Names that reached the top ten in Northern Ireland

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

Scoped to one registrar: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names. A top-ten position here is a position in Northern 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 2,577 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

• Chloe

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Emily

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Emma

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Grace

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Isla

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Jack

  Reached #1 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 28 years.

• James

  Reached #1 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2015, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 28 years.

• Katie

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Matthew

  Reached #1 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 19 years.

• Noah

  Reached #1 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2018, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Sophie

  Reached #1 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2010, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 18 years.

• Caitlin

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Cillian

  Reached #2 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Daniel

  Reached #2 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2010, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 21 years.

• Ella

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2015, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Fiadh

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Lauren

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Olivia

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Rebecca

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1999, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Ryan

  Reached #2 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 16 years.

• Shannon

  Reached #2 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Adam

  Reached #3 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 14 years.

• Charlie

  Reached #3 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2013, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 17 years.

• Ellie

  Reached #3 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Oliver

  Reached #3 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2016, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Amelia

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2012, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Amy

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 9 years.

• Anna

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2016, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Aoife

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 7 years.

• Conor

  Reached #4 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Ethan

  Reached #4 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 8 years.

• Harry

  Reached #4 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2012, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 13 years.

• Jessica

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2008, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Lucy

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2007, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 12 years.

• Megan

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 7 years.

• Sophia

  Reached #4 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Theo

  Reached #4 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 5 years.

• Andrew

  Reached #5 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Erin

  Reached #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2009, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Jacob

  Reached #5 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2017, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Lily

  Reached #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2011, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Niamh

  Reached #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2005, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Sarah

  Reached #5 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Ben

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2004, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Charlotte

  Reached #6 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Hannah

  Reached #6 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1998, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 10 years.

• Jordan

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Joshua

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2002, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 7 years.

• Jude

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.

• Leo

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2023, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Thomas

  Reached #6 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 11 years.

• Dylan

  Reached #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2001, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 7 years.

• Evie

  Reached #7 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2019, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Finn

  Reached #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2020, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Luca

  Reached #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2024, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Michael

  Reached #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1997, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 4 years.

• Oisin

  Reached #7 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 3 years.

• Rachel

  Reached #7 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2003, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 6 years.

• Aaron

  Reached #8 among boys in Northern Ireland in 2000, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 2 years.

• Annie

  Reached #8 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2022, and ranked inside the top 10 there in 1 year.