Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2012)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2012. 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, 2012
- 1Emily
- 2Sophie
- 3Emma
- 4Grace
- 5Lily
- 6Mia
- 7Ella
- 8Ava
- 9Lucy
- 10Sarah
- 11Aoife
- 12Amelia
- 13Hannah
- 14Katie
- 15Chloe
- 16Caoimhe
- 17Saoirse
- 18Kate
- 19Holly
- 20Ruby
- 21Sophia
- 22Anna
- 23Lauren
- 24Leah
- 25Amy
- 26Isabelle
- 27Molly
- 28Ellie
- 29Jessica
- 30Olivia
- 31Roisin
- 32Ciara
- 33Kayla
- 34Julia
- 34Zoe
- 36Laura
- 37Niamh
- 38Abbie
- 39Erin
- 40Rachel
- 41Robyn
- 42Aisling
- 43Faye
- 44Rebecca
- 45Eva
- 45Layla
- 47Ellen
- 48Cara
- 49Freya
- 50Abigail
- 50Eve
- 50Isabella
- 53Megan
- 54Aine
- 54Clodagh
- 56Aoibhinn
- 57Millie
- 58Nicole
- 59Aoibheann
- 60Maja
- 61Sadhbh
- 62Eabha
- 63Charlotte
- 64Amber
- 64Caitlin
- 64Sofia
- 67Alannah
- 68Zara
- 69Alice
- 70Maria
- 71Elizabeth
- 71Lena
- 71Mary
- 74Emilia
- 75Aimee
- 75Lilly
- 77Hollie
- 78Aoibhe
- 79Victoria
- 80Eimear
- 80Maya
- 82Isabel
- 82Orla
- 84Evie
- 85Kayleigh
- 86Brooke
- 86Clara
- 88Meabh
- 89Lexi
- 90Tara
- 91Daisy
- 91Katelyn
- 93Ailbhe
- 93Amelie
- 93Natalia
- 93Sara
- 97Hanna
- 97Laoise
- 97Ruth
- 100Madison
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2012
- 1Jack
- 2James
- 3Daniel
- 4Sean
- 5Conor
- 6Adam
- 7Harry
- 7Ryan
- 9Dylan
- 10Michael
- 11Luke
- 12Charlie
- 13Liam
- 14Oisin
- 15Cian
- 16Jamie
- 17Thomas
- 18Alex
- 19Noah
- 20Darragh
- 21Patrick
- 22Aaron
- 23Cillian
- 24Matthew
- 25John
- 26Nathan
- 27David
- 27Fionn
- 29Evan
- 30Ethan
- 31Jake
- 32Kyle
- 33Rian
- 34Ben
- 34Max
- 36Eoin
- 37Tadhg
- 38Finn
- 39Callum
- 40Samuel
- 41Joshua
- 42Rory
- 43Jayden
- 44Joseph
- 45Tyler
- 46Sam
- 47Shane
- 48Mark
- 48Robert
- 50Aidan
- 51William
- 52Ronan
- 53Eoghan
- 54Alexander
- 54Leon
- 56Cathal
- 57Mason
- 58Tom
- 59Oliver
- 60Andrew
- 61Oscar
- 62Ciaran
- 63Bobby
- 64Jacob
- 65Senan
- 66Rhys
- 67Scott
- 68Benjamin
- 68Cormac
- 70Kevin
- 71Lucas
- 72Alan
- 73Donnacha
- 73Jakub
- 75Christopher
- 76Filip
- 76Killian
- 78Josh
- 79Alfie
- 80Tommy
- 81Ruairi
- 82Odhran
- 83Oran
- 84Leo
- 85Isaac
- 86Dara
- 86Jason
- 88Zach
- 89Martin
- 89Peter
- 91Brian
- 92Danny
- 93Niall
- 93Tomas
- 95Edward
- 95Stephen
- 97Logan
- 98Kacper
- 99Anthony
- 100Billy