Names that reached the top fifty in Northern Ireland

Names that reached the top 50 of Northern Ireland's published list, but never its top 10.

Scoped to one registrar: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names. Excluding the top ten keeps this from repeating that grouping — these are the names that got close to the front of Northern Ireland's list without ever leading it.

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

• Tommy

  Reached #11 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 1999–2024.

• Courtney

  Reached #12 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2017.

• Mark

  Reached #12 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1999, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Eabha

  Reached #13 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 2001–2024.

• Laura

  Reached #13 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Luke

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

• Sean

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

• Arthur

  Reached #14 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 2004–2024.

• Mia

  Reached #14 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2015, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Nicole

  Reached #14 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1998, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Freddie

  Reached #15 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2021, across a record running 2005–2024.

• Mason

  Reached #15 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2013, across a record running 1998–2024.

• Nathan

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

• Daithi

  Reached #17 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 1999–2024.

• John

  Reached #17 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Meabh

  Reached #17 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Archie

  Reached #18 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2020, across a record running 2002–2024.

• Ciara

  Reached #18 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Molly

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

• Ollie

  Reached #18 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2016, across a record running 2008–2024.

• Patrick

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

• Ruby

  Reached #18 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2011, across a record running 1998–2024.

• Cara

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

• Caleb

  Reached #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Clodagh

  Reached #20 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Darragh

  Reached #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2021, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Isaac

  Reached #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2020, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Jonathan

  Reached #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1998, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Lewis

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

• Maisie

  Reached #20 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 2002–2024.

• Ronan

  Reached #20 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2019, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Calum

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

• Ellen

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

• Rosie

  Reached #21 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2021, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Stephen

  Reached #21 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1998, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Aria

  Reached #22 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 2012–2024.

• Benjamin

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

• Catherine

  Reached #22 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Henry

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Holly

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

• Joseph

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2013, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Lucas

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2013, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Max

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2015, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Peter

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1998, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Rian

  Reached #22 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Sadie

  Reached #22 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 2005–2024.

• Eoin

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

• Ezra

  Reached #23 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 2013–2024.

• Jonah

  Reached #23 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2021, across a record running 1999–2024.

• Conan

  Reached #24 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Danielle

  Reached #24 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2023.

• Oscar

  Reached #24 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2014, across a record running 1999–2024.

• Tyler

  Reached #24 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2012, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Willow

  Reached #24 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2021, across a record running 2007–2024.

• Caoimhe

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

• George

  Reached #25 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, across a record running 1997–2024.

• Rachael

  Reached #25 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, across a record running 1997–2017.

• Rhys

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

• Samuel

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

• Shea

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