Names that reached the top ten in Republic of Ireland

Names that reached the top 10 of Republic of Ireland's published list in at least one year.

Scoped to one registrar: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names. A top-ten position here is a position in Republic of Ireland's own list and is never compared against a top-ten position anywhere else — the two are different lists, not two readings of one scale.

60 names, selected from the 2,573 names in the catalogue with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon). Based on official statistics from national registrars. Data sources · Methodology

Source: CSO Ireland · All Republic of Ireland names

• Aoife

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 28 years.

• Ava

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Chloe

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 15 years.

• Conor

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1995, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 30 years.

• David

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 40 years.

• Emily

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Emma

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 38 years.

• Fiadh

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2021, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Grace

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Jack

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 29 years.

• James

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1994, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 62 years.

• John

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 34 years.

• Lily

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Mary

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 27 years.

• Rían

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Sarah

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 35 years.

• Sean

  Reached #1 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 29 years.

• Sophie

  Reached #1 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2009, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 24 years.

• Catherine

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 20 years.

• Ciara

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 22 years.

• Éabha

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Katie

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Laura

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1985, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 15 years.

• Margaret

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Michael

  Reached #2 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 52 years.

• Michelle

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1978, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Niamh

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Noah

  Reached #2 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2021, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Patrick

  Reached #2 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 32 years.

• Sinead

  Reached #2 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 15 years.

• Adam

  Reached #3 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 22 years.

• Amelia

  Reached #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2017, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Caroline

  Reached #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Daniel

  Reached #3 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2009, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 32 years.

• Ella

  Reached #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2007, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Lisa

  Reached #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1984, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Lucy

  Reached #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2016, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Paul

  Reached #3 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1978, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 26 years.

• Shane

  Reached #3 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1996, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Amy

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Ann

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Anne

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Cillian

  Reached #4 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Fiona

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Jennifer

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1981, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Olivia

  Reached #4 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Stephen

  Reached #4 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1983, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Charlie

  Reached #5 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Elizabeth

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Hannah

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2019, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Karen

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Louise

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1980, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Oisín

  Reached #5 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Sadie

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2025, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Sharon

  Reached #5 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Thomas

  Reached #5 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 24 years.

• Aaron

  Reached #6 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Cian

  Reached #6 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Elaine

  Reached #6 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Ellie

  Reached #6 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.