Most popular baby names in Northern Ireland (1998)
The rankings exactly as NISRA published them for 1998. Northern 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.
This source has published 28 complete rankings, from 1997 to 2024. Data sources
Girls' names
Top 100 in Northern Ireland, 1998
- 1Chloe
- 2Emma
- 3Rebecca
- 4Amy
- 5Lauren
- 6Hannah
- 7Sarah
- 7Shannon
- 9Rachel
- 10Megan
- 11Caitlin
- 12Niamh
- 13Courtney
- 14Nicole
- 15Laura
- 15Sophie
- 17Katie
- 18Jessica
- 19Aoife
- 20Anna
- 21Ciara
- 22Lucy
- 23Aimee
- 24Erin
- 25Emily
- 26Caoimhe
- 26Claire
- 28Catherine
- 29Ellen
- 30Leah
- 31Eimear
- 32Bethany
- 32Victoria
- 34Natasha
- 35Chelsea
- 35Danielle
- 37Jade
- 38Aine
- 38Olivia
- 40Orla
- 40Rachael
- 42Holly
- 43Zoe
- 44Charlotte
- 45Naomi
- 46Kirsty
- 47Molly
- 47Shauna
- 49Grace
- 50Kathryn
- 50Louise
- 50Rebekah
- 53Gemma
- 54Alexandra
- 54Sinead
- 56Katherine
- 56Tara
- 58Melissa
- 59Roisin
- 60Aisling
- 60Bronagh
- 60Cliodhna
- 60Grainne
- 64Georgia
- 64Maria
- 64Samantha
- 67Alice
- 67Robyn
- 69Beth
- 69Kate
- 71Clodagh
- 71Jennifer
- 71Mary
- 74Jordan
- 75Kirsten
- 75Ruth
- 75Stephanie
- 78Cara
- 78Clare
- 78Lisa
- 81Abigail
- 81Morgan
- 83Lydia
- 84Leanne
- 85Chantelle
- 85Elizabeth
- 85Emer
- 85Eve
- 85Jane
- 85Natalie
- 91Alana
- 91Amber
- 91Kerry
- 94Nicola
- 94Taylor
- 96Abbie
- 96Michaela
- 98Dearbhla
- 98Eva
- 98Maeve
Boys' names
Top 100 in Northern Ireland, 1998
- 1Matthew
- 2Ryan
- 3James
- 4Jack
- 5Conor
- 6Adam
- 6Jordan
- 8Michael
- 9David
- 10Christopher
- 11Andrew
- 12Daniel
- 13Aaron
- 14Thomas
- 15Joshua
- 16Sean
- 17Mark
- 18Nathan
- 19Dylan
- 20Jonathan
- 21Stephen
- 22Peter
- 23Jamie
- 24John
- 25Patrick
- 26Ciaran
- 26Niall
- 28Callum
- 29Caolan
- 30Kyle
- 31William
- 32Luke
- 33Cameron
- 34Samuel
- 35Connor
- 36Jason
- 37Eoin
- 37Paul
- 39Ben
- 40Scott
- 41Ross
- 42Robert
- 43Benjamin
- 44Ethan
- 45Shane
- 46Curtis
- 46Joseph
- 48Ronan
- 49Reece
- 50Lee
- 51Dean
- 52Alexander
- 52Jake
- 54Lewis
- 54Steven
- 56Darren
- 56Owen
- 58Declan
- 58Oisin
- 60Gareth
- 60Kevin
- 60Rory
- 63Ruairi
- 64Brandon
- 65Liam
- 65Martin
- 67Philip
- 68Bradley
- 68Harry
- 68Shea
- 71Tiarnan
- 72Oran
- 73Aidan
- 73Marc
- 75Corey
- 76Gerard
- 77Conall
- 77Cormac
- 77Craig
- 77Eoghan
- 77Jacob
- 77Odhran
- 83Gary
- 83Rhys
- 83Stuart
- 86Brendan
- 87Joel
- 88Anthony
- 89Richard
- 90Kieran
- 91Brian
- 91Sam
- 93Charles
- 93Darragh
- 93Eamon
- 93Tyler
- 97Josh
- 98Cathal
- 99Calvin
- 99George