Names that peaked in Northern Ireland in the 2000s

Names whose highest recorded position in Northern Ireland's published list falls in the 2000s, with at least 3 recorded years on each side of that year.

Scoped to one registrar: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names. A name can be at its height here a generation before or after it is elsewhere, and this says only when it peaked in Northern Ireland — never when it peaked generally, which is not a thing any single source can show.

60 names, selected from the 2,577 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: NISRA · All Northern Ireland names

• Emma

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jack

  Highest recorded position #1 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Katie

  Highest recorded position #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2004, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Caitlin

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Lauren

  Highest recorded position #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Adam

  Highest recorded position #3 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Ellie

  Highest recorded position #3 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jessica

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Lucy

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2007, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Megan

  Highest recorded position #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2022.

• Erin

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2009, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Niamh

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Sarah

  Highest recorded position #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Ben

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2004, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Joshua

  Highest recorded position #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Dylan

  Highest recorded position #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Rachel

  Highest recorded position #7 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Aaron

  Highest recorded position #8 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Callum

  Highest recorded position #8 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2006, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Eva

  Highest recorded position #8 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2009, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Aimee

  Highest recorded position #9 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2004, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Leah

  Highest recorded position #10 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Luke

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Sean

  Highest recorded position #13 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Nathan

  Highest recorded position #15 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Molly

  Highest recorded position #18 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2007, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Patrick

  Highest recorded position #18 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Cara

  Highest recorded position #19 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2007, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Lewis

  Highest recorded position #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Calum

  Highest recorded position #21 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2006, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Ellen

  Highest recorded position #21 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Benjamin

  Highest recorded position #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Holly

  Highest recorded position #22 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Eoin

  Highest recorded position #23 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2004, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Caoimhe

  Highest recorded position #25 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Rhys

  Highest recorded position #25 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Samuel

  Highest recorded position #25 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Shea

  Highest recorded position #25 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2007, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Cameron

  Highest recorded position #28 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jade

  Highest recorded position #28 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2001, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Abigail

  Highest recorded position #29 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jodie

  Highest recorded position #32 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, across a record running 1997–2021.

• Zara

  Highest recorded position #32 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2007, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Zoe

  Highest recorded position #32 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Orla

  Highest recorded position #33 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Liam

  Highest recorded position #35 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Brooke

  Highest recorded position #36 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Scott

  Highest recorded position #36 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2004, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Madison

  Highest recorded position #37 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2006, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Shane

  Highest recorded position #41 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Tara

  Highest recorded position #45 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Kate

  Highest recorded position #47 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Maria

  Highest recorded position #49 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2009, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Alex

  Highest recorded position #56 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Jasmine

  Highest recorded position #56 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2006, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Samantha

  Highest recorded position #57 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2021.

• Summer

  Highest recorded position #65 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1998–2024.

• Sara

  Highest recorded position #73 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2008, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jenna

  Highest recorded position #74 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, across a record running 1997–2022.

• Shania

  Highest recorded position #74 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, across a record running 1997–2020.