Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1996)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1996. Republic of Irelandpublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1996
- 1Sarah
- 2Emma
- 3Niamh
- 4Ciara
- 5Aoife
- 6Laura
- 7Lauren
- 8Rebecca
- 9Amy
- 10Megan
- 11Chloe
- 12Rachel
- 13Shauna
- 14Katie
- 15Nicole
- 16Mary
- 17Aisling
- 17Shannon
- 19Jessica
- 20Sinead
- 21Hannah
- 22Roisin
- 23Michelle
- 24Jennifer
- 25Kate
- 26Eimear
- 27Ellen
- 28Claire
- 29Sophie
- 30Lisa
- 31Emily
- 32Louise
- 33Aine
- 33Danielle
- 35Catherine
- 36Kelly
- 36Orla
- 38Leah
- 38Leanne
- 40Caoimhe
- 41Tara
- 42Margaret
- 43Anna
- 44Elizabeth
- 45Jade
- 46Alison
- 47Fiona
- 48Clodagh
- 48Siobhán
- 50Grace
- 51Saoirse
- 52Stephanie
- 53Ruth
- 54Maria
- 54Michaela
- 56Kayleigh
- 57Caroline
- 57Nicola
- 59Zoe
- 60Hayley
- 61Emer
- 61Gemma
- 61Karen
- 64Melissa
- 65Elaine
- 65Grainne
- 67Holly
- 68Anne
- 69Natasha
- 70Alice
- 71Bridget
- 72Samantha
- 73Rachael
- 74Christina
- 74Marie
- 76Aimee
- 76Joanne
- 78Eva
- 78Lorna
- 80Deirdre
- 80Gillian
- 80Helen
- 80Jane
- 80Lorraine
- 80Sorcha
- 86Amanda
- 87Heather
- 88Lucy
- 88Sharon
- 90Edel
- 90Kathleen
- 92Cliona
- 92Kellie
- 92Patricia
- 95Ann
- 95Nadine
- 95Robyn
- 98Alexandra
- 99Clare
- 99Naomi
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1996
- 1Conor
- 2Sean
- 3Shane
- 4Michael
- 5Daniel
- 6John
- 7James
- 8David
- 9Aaron
- 10Stephen
- 11Adam
- 12Jack
- 13Patrick
- 14Dylan
- 15Thomas
- 16Mark
- 17Ryan
- 18Luke
- 19Andrew
- 20Eoin
- 20Kevin
- 22Cian
- 23Robert
- 24Brian
- 25Ciaran
- 26Christopher
- 27Jason
- 28Paul
- 29Darragh
- 30Jamie
- 31Darren
- 32Dean
- 33Niall
- 34Joseph
- 35Alan
- 36William
- 37Liam
- 38Evan
- 39Jordan
- 40Matthew
- 41Peter
- 42Gavin
- 43Anthony
- 43Cathal
- 43Lee
- 46Ronan
- 47Ian
- 48Ross
- 49Keith
- 50Craig
- 51Martin
- 51Nathan
- 53Gary
- 54Jonathan
- 55Colm
- 56Eoghan
- 57Oisin
- 58Richard
- 59Cormac
- 60Brendan
- 61Joshua
- 62Eric
- 63Aidan
- 64Philip
- 65Kieran
- 66Graham
- 67Jake
- 68Karl
- 69Samuel
- 70Cillian
- 71Gerard
- 71Kyle
- 73Killian
- 74Ben
- 75Colin
- 76Steven
- 77Barry
- 77Declan
- 77Padraig
- 80Edward
- 81Rory
- 82Alex
- 83Alexander
- 84Timothy
- 85Scott
- 86Leon
- 86Owen
- 88Benjamin
- 88Damien
- 88Shaun
- 91Adrian
- 91Diarmuid
- 91Seamus
- 94Daire
- 94Glen
- 96Donal
- 97Francis
- 97Simon
- 99Brandon
- 99Emmet