	418	390	333	315	Lucy	379	369	397	439	463	543
Michael	434	379	432	462	496	463	Grace	367	408	395	461	503	489
Charlie	399	389	383	432	396	376	Chloe	362	328	346	345	437	441
Luke	382	437	403	457	487	519	Mia	360	370	374	446	400	344
Thomas	379	362	412	403	403	347	Lily	341	350	309	449	496	371
Oisin	365	381	392	407	436	401	Hannah	338	337	340	368	349	333
Alex	361	383	406	392	492	551	Aoife	321	364	424	426	399	425
Cian	358	361	368	406	461	424	Anna	297	314	352	296	348	378
Harry	358	398	430	510	499	364	Olivia	297	287	222	230	252	271
Patrick	350	358	369	388	390	387	Sarah	297	343	391	430	466	537
Dylan	343	384	360	471	492	491	Kate	283	290	328	316	350	348
Ryan	329	373	459	510	685	669	Saoirse	282	263	264	317	339	355
Fionn	325	270	304	292	255	265	Lauren	265	261	279	290	305	339
Liam	324	378	365	427	412	412	Caoimhe	252	242	292	334	398	323
Darragh	302	347	365	389	401	409	Sophia	251	316	289	299	251	218
Cillian	299	350	322	341	360	351	Katie	247	301	301	353	436	451
David	293	306	262	292	331	332	Robyn	237	187	183	166	163	180
Jamie	286	328	359	404	448	468	Ellie	233	288	256	250	293	265
Jake	285	263	295	265	247	297	Roisin	226	162	178	229	223	224
Aaron	281	303	320	372	423	439	Isabelle	224	223	207	252	265	275
Matthew	279	260	323	336	331	344	Ruby	211	265	317	302	323	325
John	266	293	287	297	312	343	Holly	208	266	245	312	297	380
Ben	265	252	253	232	294	305	Ciara	205	198	214	227	284	364
Finn	260	224	246	218	242	191	Zoe	204	173	211	196	204	170
Oliver	259	199	199	155	167	172	Molly	202	196	197	251	229	243
Nathan	231	255	236	295	282	297	Sadie	198	157	84	42	44	36
Tadhg	230	177	166	224	232	221	Freya	188	163	172	144	128	119
Kyle	217	222	228	252	242	232	Leah	187	207	232	287	350	369
Evan	207	224	214	278	298	314	Fiadh	186	86	78	39	31	16
Rian	200	215	208	243	213	161	Amy	185	191	226	253	289	371
Tom	192	185	178	157	126	127	Cara	185	165	160	148	155	144
Sam	190	195	166	183	196	210	Jessica	160	173	215	236	246	245
Mason	186	187	201	159	115	59	Eva	159	147	154	160	152	176
Ethan	181	234	211	268	253	272	Alice	150	119	130	101	115	99
Samuel	176	193	217	213	230	227	Sofia	144	148	155	105	130	85
Joseph	174	197	207	196	214	227	Niamh	143	169	204	185	249	292
Callum	173	214	181	215	245	293	Rachel	140	127	153	169	196	247
Max	173	201	213	232	194	187	Faye	139	129	136	163	156	128
Oscar	170	179	184	150	135	135	Erin	136	158	180	177	159	210
Alexander	169	211	202	161	183	177	Isabella	135	150	149	138	154	145
Eoin	162	179	194	228	251	299	Layla	135	130	125	160	134	150
Joshua	162	203	198	210	249	259	Eve	133	133	122	138	164	122
Jacob	159	170	158	140	131	100	Laura	133	132	169	191	212	198
Bobby	158	152	146	141	133	127	Clodagh	130	144	133	128	168	195
William	157	165	195	169	190	190	Julia	130	156	186	196	213	213
Aidan	154	159	179	172	229	187	Eabha	126	115	130	109	121	128
Leo	148	142	131	96	97	78	Sadhbh	123	144	108	113	132	117
Leon	147	152	149	161	171	154	Evie	119	104	56	79	52	64
Robert	147	154	175	175	169	198	Maria	119	103	113	100	134	137
Ronan	136	131	143	167	187	180	Abigail	117	124	129	138	139	158
Senan	136	140	147	126	121	103	Ellen	117	120	128	155	159	168
Benjamin	134	134	115	116	108	126	Charlotte	110	110	144	106	122	108
Logan	132	115	100	80	66	53	Amber	108	127	73	105	107	99
Andrew	131	137	143	151	140	139	Elizabeth	106	97	99	99	108	122
Jayden	127	153	191	197	177	193	Aine	105	106	116	128	130	124
Alfie	124	141	120	102	92	74	Millie	104	135	144	120	97	80
Tommy	121	121	101	101	89	43	Rebecca	104	92	110	162	195	162
Ciaran	120	137	107	143	155	166	Emilia	103	120	91	98	77	76
Mark	119	129	148	175	177	195	Megan	102	99	113	135	203	204
Cathal	118	121	156	160	208	202	Maya	101	108	97	81	92	81
Ollie	118	91	64	39	29	29	Aoibhinn	100	111	126	125	128	111
Danny	116	100	77	88	65	63	Kayla	98	138	148	198	306	186
Odhran	113	124	111	98	89	100	Abbie	97	132	145	178	174	176
Donnacha	112	92	91	106	100	72	Zara	97	109	122	102	90	77
Eoghan	109	142	132	166	164	160	Clara	96	98	103	76	79	72
Shane	109	141	151	176	209	277	Sienna	96	85	80	58	47	48
Rory	108	124	126	200	159	155	Isla	94	81	65	47	31	28
Scott	107	122	114	118	94	109	Mary	91	88	79	99	106	123
Peter	103	101	70	91	90	96	Rose	90	79	87	64	56	57
Dara	102	99	106	94	111	109	Nicole	86	104	109	116	176	192
Isaac	100	101	80	95	77	66	Alannah	83	106	120	104	122	113
Shay	98	97	104	69	72	99	Alexandra	82	82	74	62	71	77
Billy	97	81	66	76	77	61	Lena	82	87	82	99	83	81
Kai	90	111	90	66	63	49	Lilly	81	90	75	94	91	91
Tyler	90	103	116	195	127	99	Aisling	80	124	132	165	183	186
Lucas	89	110	130	109	96	99	Maisie	79	60	50	64	66	53
Anthony	88	89	100	77	94	92	Annie	78	91	59	58	57	62
Henry	88	85	69	51	68	52	Aoibheann	78	88	85	115	106	92
Martin	88	81	81	91	89	95	Meabh	78	74	57	75	75	62
Christopher	87	114	112	105	117	116	Annabelle	76	58	56	50	43	35
Kevin	86	98	108	112	143	120	Hanna	76	75	75	66	57	50
Lorcan	86	76	61	68	70	75	Mila	72	41	47	28	22	7
Cormac	84	102	115	116	141	139	Madison	71	78	65	64	80	67
George	82	72	61	61	59	55	Sara	71	65	71	68	91	78
Hugo	80	80	67	56	64	50	Maja	69	96	94	114	131	132
Tomas	79	86	93	86	81	92	Rosie	69	58	51	37	29	27
Daithi	78	74	69	61	78	79	Victoria	69	74	73	83	73	72
Josh	78	94	83	103	99	116	Eimear	67	53	52	81	89	91
Brian	76	70	81	90	88	98	Hollie	67	71	81	92	64	68
Edward	76	71	77	84	85	73	Lexi	67	83	127	73	72	65
Sebastian	74	91	73	66	88	81	Caitlin	66	73	89	105	116	93
Killian	73	99	88	104	113	127	Lara	66	66	72	54	67	65
Ruairi	73	84	81	99	86	91	Tara	65	72	76	71	92	121
Daire	71	64	56	72	66	73	Georgia	64	73	61	63	58	62
Luca	71	78	67	61	48	49
Rhys	71	80	98	124	120	126


Total in top 100	20,734	21,568	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075		17,037	17,444	18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484
Total with first name recorded	33,619	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244		32,290	32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732
Top 100 as % of total	61.7	62.0	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0		52.8	53.4	53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2
Total names registered	3,475	3,486	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910		4,487	4,586	4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762
Total births registered	33,619	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244		32,290	32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732

Table 3 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2015, in alphabetical order - rank between 2010 and 2015

Boys' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Girls' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Aaron	26	24	24	22	16	13	Abbie	69	49	46	38	43	44
Adam	6	6	6	6	7	7	Abigail	56	55	54	50	53	49
Aidan	52	51	48	50	40	48	Aine	61	65	62	54	58	58
Alex	13	12	12	18	10	8	Aisling	81	55	51	42	41	41
Alexander	46	37	39	54	49	51	Alannah	77	65	61	67	62	66
Alfie	62	58	66	79	85	99	Alexandra	78	83	90	105	97	89
Andrew	60	61	60	60	60	58	Alice	40	59	52	69	66	70
Anthony	83	89	79	99	83	86	Amber	59	53	92	64	68	70
Ben	29	30	29	34	28	28	Amelia	5	7	5	12	32	34
Benjamin	58	63	68	68	74	65	Amy	36	30	26	25	25	14
Billy	79	95	110	100	101	122	Anna	14	16	12	22	18	13
Bobby	50	54	59	63	63	62	Annabelle	86	106	110	121	140	177
Brian	95	109	92	91	92	82	Annie	83	75	106	112	111	107
Callum	43	36	47	39	35	32	Aoibheann	83	77	76	59	69	76
Cathal	66	69	54	56	44	42	Aoibhinn	67	61	57	56	60	67
Charlie	9	10	15	12	20	19	Aoife	13	10	6	11	13	10
Christopher	86	72	71	75	69	69	Ava	3	5	7	8	8	6
Cian	14	18	17	15	13	14	Caitlin	97	91	73	64	65	75
Ciaran	64	61	74	62	57	53	Caoimhe	20	25	19	16	14	24
Cillian	22	20	23	23	22	21	Cara	36	35	40	48	50	52
Conor	4	4	4	5	5	5	Charlotte	58	62	47	63	62	69
Cormac	89	76	68	68	59	58	Chloe	9	14	13	15	9	9
Daire	100	114	120	102	112	100	Ciara	29	28	29	32	26	17
Daithi	93	102	102	116	100	93	Clara	71	71	68	86	90	95
Daniel	3	3	3	3	4	3	Clodagh	50	44	50	54	44	39
Danny	68	79	96	92	114	114	Eabha	52	60	52	62	64	56
Dara	76	80	75	86	73	72	Eimear	94	112	116	80	84	84
Darragh	21	21	18	20	19	16	Elizabeth	60	72	69	71	67	60
David	23	23	28	27	24	25	Ella	6	6	4	7	11	11
Donnacha	70	86	84	73	76	102	Ellen	56	57	55	47	47	47
Dylan	17	11	20	9	10	10	Ellie	24	19	23	28	24	28
Edward	95	106	96	95	95	100	Emilia	64	57	72	74	91	92
Eoghan	71	56	62	53	55	55	Emily	1	1	1	1	1	2
Eoin	47	46	44	36	32	29	Emma	2	3	2	3	3	3
Ethan	40	31	36	30	31	34	Erin	45	38	36	39	47	36
Evan	35	32	34	29	27	27	Eva	39	43	42	45	52	44
Finn	30	32	30	38	36	46	Eve	48	48	59	50	45	60
Fionn	19	26	25	27	30	35	Evie	54	67	110	84	124	105
George	90	103	115	116	123	139	Faye	44	52	49	43	49	56
Harry	14	9	9	7	8	20	Fiadh	35	80	82	146	189	319
Henry	83	91	102	141	109	142	Freya	33	36	38	49	60	63
Hugo	91	97	107	129	117	145	Georgia	100	91	104	104	109	107
Isaac	77	77	95	85	101	113	Grace	8	4	9	4	4	7
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Hanna	86	88	86	97	111	127
Jacob	49	49	53	64	64	75	Hannah	12	13	14	13	17	22
Jake	25	27	26	31	34	30	Hollie	94	94	79	77	104	99
James	2	2	2	2	2	4	Holly	28	21	24	19	23	11
Jamie	24	22	21	16	14	11	Isabella	46	41	44	50	51	51
Jayden	61	53	45	43	50	45	Isabelle	26	26	31	26	27	26
John	28	25	27	25	26	24	Isla	73	84	101	129	189	205
Joseph	42	41	38	44	41	38	Jessica	38	32	28	29	31	30
Josh	93	84	90	78	77	69	Julia	50	40	34	34	35	35
Joshua	47	38	42	41	33	36	Kate	17	18	15	18	15	19
Kai	80	73	85	109	118	147	Katie	22	17	18	14	10	8
Kevin	87	82	73	70	58	67	Kayla	68	46	45	33	21	41
Killian	98	80	87	76	72	62	Lara	97	98	95	114	101	102
Kyle	34	34	32	32	36	37	Laura	48	49	39	36	36	38
Leo	53	56	63	84	79	94	Lauren	19	24	21	23	22	21
Leon	54	54	56	54	52	57	Layla	46	51	58	45	54	50
Liam	20	15	18	13	17	15	Leah	34	27	25	24	15	16
Logan	59	71	79	97	112	141	Lena	78	79	78	71	85	83
Lorcan	87	100	115	107	108	97	Lexi	94	82	56	89	96	96
Luca	100	99	107	116	147	147	Lilly	80	76	86	75	78	77
Lucas	82	74	64	71	80	78	Lily	11	11	17	5	5	14
Luke	10	7	13	11	12	9	Lucy	7	9	8	9	7	4
Mark	65	65	57	48	50	44	Madison	89	86	101	100	89	100
Martin	83	95	92	89	88	85	Maisie	82	104	122	100	102	124
Mason	39	44	40	57	70	128	Maja	91	73	71	60	57	54
Matthew	27	28	22	24	24	23	Maria	54	69	63	70	54	53
Max	43	39	35	34	46	48	Mary	74	77	81	71	69	59
Michael	8	14	8	10	9	12	Maya	66	64	70	80	74	83
Nathan	32	29	31	26	29	30	Meabh	83	89	109	88	92	107
Noah	7	8	10	19	23	26	Megan	65	70	63	53	38	37
Odhran	69	66	72	82	88	75	Mia	10	8	11	6	12	20
Oisin	12	13	14	14	15	17	Mila	88	142	131	199	240	547
Oliver	31	40	41	59	54	52	Millie	62	47	47	57	72	86
Ollie	66	87	113	174	201	201	Molly	31	29	33	27	33	31
Oscar	45	46	46	61	62	61	Niamh	42	34	32	37	30	25
Patrick	16	19	16	21	21	18	Nicole	76	67	66	58	42	40
Peter	75	77	101	89	87	84	Olivia	14	20	27	30	28	27
Rhys	100	97	82	66	68	65	Rachel	43	53	43	40	39	29
Rian	36	35	37	33	42	54	Rebecca	62	74	65	44	40	48
Robert	54	52	50	48	53	43	Robyn	23	31	35	41	46	43
Ronan	56	64	60	52	48	50	Roisin	25	37	37	31	34	32
Rory	73	66	65	42	56	56	Rose	75	85	74	100	113	118
Ruairi	98	93	92	81	94	88	Rosie	91	106	119	157	199	211
Ryan	18	16	7	7	6	6	Ruby	27	22	16	20	20	23
Sam	38	42	51	46	45	41	Sadhbh	53	44	67	61	56	64
Samuel	41	43	33	40	39	38	Sadie	32	39	77	139	137	177
Scott	74	68	70	67	83	72	Saoirse	18	23	22	17	19	18
Sean	5	5	5	4	3	2	Sara	89	99	96	93	78	88
Sebastian	97	87	98	109	92	92	Sarah	14	12	10	10	6	5
Senan	56	60	58	65	67	74	Sienna	71	81	80	112	135	132
Shane	71	58	55	47	43	33	Sofia	41	42	41	64	58	80
Shay	78	83	76	103	106	78	Sophia	21	15	20	21	29	33
Tadhg	33	48	51	37	38	40	Sophie	4	2	3	2	2	1
Thomas	11	17	11	17	18	22	Tara	99	93	84	90	74	62
Tom	37	45	49	58	66	62	Victoria	91	89	92	79	94	95
Tomas	92	90	83	93	97	86	Zara	69	63	59	68	82	89
Tommy	63	69	78	80	88	160	Zoe	30	32	30	34	37	46
Tyler	80	75	67	45	65	78
William	51	50	43	51	47	47

Table 4 Top 100 babies' names registered in 2015, in alphabetical order - numbers registered between 2010 and 2015

Boys' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Girls' name	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Aaron	281	303	320	372	423	439	Abbie	97	132	145	178	174	176
Adam	449	493	518	558	637	581	Abigail	117	124	129	138	139	158
Aidan	154	159	179	172	229	187	Aine	105	106	116	128	130	124
Alex	361	383	406	392	492	551	Aisling	80	124	132	165	183	186
Alexander	169	211	202	161	183	177	Alannah	83	106	120	104	122	113
Alfie	124	141	120	102	92	74	Alexandra	82	82	74	62	71	77
Andrew	131	137	143	151	140	139	Alice	150	119	130	101	115	99
Anthony	88	89	100	77	94	92	Amber	108	127	73	105	107	99
Ben	265	252	253	232	294	305	Amelia	400	388	429	409	235	216
Benjamin	134	134	115	116	108	126	Amy	185	191	226	253	289	371
Billy	97	81	66	76	77	61	Anna	297	314	352	296	348	378
Bobby	158	152	146	141	133	127	Annabelle	76	58	56	50	43	35
Brian	76	70	81	90	88	98	Annie	78	91	59	58	57	62
Callum	173	214	181	215	245	293	Aoibheann	78	88	85	115	106	92
Cathal	118	121	156	160	208	202	Aoibhinn	100	111	126	125	128	111
Charlie	399	389	383	432	396	376	Aoife	321	364	424	426	399	425
Christopher	87	114	112	105	117	116	Ava	421	404	410	440	446	501
Cian	358	361	368	406	461	424	Caitlin	66	73	89	105	116	93
Ciaran	120	137	107	143	155	166	Caoimhe	252	242	292	334	398	323
Cillian	299	350	322	341	360	351	Cara	185	165	160	148	155	144
Conor	558	581	610	639	709	726	Charlotte	110	110	144	106	122	108
Cormac	84	102	115	116	141	139	Chloe	362	328	346	345	437	441
Daire	71	64	56	72	66	73	Ciara	205	198	214	227	284	364
Daithi	78	74	69	61	78	79	Clara	96	98	103	76	79	72
Daniel	617	638	678	683	711	792	Clodagh	130	144	133	128	168	195
Danny	116	100	77	88	65	63	Eabha	126	115	130	109	121	128
Dara	102	99	106	94	111	109	Eimear	67	53	52	81	89	91
Darragh	302	347	365	389	401	409	Elizabeth	106	97	99	99	108	122
David	293	306	262	292	331	332	Ella	384	398	478	445	434	380
Donnacha	112	92	91	106	100	72	Ellen	117	120	128	155	159	168
Dylan	343	384	360	471	492	491	Ellie	233	288	256	250	293	265
Edward	76	71	77	84	85	73	Emilia	103	120	91	98	77	76
Eoghan	109	142	132	166	164	160	Emily	626	619	625	626	596	605
Eoin	162	179	194	228	251	299	Emma	449	441	499	497	562	571
Ethan	181	234	211	268	253	272	Erin	136	158	180	177	159	210
Evan	207	224	214	278	298	314	Eva	159	147	154	160	152	176
Finn	260	224	246	218	242	191	Eve	133	133	122	138	164	122
Fionn	325	270	304	292	255	265	Evie	119	104	56	79	52	64
George	82	72	61	61	59	55	Faye	139	129	136	163	156	128
Harry	358	398	430	510	499	364	Fiadh	186	86	78	39	31	16
Henry	88	85	69	51	68	52	Freya	188	163	172	144	128	119
Hugo	80	80	67	56	64	50	Georgia	64	73	61	63	58	62
Isaac	100	101	80	95	77	66	Grace	367	408	395	461	503	489
Jack	752	786	764	831	840	935	Hanna	76	75	75	66	57	50
Jacob	159	170	158	140	131	100	Hannah	338	337	340	368	349	333
Jake	285	263	295	265	247	297	Hollie	67	71	81	92	64	68
James	697	695	746	773	796	746	Holly	208	266	245	312	297	380
Jamie	286	328	359	404	448	468	Isabella	135	150	149	138	154	145
Jayden	127	153	191	197	177	193	Isabelle	224	223	207	252	265	275
John	266	293	287	297	312	343	Isla	94	81	65	47	31	28
Joseph	174	197	207	196	214	227	Jessica	160	173	215	236	246	245
Josh	78	94	83	103	99	116	Julia	130	156	186	196	213	213
Joshua	162	203	198	210	249	259	Kate	283	290	328	316	350	348
Kai	90	111	90	66	63	49	Katie	247	301	301	353	436	451
Kevin	86	98	108	112	143	120	Kayla	98	138	148	198	306	186
Killian	73	99	88	104	113	127	Lara	66	66	72	54	67	65
Kyle	217	222	228	252	242	232	Laura	133	132	169	191	212	198
Leo	148	142	131	96	97	78	Lauren	265	261	279	290	305	339
Leon	147	152	149	161	171	154	Layla	135	130	125	160	134	150
Liam	324	378	365	427	412	412	Leah	187	207	232	287	350	369
Logan	132	115	100	80	66	53	Lena	82	87	82	99	83	81
Lorcan	86	76	61	68	70	75	Lexi	67	83	127	73	72	65
Luca	71	78	67	61	48	49	Lilly	81	90	75	94	91	91
Lucas	89	110	130	109	96	99	Lily	341	350	309	449	496	371
Luke	382	437	403	457	487	519	Lucy	379	369	397	439	463	543
Mark	119	129	148	175	177	195	Madison	71	78	65	64	80	67
Martin	88	81	81	91	89	95	Maisie	79	60	50	64	66	53
Mason	186	187	201	159	115	59	Maja	69	96	94	114	131	132
Matthew	279	260	323	336	331	344	Maria	119	103	113	100	134	137
Max	173	201	213	232	194	187	Mary	91	88	79	99	106	123
Michael	434	379	432	462	496	463	Maya	101	108	97	81	92	81
Nathan	231	255	236	295	282	297	Meabh	78	74	57	75	75	62
Noah	438	434	418	390	333	315	Megan	102	99	113	135	203	204
Odhran	113	124	111	98	89	100	Mia	360	370	374	446	400	344
Oisin	365	381	392	407	436	401	Mila	72	41	47	28	22	7
Oliver	259	199	199	155	167	172	Millie	104	135	144	120	97	80
Ollie	118	91	64	39	29	29	Molly	202	196	197	251	229	243
Oscar	170	179	184	150	135	135	Niamh	143	169	204	185	249	292
Patrick	350	358	369	388	390	387	Nicole	86	104	109	116	176	192
Peter	103	101	70	91	90	96	Olivia	297	287	222	230	252	271
Rhys	71	80	98	124	120	126	Rachel	140	127	153	169	196	247
Rian	200	215	208	243	213	161	Rebecca	104	92	110	162	195	162
Robert	147	154	175	175	169	198	Robyn	237	187	183	166	163	180
Ronan	136	131	143	167	187	180	Roisin	226	162	178	229	223	224
Rory	108	124	126	200	159	155	Rose	90	79	87	64	56	57
Ruairi	73	84	81	99	86	91	Rosie	69	58	51	37	29	27
Ryan	329	373	459	510	685	669	Ruby	211	265	317	302	323	325
Sam	190	195	166	183	196	210	Sadhbh	123	144	108	113	132	117
Samuel	176	193	217	213	230	227	Sadie	198	157	84	42	44	36
Scott	107	122	114	118	94	109	Saoirse	282	263	264	317	339	355
Sean	530	526	609	677	755	827	Sara	71	65	71	68	91	78
Sebastian	74	91	73	66	88	81	Sarah	297	343	391	430	466	537
Senan	136	140	147	126	121	103	Sienna	96	85	80	58	47	48
Shane	109	141	151	176	209	277	Sofia	144	148	155	105	130	85
Shay	98	97	104	69	72	99	Sophia	251	316	289	299	251	218
Tadhg	230	177	166	224	232	221	Sophie	407	468	497	577	582	608
Thomas	379	362	412	403	403	347	Tara	65	72	76	71	92	121
Tom	192	185	178	157	126	127	Victoria	69	74	73	83	73	72
Tomas	79	86	93	86	81	92	Zara	97	109	122	102	90	77
Tommy	121	121	101	101	89	43	Zoe	204	173	211	196	204	170
Tyler	90	103	116	195	127	99
William	157	165	195	169	190	190


Total in top 100	20,734	21,568	21,976	23,299	24,146	24,075		17,037	17,444	18,138	21,324	22,322	22,484
Total with first name recorded	33,619	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244		32,290	32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732
Top 100 as % of total	61.7	62	62.3	62.6	63.2	63.0		52.8	53.4	53.9	60.9	61.3	61.2
Total names registered	3,475	3,486	3,628	3,804	3,801	3,910		4,487	4,586	4,643	4,730	4,810	4,762
Total births registered	33,619	34,785	35,272	37,210	38,223	38,244		32,290	32,677	33,658	35,015	36,427	36,732

Table 5 Babies' names with most growth in popularity between 2014 and 2015, and between 2010 and 2015, measured by change in rank

Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2015	2014	Change in rank		2015	2014	Change in rank
Ollie	66	87	21	Mila	88	142	54
Donnacha	70	86	16	Fiadh	35	80	45
Billy	79	95	16	Maisie	82	104	22
Tadhg	33	48	15	Annabelle	86	106	20
Brian	95	109	14	Alice	40	59	19
Daire	100	114	14

Rank - Boys				Rank - Girls
	2015	2010	Change in rank		2015	2010	Change in rank
Ollie	66	201	135	Mila	88	547	459
Tommy	63	160	97	Fiadh	35	319	284
Mason	39	128	89	Sadie	32	177	145
Logan	59	141	82	Isla	73	205	132
Kai	80	147	67	Rosie	91	211	120

Table 6 Babies' names with most growth in popularity between 2014 and 2015, and between 2010 and 2015 measured by number of names

Number of Boys				Number of Girls
	2015	2014	Increase in number		2015	2014	Increase in number
Oliver	259	199	60	Fiadh	186	86	100
Michael	434	379	55	Roisin	226	162	64
Fionn	325	270	55	Robyn	237	187	50
Tadhg	230	177	53	Sadie	198	157	41
Finn	260	224	36	Chloe	362	328	34


	2015	2010	Increase in number		2015	2010	Increase in number
Mason	186	59	127	Amelia	400	216	184
Noah	438	315	123	Fiadh	186	16	170
Ollie	118	29	89	Sadie	198	36	162
Oliver	259	172	87	Freya	188	119	69
Logan	132	53	79	Isla	94	28	66

Table 7 Most popular babies' names registered in each regional authority in 2015

Year	Regional Authority	Boys		Girls
2015		Name	%	Name	%
	Border	Jack	2.41	Emily	2.51
	Midland	Jack	2.85	Emily	2.21
	West	James	2.16	Emily	2.17
	Dublin	Daniel	1.93	Emily	1.58
	Mid-East	Jack	2.45	Emily	2.12
	Mid-West	Jack	2.80	Ava	1.69
	South-East	Jack	2.37	Emily	2.03
	South-West	Jack	2.45	Emily	1.95
	Ireland	Jack	2.24	Emily	1.94

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

Table 8a Most popular boys' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2013 and 2015

	2015	2014	2013
STATE	Jack	Jack	Jack

LEINSTER	Jack	Jack	Daniel

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

MUNSTER	Jack	Jack	Jack

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

CONNACHT	Jack	James	James

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

ULSTER (PART OF)	Jack	James	Jack

Cavan	Sean	Adam	Ryan
Donegal	Jack	Oisin/James	Jack
Monaghan	Daniel	James	Charlie/James/Ryan

Table 8b Most popular girls' names, classified by area of residence of mother, between 2013 and 2015

	2015	2014	2013
STATE	Emily	Emily	Emily

LEINSTER	Emily	Emily	Emily

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

MUNSTER	Emily	Emily	Emily

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

CONNACHT	Emily	Emily	Emily

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

ULSTER (PART OF)	Emily	Sophie	Sophie

Cavan	Molly	Emily	Grace
Donegal	Emily	Emily/Ella	Sophie
Monaghan	Emily	Katie/Sophie	Sophie

Table 9 Most popular babies' names registered in 2015, classified by nationality of parents

Nationality of mother	Nationality of father	Boys' name	Girls' name
Ireland	Ireland	Jack	Emily
Ireland	United Kingdom	James	Emily
Ireland	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Noah	Sofia
Ireland	EU15 to EU28	Alex	Mia
Ireland	*Other	Noah	Amelia
Ireland	Not stated	Mason	Mia
United Kingdom	Ireland	Jack	Ava
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Ireland	Liam	Mia/Emma
EU15 to EU28	Ireland	Daniel	Mia
*Other	Ireland	Michael	Sophia
Not stated	Ireland	Sean/Noah	Sarah/Ariela/Tenzin/Emma/Lilly
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Jack	Isla/Chloe
EU15 excl. Irl & UK	EU15 excl. Irl & UK	Noah	Chloe/Emma
EU15 to EU28	EU15 to EU28	David	Julia
*Other	*Other	Muhammad	Fatima

*Countries excluding Ireland, UK and EU.

Table 10 Top 10 Surnames of babies' registered in 2015 by number
Surname	Number
Murphy	752
Kelly	633
O'Brien	528
Byrne	527
Ryan	483
Walsh	476
O'Connor	452
O'Sullivan	384
McCarthy	314
O'Neill	313

Table 11 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1965, in order of popularity - rank

Boys' name	1965	Girls' name	1965
John	1	Mary	1
Patrick	2	Margaret	2
Michael	3	Catherine	3
James	4	Anne	4
Thomas	5	Ann	5
Paul	6	Elizabeth	6
David	7	Geraldine	7
William	8	Patricia	8
Martin	9	Bridget	9
Gerard	10	Caroline	10
Joseph	11	Deirdre	11
Anthony	12	Helen	12
Brian	13	Jacqueline	13
Peter	14	Sandra	14
Kevin	15	Bernadette	15
Brendan	16	Martina	16
Edward	17	Eileen	17
Declan	18	Kathleen	18
Francis	19	Susan	18
Stephen	20	Teresa	20
Noel	21	Angela	21
Richard	22	Nora	22
Robert	23	Linda	23
Denis	24	Pauline	24
Daniel	25	Carmel	25
Mark	26	Brigid	26
Alan	27	Fiona	27
Christopher	28	Karen	28
Timothy	29	Marie	29
Derek	30	Anna	30
Kieran	31	Ellen	31
Andrew	32	Sharon	32
Aidan	33	Joan	33
Bernard	34	Josephine	34
Dermot	35	Siobhan	34
Raymond	36	Maria	36
Philip	37	Carol	37

Table 13 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1965, in alphabetical order - rank

Boys' name	1965	Girls' name	1965
Adrian	62	Adrienne	79
Aidan	33	Alice	60
Alan	27	Angela	21
Andrew	32	Ann	5
Anthony	12	Anna	30
Arthur	91	Anne	4
Barry	77	Annette	65
Bartholmew	95	Antoinette	93
Bernard	34	Audrey	73
Brendan	16	Barbara	45
Brian	13	Bernadette	15
Charles	46	Brenda	55
Christopher	28	Bridget	9
Ciaran	51	Brigid	26
Colin	86	Carmel	25
Colm	48	Carol	37
Conor	56	Caroline	10
Cormac	92	Catherine	3
Cornelius	43	Christina	47
Cyril	92	Christine	58
Damian	61	Claire	63
Damien	73	Clare	53
Daniel	25	Colette	48
David	7	Deborah	75
Declan	18	Deirdre	11
Denis	24	Denise	51
Derek	30	Dolores	86
Dermot	35	Edel	92
Desmond	45	Eileen	17
Diarmuid	94	Elaine	56
Dominic	96	Elizabeth	6
Donal	38	Ellen	31
Donald	96	Emer	85
Eamon	65	Evelyn	78
Eamonn	60	Fiona	27
Edmond	77	Frances	43
Edward	17	Geraldine	7

Table 12 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1965, in order of popularity - numbers registered

Boys' name	1965	Girls' name	1965
John	3,360	Mary	3,229
Patrick	2,281	Margaret	1,395
Michael	2,057	Catherine	1,351
James	1,464	Anne	840
Thomas	1,367	Ann	807
Paul	1,323	Elizabeth	779
David	1,102	Geraldine	591
William	1,000	Patricia	581
Martin	843	Bridget	555
Gerard	837	Caroline	501
Joseph	705	Deirdre	470
Anthony	663	Helen	453
Brian	585	Jacqueline	431
Peter	578	Sandra	417
Kevin	469	Bernadette	389
Brendan	436	Martina	369
Edward	423	Eileen	367
Declan	412	Kathleen	319
Francis	393	Susan	319
Stephen	379	Teresa	318
Noel	374	Angela	314
Richard	354	Nora	310
Robert	353	Linda	309
Denis	350	Pauline	300
Daniel	344	Carmel	294
Mark	318	Brigid	293
Alan	316	Fiona	290
Christopher	270	Karen	289
Timothy	263	Marie	286
Derek	255	Anna	285
Kieran	252	Ellen	281
Andrew	236	Sharon	266
Aidan	233	Joan	262
Bernard	211	Josephine	247
Dermot	207	Siobhan	247
Raymond	205	Maria	243
Philip	202	Carol	217
Donal	189	Paula	215
Niall	184	Orla	186
Kenneth	182	Lorraine	173
Sean	163	Sarah	172
Jeremiah	162	Yvonne	167
Cornelius	158	Frances	163
Vincent	154	Sheila	161
Desmond	148	Barbara	153
Charles	145	Julia	153
Eugene	135	Christina	148
Colm	133	Colette	144
Matthew	129	Valerie	141
Maurice	128	Rose	137
Ciaran	124	Denise	134
Laurence	123	Grainne	133
Hugh	118	Clare	132
Ian	110	Veronica	130
Terence	108	Brenda	120
Conor	107	Elaine	117
George	107	Louise	116
Seamus	105	Christine	108
Liam	103	Suzanne	107
Eamonn	95	Alice	102
Damian	86	Jean	101
Adrian	82	Michele	101
Ronan	81	Claire	99
Gerald	78	Miriam	99
Shane	75	Annette	97
Nicholas	75	Ruth	96
Eamon	75	Jane	94
Henry	72	Monica	93
Oliver	68	Helena	92
Enda	66	Rosemary	92
Fergus	66	Katherine	91
Owen	65	Nuala	91
Damien	63	Audrey	90
Garrett	63	Noreen	89
Simon	60	Deborah	87
Finbarr	60	Rita	85
Eoin	59	Theresa	83
Barry	59	Evelyn	82
Edmond	59	Adrienne	81
Gregory	55	Imelda	80
Gabriel	54	Johanna	80
Padraig	52	Marian	80
Keith	51	Regina	80
Gary	51	Majella	79
Fintan	49	Emer	78
Colin	48	Dolores	77
Fergal	46	Janet	75
Karl	45	Jennifer	75
Neil	45	Jacinta	73
Rory	43	Niamh	73
Arthur	42	Una	73
Cormac	41	Edel	71
Cyril	41	Antoinette	70
Diarmuid	39	Maeve	70
Bartholmew	38	Noeleen	70
Dominic	37	Michelle	69
Donald	37	Olive	69
Eric	36	Therese	67
Leo	35	Irene	66
Roger	35	Philomena	65
Nigel	35



Total in top 100	30,797		25,809
Total with first name recorded	33,017		31,381
Top 100 as % of total	93.3		82.2
Total names registered	744		1,158
Total births registered	32,438		31,087

Table 14 Top 100 babies' names registered in 1965, in alphabetical order - numbers registered

Boys' name	1965	Girls' name	1965
Adrian	82	Adrienne	81
Aidan	233	Alice	102
Alan	316	Angela	314
Andrew	236	Ann	807
Anthony	663	Anna	285
Arthur	42	Anne	840
Barry	59	Annette	97
Bartholmew	38	Antoinette	70
Bernard	211	Audrey	90
Brendan	436	Barbara	153
Brian	585	Bernadette	389
Charles	145	Brenda	120
Christopher	270	Bridget	555
Ciaran	124	Brigid	293
Colin	48	Carmel	294
Colm	133	Carol	217
Conor	107	Caroline	501
Cormac	41	Catherine	1,351
Cornelius	158	Christina	148
Cyril	41	Christine	108
Damian	86	Claire	99
Damien	63	Clare	132
Daniel	344	Colette	144
David	1,102	Deborah	87
Declan	412	Deirdre	470
Denis	350	Denise	134
Derek	255	Dolores	77
Dermot	207	Edel	71
Desmond	148	Eileen	367
Diarmuid	39	Elaine	117
Dominic	37	Elizabeth	779
Donal	189	Ellen	281
Donald	37	Emer	78
Eamon	75	Evelyn	82
Eamonn	95	Fiona	290
Edmond	59	Frances	163
Edward	423	Geraldine	591
Enda	66	Grainne	133
Eoin	59	Helen	453
Eric	36	Helena	92
Eugene	135	Imelda	80
Fergal	46	Irene	66
Fergus	66	Jacinta	73
Finbarr	60	Jacqueline	431
Fintan	49	Jane	94
Francis	393	Janet	75
Gabriel	54	Jean	101
Garrett	63	Jennifer	75
Gary	51	Joan	262
George	107	Johanna	80
Gerald	78	Josephine	247
Gerard	837	Julia	153
Gregory	55	Karen	289
Henry	72	Katherine	91
Hugh	118	Kathleen	319
Ian	110	Linda	309
James	1,464	Lorraine	173
Jeremiah	162	Louise	116
John	3,360	Maeve	70
Joseph	705	Majella	79
Karl	45	Margaret	1,395
Keith	51	Maria	243
Kenneth	182	Marian	80
Kevin	469	Marie	286
Kieran	252	Martina	369
Laurence	123	Mary	3,229
Leo	35	Michele	101
Liam	103	Michelle	69
Mark	318	Miriam	99
Martin	843	Monica	93
Matthew	129	Niamh	73
Maurice	128	Noeleen	70
Michael	2,057	Nora	310
Neil	45	Noreen	89
Niall	184	Nuala	91
Nicholas	75	Olive	69
Nigel	35	Orla	186
Noel	374	Patricia	581
Oliver	68	Paula	215
Owen	65	Pauline	300
Padraig	52	Philomena	65
Patrick	2,281	Regina	80
Paul	1,323	Rita	85
Peter	578	Rose	137
Philip	202	Rosemary	92
Raymond	205	Ruth	96
Richard	354	Sandra	417
Robert	353	Sarah	172
Roger	35	Sharon	266
Ronan	81	Sheila	161
Rory	43	Siobhan	247
Seamus	105	Susan	319
Sean	163	Suzanne	107
Shane	75	Teresa	318
Simon	60	Theresa	83
Stephen	379	Therese	67
Terence	108	Una	73
Thomas	1,367	Valerie	141
Timothy	263	Veronica	130
Vincent	154	Yvonne	167
William	1,000



Total in top 100	30,797		25,809
Total with first name recorded	33,017		31,381
Top 100 as % of total	93.3		82.2
Total names registered	744		1,158
Total births registered	32,438		31,087

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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