Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (2016)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 2016. 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, 2016
- 1Emily
- 2Grace
- 3Ava
- 3Lucy
- 5Amelia
- 5Sophie
- 7Emma
- 8Mia
- 9Hannah
- 10Lily
- 11Ella
- 12Saoirse
- 13Olivia
- 14Kate
- 15Aoife
- 16Sarah
- 17Anna
- 17Chloe
- 19Caoimhe
- 20Ellie
- 21Katie
- 22Sophia
- 23Holly
- 24Fiadh
- 25Lauren
- 26Zoe
- 27Molly
- 28Isabelle
- 29Robyn
- 30Leah
- 31Sadie
- 32Roisin
- 32Ruby
- 34Alice
- 34Cara
- 36Freya
- 37Eva
- 38Erin
- 39Ciara
- 39Evie
- 41Niamh
- 42Sofia
- 43Charlotte
- 44Layla
- 45Amy
- 45Eabha
- 47Faye
- 48Jessica
- 49Eve
- 49Julia
- 51Clodagh
- 52Abigail
- 53Isla
- 54Laura
- 55Maria
- 55Maya
- 57Sadhbh
- 57Zara
- 59Amber
- 59Emilia
- 59Millie
- 62Isabella
- 63Aoibhinn
- 64Ellen
- 65Abbie
- 65Clara
- 65Elizabeth
- 65Harper
- 69Alannah
- 70Kayla
- 71Sienna
- 72Willow
- 73Megan
- 74Rachel
- 75Maisie
- 75Rebecca
- 77Aisling
- 77Rose
- 79Aine
- 80Aoibheann
- 81Annie
- 82Heidi
- 82Meabh
- 84Lilly
- 84Mary
- 84Mila
- 87Georgia
- 87Rosie
- 89Daisy
- 90Victoria
- 91Ailbhe
- 91Alexandra
- 93Lara
- 94Mollie
- 95Isabel
- 95Orla
- 97Aria
- 97Matilda
- 97Sara
- 97Zoey
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 2016
- 1James
- 2Jack
- 3Conor
- 3Daniel
- 5Sean
- 6Noah
- 7Adam
- 8Oisin
- 9Michael
- 10Luke
- 11Harry
- 12Charlie
- 13Cian
- 14Liam
- 15Thomas
- 16Darragh
- 17Alex
- 18Patrick
- 19Ryan
- 20Finn
- 21Fionn
- 22Cillian
- 23Dylan
- 24Aaron
- 25John
- 26Jamie
- 27David
- 28Ben
- 29Matthew
- 30Oliver
- 31Rian
- 32Tadhg
- 33Jake
- 34Evan
- 35Max
- 36Tom
- 37Jacob
- 38Samuel
- 39Nathan
- 40Kyle
- 41Ethan
- 41Sam
- 43Mason
- 44Joshua
- 44Leo
- 46Oscar
- 47Bobby
- 48Callum
- 49Alexander
- 50William
- 51Joseph
- 52Aidan
- 53Ollie
- 54Alfie
- 55Eoin
- 56Robert
- 57Logan
- 58Benjamin
- 58Leon
- 58Odhran
- 58Senan
- 62Jayden
- 63Lucas
- 64Shane
- 65Cathal
- 66Tommy
- 67Scott
- 68Donnacha
- 68Eoghan
- 70Danny
- 71Ronan
- 72Andrew
- 72Mark
- 74Rory
- 75Henry
- 75Tyler
- 77Billy
- 78Josh
- 78Louis
- 78Shay
- 81Daithi
- 81Kevin
- 83Cormac
- 83Muhammad
- 83Tomas
- 86Anthony
- 87Killian
- 87Martin
- 89Hugo
- 90Ciaran
- 90Edward
- 92Kai
- 93Christopher
- 93George
- 93Luca
- 96Lorcan
- 97Zach
- 98Dara
- 98Isaac
- 98Jason