Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2005)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2005. 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, 2005
- 1Emma
- 2Sarah
- 3Katie
- 4Amy
- 5Aoife
- 6Ciara
- 7Sophie
- 8Chloe
- 9Leah
- 10Ella
- 11Emily
- 12Rachel
- 13Niamh
- 14Grace
- 15Rebecca
- 16Hannah
- 17Caoimhe
- 18Ava
- 19Lauren
- 20Jessica
- 21Anna
- 22Kate
- 23Roisin
- 24Lucy
- 25Molly
- 26Megan
- 27Abbie
- 28Laura
- 29Holly
- 30Ellen
- 31Aisling
- 32Ellie
- 33Mia
- 34Caitlin
- 35Aine
- 36Saoirse
- 37Nicole
- 38Shauna
- 39Tara
- 40Erin
- 41Katelyn
- 42Clodagh
- 43Zoe
- 44Eimear
- 45Abigail
- 46Aimee
- 47Sinead
- 48Mary
- 49Eva
- 50Robyn
- 51Alannah
- 52Lily
- 53Orla
- 54Eabha
- 55Jade
- 56Shannon
- 57Eve
- 58Kayleigh
- 58Maria
- 58Olivia
- 58Ruby
- 62Isabelle
- 63Jennifer
- 64Aoibhe
- 65Jane
- 66Cara
- 67Charlotte
- 67Kayla
- 69Elizabeth
- 70Amber
- 71Abby
- 72Kelly
- 73Ruth
- 73Sadhbh
- 75Isabel
- 76Jodie
- 76Louise
- 78Orlaith
- 79Alanna
- 79Claire
- 81Alexandra
- 82Alice
- 83Catherine
- 84Michelle
- 85Emer
- 85Maeve
- 85Sophia
- 88Alicia
- 88Isobel
- 88Zara
- 91Alisha
- 91Amelia
- 93Alison
- 93Clara
- 93Isabella
- 93Lisa
- 97Heather
- 97Julia
- 99Hazel
- 100Danielle
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2005
- 1Jack
- 2Sean
- 3Adam
- 4Conor
- 5James
- 6Daniel
- 7Cian
- 8Luke
- 9Aaron
- 10Michael
- 11Dylan
- 12Ryan
- 13Jamie
- 14Ben
- 14David
- 16Thomas
- 17John
- 18Patrick
- 19Matthew
- 20Darragh
- 21Eoin
- 21Oisin
- 23Shane
- 24Alex
- 25Evan
- 25Joshua
- 27Liam
- 28Nathan
- 29Mark
- 30Jake
- 31Cathal
- 31Ciaran
- 31Joseph
- 34Callum
- 35Kyle
- 35Samuel
- 37Robert
- 38Fionn
- 39Andrew
- 39Cormac
- 41Eoghan
- 42Stephen
- 43Brian
- 43Ronan
- 45Cillian
- 46Lee
- 47Alexander
- 47Kevin
- 49Ethan
- 50Harry
- 51William
- 52Charlie
- 53Niall
- 54Paul
- 55Benjamin
- 56Josh
- 57Finn
- 58Scott
- 59Sam
- 60Christopher
- 61Noah
- 62Killian
- 63Dean
- 64Peter
- 65Jason
- 66Gavin
- 66Ross
- 68Rory
- 69Tadhg
- 70Calum
- 71Aidan
- 72Alan
- 73Max
- 74Kian
- 75Anthony
- 76Martin
- 77Diarmuid
- 78Oran
- 79Oscar
- 79Tom
- 81Dara
- 82Leon
- 83Darren
- 84Padraig
- 84Rian
- 86Colm
- 86Tomas
- 88Daragh
- 89Craig
- 90Jonathan
- 90Kieran
- 92Christian
- 93Karl
- 93Ruairi
- 95Owen
- 96Daire
- 97Leo
- 98Brandon
- 99Charles
- 99Hugh