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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.

This source has published 62 complete rankings, from 1964 to 2025. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Girls' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1996

  1. 1Sarah
  2. 2Emma
  3. 3Niamh
  4. 4Ciara
  5. 5Aoife
  6. 6Laura
  7. 7Lauren
  8. 8Rebecca
  9. 9Amy
  10. 10Megan
  11. 11Chloe
  12. 12Rachel
  13. 13Shauna
  14. 14Katie
  15. 15Nicole
  16. 16Mary
  17. 17Aisling
  18. 17Shannon
  19. 19Jessica
  20. 20Sinead
  21. 21Hannah
  22. 22Roisin
  23. 23Michelle
  24. 24Jennifer
  25. 25Kate
  26. 26Eimear
  27. 27Ellen
  28. 28Claire
  29. 29Sophie
  30. 30Lisa
  31. 31Emily
  32. 32Louise
  33. 33Aine
  34. 33Danielle
  35. 35Catherine
  36. 36Kelly
  37. 36Orla
  38. 38Leah
  39. 38Leanne
  40. 40Caoimhe
  41. 41Tara
  42. 42Margaret
  43. 43Anna
  44. 44Elizabeth
  45. 45Jade
  46. 46Alison
  47. 47Fiona
  48. 48Clodagh
  49. 48Siobhán
  50. 50Grace
  51. 51Saoirse
  52. 52Stephanie
  53. 53Ruth
  54. 54Maria
  55. 54Michaela
  56. 56Kayleigh
  57. 57Caroline
  58. 57Nicola
  59. 59Zoe
  60. 60Hayley
  61. 61Emer
  62. 61Gemma
  63. 61Karen
  64. 64Melissa
  65. 65Elaine
  66. 65Grainne
  67. 67Holly
  68. 68Anne
  69. 69Natasha
  70. 70Alice
  71. 71Bridget
  72. 72Samantha
  73. 73Rachael
  74. 74Christina
  75. 74Marie
  76. 76Aimee
  77. 76Joanne
  78. 78Eva
  79. 78Lorna
  80. 80Deirdre
  81. 80Gillian
  82. 80Helen
  83. 80Jane
  84. 80Lorraine
  85. 80Sorcha
  86. 86Amanda
  87. 87Heather
  88. 88Lucy
  89. 88Sharon
  90. 90Edel
  91. 90Kathleen
  92. 92Cliona
  93. 92Kellie
  94. 92Patricia
  95. 95Ann
  96. 95Nadine
  97. 95Robyn
  98. 98Alexandra
  99. 99Clare
  100. 99Naomi

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1996

  1. 1Conor
  2. 2Sean
  3. 3Shane
  4. 4Michael
  5. 5Daniel
  6. 6John
  7. 7James
  8. 8David
  9. 9Aaron
  10. 10Stephen
  11. 11Adam
  12. 12Jack
  13. 13Patrick
  14. 14Dylan
  15. 15Thomas
  16. 16Mark
  17. 17Ryan
  18. 18Luke
  19. 19Andrew
  20. 20Eoin
  21. 20Kevin
  22. 22Cian
  23. 23Robert
  24. 24Brian
  25. 25Ciaran
  26. 26Christopher
  27. 27Jason
  28. 28Paul
  29. 29Darragh
  30. 30Jamie
  31. 31Darren
  32. 32Dean
  33. 33Niall
  34. 34Joseph
  35. 35Alan
  36. 36William
  37. 37Liam
  38. 38Evan
  39. 39Jordan
  40. 40Matthew
  41. 41Peter
  42. 42Gavin
  43. 43Anthony
  44. 43Cathal
  45. 43Lee
  46. 46Ronan
  47. 47Ian
  48. 48Ross
  49. 49Keith
  50. 50Craig
  51. 51Martin
  52. 51Nathan
  53. 53Gary
  54. 54Jonathan
  55. 55Colm
  56. 56Eoghan
  57. 57Oisin
  58. 58Richard
  59. 59Cormac
  60. 60Brendan
  61. 61Joshua
  62. 62Eric
  63. 63Aidan
  64. 64Philip
  65. 65Kieran
  66. 66Graham
  67. 67Jake
  68. 68Karl
  69. 69Samuel
  70. 70Cillian
  71. 71Gerard
  72. 71Kyle
  73. 73Killian
  74. 74Ben
  75. 75Colin
  76. 76Steven
  77. 77Barry
  78. 77Declan
  79. 77Padraig
  80. 80Edward
  81. 81Rory
  82. 82Alex
  83. 83Alexander
  84. 84Timothy
  85. 85Scott
  86. 86Leon
  87. 86Owen
  88. 88Benjamin
  89. 88Damien
  90. 88Shaun
  91. 91Adrian
  92. 91Diarmuid
  93. 91Seamus
  94. 94Daire
  95. 94Glen
  96. 96Donal
  97. 97Francis
  98. 97Simon
  99. 99Brandon
  100. 99Emmet