Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2001)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2001. 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, 2001
- 1Sarah
- 2Aoife
- 3Emma
- 4Chloe
- 5Ciara
- 6Lauren
- 6Niamh
- 8Amy
- 9Katie
- 10Megan
- 11Rachel
- 12Leah
- 13Laura
- 14Rebecca
- 15Hannah
- 16Sophie
- 17Shauna
- 18Emily
- 19Caoimhe
- 20Jessica
- 21Nicole
- 22Kate
- 23Aisling
- 24Ellen
- 25Roisin
- 26Anna
- 27Grace
- 28Saoirse
- 29Shannon
- 30Jade
- 31Molly
- 32Tara
- 33Sinead
- 34Caitlin
- 35Lucy
- 36Aine
- 37Mary
- 38Orla
- 39Jennifer
- 40Eimear
- 41Ava
- 42Clodagh
- 42Zoe
- 44Claire
- 44Eva
- 46Eve
- 47Erin
- 48Ella
- 49Holly
- 50Louise
- 51Robyn
- 52Alannah
- 52Katelyn
- 54Catherine
- 55Lisa
- 56Leanne
- 56Ruth
- 58Danielle
- 58Maria
- 60Elizabeth
- 61Olivia
- 62Alison
- 62Michelle
- 64Abbie
- 65Siobhán
- 66Abigail
- 66Grainne
- 68Alexandra
- 69Kelly
- 70Maeve
- 70Michaela
- 72Jodie
- 72Mia
- 74Aimee
- 74Fiona
- 74Kayleigh
- 77Abby
- 78Jane
- 79Rachael
- 80Emer
- 81Georgia
- 82Courtney
- 83Zara
- 84Sara
- 85Andrea
- 86Alanna
- 87Alice
- 87Charlotte
- 89Ellie
- 89Hazel
- 91Cara
- 91Kellie
- 91Lily
- 91Stephanie
- 95Margaret
- 96Alana
- 97Claudia
- 97Gemma
- 97Isobel
- 100Amber
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2001
- 1Jack
- 2Sean
- 3Adam
- 4Conor
- 5James
- 6Cian
- 7David
- 8Dylan
- 9Luke
- 10Michael
- 11Daniel
- 12Aaron
- 13Shane
- 14Thomas
- 15John
- 16Mark
- 17Patrick
- 18Eoin
- 18Ryan
- 20Jamie
- 21Darragh
- 22Matthew
- 23Oisin
- 24Liam
- 25Ciaran
- 26Stephen
- 27Ben
- 28Joshua
- 29Jordan
- 30Evan
- 31Joseph
- 32Nathan
- 33Robert
- 34Jake
- 35Dean
- 36Kevin
- 37Andrew
- 38Cathal
- 39Brian
- 40Craig
- 41Niall
- 42Christopher
- 43Paul
- 44Eoghan
- 45Alex
- 45Jason
- 47Lee
- 48Peter
- 49Samuel
- 50Ronan
- 51Ethan
- 52William
- 53Kyle
- 54Gavin
- 55Killian
- 56Anthony
- 56Harry
- 58Cillian
- 59Alan
- 59Cormac
- 61Rory
- 62Darren
- 63Kian
- 63Ross
- 65Alexander
- 66Benjamin
- 66Scott
- 68Fionn
- 68Leon
- 70Martin
- 71Colm
- 72Kieran
- 73Aidan
- 74Keith
- 75Richard
- 76Callum
- 77Edward
- 78Karl
- 79Padraig
- 80Daragh
- 81Josh
- 82Reece
- 83Brandon
- 83Diarmuid
- 83Owen
- 86Jonathan
- 87Ian
- 88Tadhg
- 89Sam
- 90Brendan
- 90Dara
- 92Colin
- 93Lorcan
- 94Tom
- 95Finn
- 96Oran
- 97Philip
- 98Daire
- 98Gary
- 98Shaun