Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2003)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2003. 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, 2003
- 1Emma
- 2Sarah
- 3Aoife
- 4Ciara
- 5Katie
- 6Sophie
- 7Rachel
- 8Chloe
- 9Amy
- 10Leah
- 11Niamh
- 12Caoimhe
- 13Hannah
- 14Ella
- 15Lauren
- 16Megan
- 17Kate
- 17Rebecca
- 19Jessica
- 20Emily
- 21Laura
- 22Anna
- 23Grace
- 24Ava
- 25Ellen
- 26Shauna
- 27Roisin
- 28Holly
- 29Aisling
- 29Lucy
- 31Caitlin
- 32Aine
- 33Abbie
- 34Nicole
- 35Katelyn
- 36Saoirse
- 37Molly
- 38Ellie
- 38Sinead
- 40Tara
- 41Zoe
- 42Erin
- 43Jennifer
- 44Mia
- 45Mary
- 46Clodagh
- 46Eimear
- 48Aimee
- 49Alannah
- 49Robyn
- 51Elizabeth
- 52Shannon
- 53Orla
- 54Abigail
- 55Eva
- 56Eve
- 56Louise
- 56Maria
- 59Kelly
- 60Abby
- 61Claire
- 61Jade
- 63Kayleigh
- 64Lisa
- 64Ruth
- 66Alanna
- 66Jodie
- 68Grainne
- 68Nadine
- 70Jane
- 71Catherine
- 72Charlotte
- 72Olivia
- 74Eabha
- 75Lily
- 75Sadhbh
- 77Maeve
- 77Michelle
- 79Victoria
- 80Clara
- 80Fiona
- 80Leanne
- 83Alice
- 83Alison
- 83Heather
- 86Cara
- 86Danielle
- 88Alexandra
- 88Sorcha
- 90Stephanie
- 91Andrea
- 91Faye
- 93Naomi
- 94Alana
- 94Amber
- 94Aoibhe
- 94Courtney
- 94Michaela
- 99Laoise
- 100Isabelle
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2003
- 1Sean
- 2Jack
- 3Adam
- 4Conor
- 5James
- 6Daniel
- 7Michael
- 8Cian
- 9David
- 10Dylan
- 11Luke
- 12Ryan
- 13Aaron
- 14Thomas
- 15Darragh
- 15Eoin
- 17Joshua
- 18Ben
- 19Patrick
- 20Oisin
- 21Shane
- 22John
- 23Jamie
- 24Liam
- 25Matthew
- 26Evan
- 27Mark
- 28Nathan
- 29Alex
- 30Ciaran
- 31Jake
- 32Joseph
- 33Stephen
- 34Robert
- 35Kyle
- 36Andrew
- 37Samuel
- 38Kevin
- 39Cathal
- 40Brian
- 41Eoghan
- 42Dean
- 42Lee
- 44Ethan
- 45Jason
- 46Callum
- 46Christopher
- 48Paul
- 49Alexander
- 50Peter
- 51Ronan
- 52Rory
- 53Benjamin
- 54Niall
- 55William
- 56Cormac
- 56Harry
- 56Josh
- 59Scott
- 60Cillian
- 61Jordan
- 62Gavin
- 63Craig
- 64Aidan
- 65Kian
- 66Fionn
- 67Killian
- 68Anthony
- 68Ross
- 70Sam
- 71Alan
- 72Kieran
- 73Colm
- 73Martin
- 75Finn
- 76Brandon
- 76Connor
- 76Darren
- 79Charlie
- 80Oran
- 81Brendan
- 81Colin
- 83Tom
- 84Tadhg
- 85Leon
- 86Dara
- 86Edward
- 88Daragh
- 89Padraig
- 90Jonathan
- 90Keith
- 92Daire
- 92Reece
- 92Ruairi
- 95Cameron
- 95Emmanuel
- 97Diarmuid
- 97Ian
- 97Karl
- 97Max