Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2002)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2002. 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, 2002
- 1Sarah
- 2Aoife
- 3Ciara
- 4Emma
- 5Chloe
- 6Amy
- 7Katie
- 8Niamh
- 9Sophie
- 10Lauren
- 11Megan
- 12Hannah
- 13Rachel
- 14Rebecca
- 15Leah
- 16Laura
- 17Jessica
- 18Kate
- 19Emily
- 20Caoimhe
- 21Anna
- 22Shauna
- 23Ellen
- 24Nicole
- 24Roisin
- 26Ava
- 27Aisling
- 28Ella
- 29Grace
- 30Sinead
- 31Saoirse
- 32Tara
- 33Molly
- 34Jennifer
- 35Holly
- 36Lucy
- 37Shannon
- 38Caitlin
- 39Aine
- 40Orla
- 41Mary
- 42Jade
- 43Eimear
- 43Zoe
- 45Clodagh
- 46Ellie
- 47Mia
- 48Erin
- 48Louise
- 50Eva
- 51Abbie
- 52Katelyn
- 53Maria
- 54Claire
- 55Alannah
- 55Lisa
- 57Kelly
- 58Catherine
- 58Eve
- 60Alison
- 61Michelle
- 62Elizabeth
- 63Fiona
- 63Robyn
- 65Abby
- 66Aimee
- 66Danielle
- 68Abigail
- 68Kayleigh
- 68Ruth
- 71Grainne
- 71Olivia
- 73Jodie
- 74Leanne
- 75Maeve
- 76Alice
- 77Isabelle
- 78Alexandra
- 78Jane
- 80Alanna
- 80Lara
- 82Emer
- 83Courtney
- 83Victoria
- 85Andrea
- 85Lily
- 87Siobhán
- 87Zara
- 89Nadine
- 89Rachael
- 91Charlotte
- 91Sara
- 93Heather
- 94Ailbhe
- 94Isabel
- 94Michaela
- 94Sadhbh
- 94Stephanie
- 99Eabha
- 100Laoise
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2002
- 1Jack
- 2Sean
- 3Adam
- 4Conor
- 5James
- 6Daniel
- 7Cian
- 8Michael
- 9David
- 10Luke
- 11Dylan
- 12Aaron
- 13Patrick
- 14Ryan
- 15John
- 16Eoin
- 17Matthew
- 18Thomas
- 19Ben
- 19Joshua
- 21Shane
- 22Mark
- 23Jamie
- 24Darragh
- 25Oisin
- 26Liam
- 27Nathan
- 28Ciaran
- 29Evan
- 30Jake
- 30Robert
- 32Kevin
- 33Joseph
- 33Stephen
- 35Alex
- 36Kyle
- 37Jason
- 38Brian
- 38Cathal
- 40Niall
- 41Andrew
- 42Jordan
- 43Samuel
- 44Dean
- 45Paul
- 46Lee
- 47Christopher
- 48Eoghan
- 49William
- 50Ethan
- 50Peter
- 52Cormac
- 53Benjamin
- 54Ronan
- 55Gavin
- 56Alexander
- 57Rory
- 58Scott
- 59Craig
- 60Alan
- 60Callum
- 62Aidan
- 62Josh
- 64Anthony
- 65Killian
- 66Cillian
- 66Fionn
- 68Harry
- 69Kieran
- 70Brandon
- 71Sam
- 72Darren
- 73Kian
- 74Martin
- 74Ross
- 76Colm
- 77Diarmuid
- 78Ian
- 79Keith
- 80Tadhg
- 81Leon
- 82Jonathan
- 82Richard
- 84Brendan
- 84Owen
- 84Padraig
- 87Gary
- 88Finn
- 89Edward
- 90Connor
- 90Tom
- 92Eric
- 93Charlie
- 94Oran
- 95Daragh
- 95Denis
- 97Dara
- 97Lorcan
- 99Seamus
- 99Steven