Top 20 baby names in Ireland in 2012

Top 100 baby names
in Ireland in 2012*

BOYS							GIRLS
		Rank in previous years							Rank in previous years
	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007		2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Jack	1	1	1	1	1	1	Emily	1	1	2	7	5	8
James	2	2	4	5	5	5	Sophie	2	2	1	1	6	5
Daniel	3	4	3	3	4	4	Emma	3	3	3	3	4	2
Sean	4	3	2	2	2	2	Grace	4	4	7	5	7	9
Conor	5	5	5	4	3	3	Lily	5	5	14	20	29	28
Adam	6	7	7	7	7	6	Mia	6	12	20	14	23	24
Harry	7	8	20	28	31	31	Ella	7	11	11	18	12	3
Ryan	7	6	6	6	6	7	Ava	8	8	6	2	1	6
Dylan	9	10	10	11	8	11	Lucy	9	7	4	8	11	14
Michael	10	9	12	10	13	10	Sarah	10	6	5	4	3	1
Luke	11	12	9	9	9	8	Aoife	11	13	10	9	8	7
Charlie	12	20	19	27	29	36	Amelia	12	32	34	39	45	48
Liam	13	17	15	15	17	26	Hannah	13	17	22	23	15	13
Oisin	14	15	17	17	16	18	Katie	14	10	8	6	2	4
Cian	15	13	14	12	11	9	Chloe	15	9	9	10	9	15
Jamie	16	14	11	13	14	17	Caoimhe	16	14	24	21	16	17
Thomas	17	18	22	18	19	14	Saoirse	17	19	18	25	24	26
Alex	18	10	8	8	10	20	Kate	18	15	19	13	10	10
Noah	19	23	26	41	46	49	Holly	19	23	11	21	26	32
Darragh	20	19	16	14	15	13	Ruby	20	20	23	17	21	34
Patrick	21	21	18	19	18	19	Sophia	21	29	33	50	56	51
Aaron	22	16	13	16	12	12	Anna	22	18	13	16	20	20
Cillian	23	22	21	21	23	22	Lauren	23	22	21	12	19	22
Matthew	24	24	23	23	20	15	Leah	24	15	16	15	13	16
John	25	26	24	21	22	21	Amy	25	25	14	11	16	11
Nathan	26	29	30	32	34	37	Isabelle	26	27	26	32	41	43
David	27	24	25	25	21	16	Molly	27	33	31	26	25	23
Fionn	27	30	35	34	35	32	Ellie	28	24	28	36	35	31
Evan	29	27	27	24	25	23	Jessica	29	31	30	27	22	21
Ethan	30	31	34	45	53	46	Olivia	30	28	27	39	41	42
Jake	31	34	30	35	30	28	Roisin	31	34	32	27	28	27
Kyle	32	36	37	40	38	38	Ciara	32	26	17	19	14	12
Rian	33	42	54	60	62	58	Kayla	33	21	41	43	48	53
Ben	34	28	28	26	24	27	Julia	34	35	35	31	34	49
Max	34	46	48	56	56	69	Zoe	34	37	46	42	47	54
Eoin	36	32	29	20	26	24	Laura	36	36	38	30	30	32
Tadhg	37	38	40	42	41	47	Niamh	37	30	25	87	18	18
Finn	38	36	46	48	49	54	Abbie	38	43	44	44	33	29
Callum	39	35	32	29	37	34	Erin	39	47	36	37	39	40
Samuel	40	39	38	37	39	35	Rachel	40	39	29	29	27	19
Joshua	41	33	36	30	27	29	Robyn	41	46	43	52	52	56
Rory	42	56	56	52	49	48	Aisling	42	41	41	45	41	36
Jayden	43	50	45	49	54	85	Faye	43	49	56	60	77	87
Joseph	44	41	38	36	32	33	Rebecca	44	40	48	35	31	25
Tyler	45	65	78	130	146	123	Eva	45	52	44	38	38	41
Sam	46	45	41	43	57	59	Layla	45	54	50	74	106	127
Shane	47	43	33	30	28	25	Ellen	47	47	47	48	39	35
Mark	48	50	44	33	33	30	Cara	48	50	52	58	61	68
Robert	48	53	43	44	49	40	Freya	49	60	63	67	110	97
Aidan	50	40	48	46	60	55	Abigail	50	53	49	46	36	45
William	51	47	47	55	46	44	Eve	50	45	60	62	62	73
Ronan	52	48	50	38	43	41	Isabella	50	51	51	70	64	72
Eoghan	53	55	55	39	48	52	Megan	53	38	37	33	32	30
Alexander	54	49	51	50	45	56	Aine	54	58	58	47	50	37
Leon	54	52	57	52	44	75	Clodagh	54	44	39	34	44	39
Cathal	56	44	42	47	36	38	Aoibhinn	56	60	60	67	64	94
Mason	57	70	128	240	252	242	Millie	57	72	86	91	88	84
Tom	58	66	62	63	76	74	Nicole	58	42	40	41	37	38
Oliver	59	54	52	62	83	76	Aoibheann	59	69	69	76	79	71
Andrew	60	60	58	58	41	43	Maja	60	57	54	54	73	110
Oscar	61	62	61	66	65	81	Sadhbh	61	56	64	69	67	70
Ciaran	62	57	53	54	40	41	Eabha	62	64	64	56	56	53
Bobby	63	63	62	85	109	108	Charlotte	63	62	62	69	72	68
Jacob	64	64	75	111	110	94	Amber	64	68	68	70	74	75
Senan	65	67	74	85	85	101	Caitlin	64	65	65	75	53	46
Rhys	66	68	65	74	67	76	Sofia	64	58	58	80	130	119
Scott	67	83	72	71	71	67	Alannah	67	62	62	66	58	54
Benjamin	68	74	65	68	63	56	Zara	68	82	82	89	77	62
Cormac	68	59	58	58	54	53	Alice	69	66	66	70	76	85
Kevin	70	58	67	51	59	44	Maria	70	54	53	54	49	58
Lucas	71	80	78	79	105	91	Elizabeth	71	67	67	60	64	78
Alan	72	75	68	64	73	65	Lena	71	85	85	83	119	189
Donnacha	73	76	102	116	100	118	Mary	71	69	69	59	61	60
Jakub	73	61	60	57	64	105	Emilia	74	91	91	92	98	128
Christopher	75	69	69	61	61	61	Aimee	75	74	74	55	49	66
Filip	76	80	71	87	95	134	Lilly	75	78	78	77	109	102
Killian	76	72	62	73	65	61	Hollie	77	104	99	95	143	164
Josh	78	77	69	65	75	63	Aoibhe	78	87	87	79	62	55
Alfie	79	85	99	112	146	195	Victoria	79	94	94	95	98	106
Tommy	80	88	160	166	169	150	Eimear	80	84	84	77	73	58
Ruairi	81	94	88	88	86	97	Maya	80	74	74	83	89	103
Odhran	82	88	75	82	89	104	Isabel	82	71	71	64	64	59
Oran	83	80	78	91	86	86	Orla	82	74	74	83	67	72
Leo	84	79	94	112	96	91	Evie	84	124	102	111	148	135
Isaac	85	101	111	121	126	101	Kayleigh	85	97	97	89	86	65
Dara	86	73	72	76	81	80	Brooke	86	82	82	72	85	75
Jason	86	71	75	72	72	68	Clara	86	90	90	95	82	83
Zach	88	96	105	119	121	107	Meabh	88	92	92	107	111	88
Martin	89	88	85	74	81	73	Lexi	89	96	96	102	137	257
Peter	89	87	84	67	70	65	Tara	90	74	74	62	51	51
Brian	91	92	82	69	49	51	Daisy	91	100	100	72	97	159
Danny	92	114	114	146	141	134	Katelyn	91	78	78	68	57	56
Niall	93	86	91	69	83	76	Ailbhe	93	133	107	110	129	109
Tomas	93	97	86	81	89	99	Amelie	93	120	135	151	168	196
Edward	95	95	100	104	93	82	Natalia	93	107	81	86	78	150
Stephen	95	77	88	77	58	60	Sara	93	78	78	88	90	80
Logan	97	112	141	156	157	195	Hanna	97	111	127	123	185	222
Kacper	98	104	102	95	93	108	Laoise	97	106	133	159	115	135
Anthony	99	83	86	80	80	71	Ruth	97	86	86	100	91	110
Billy	100	101	121	112	98	120	Madison	100	89	89	100	96	110
							Maeve	100	127	115	87	94	78
							Maisie	100	102	124	175	341	431
							Rose	100	113	118	149	139	164

= shared ranking

Jack and Emily were the most popular babies’ names registered in 2012. Jack retains the top position it has held every year since 2007 and Emily has retained the number one spot that it first claimed in 2011.

Boys names

The top five boys’ names (Jack, James, Daniel, Sean and Conor) have made up the top five since 2007. Four of the top five boys’ names (Jack, Sean, Conor and James) have been in the top five since 1998, with only their order changing from year to year. The top five girls’ names and their order have remained the same as those for 2011.

There were three first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Isaac, Danny and Logan. The highest new entry at number 85 was Isaac, rising from 101st place in 2011. The name rising in popularity most was Danny, up 22 places from 114th place in 2011 to 92nd place in 2012. In most areas of the country one of the top five boys’ names took the number one spot. Only two areas favoured names outside the top five; in Longford the top spot was shared by Adam, David, Michael and Rian, and in Monaghan the highestranked name was Ryan.

Girls names

This is the first time since 2004/2005 that the five most popular girls’ names have remained unchanged for two consecutive years.

There were five first time entries to the top 100 for girls: Evie, Amelie, Hanna, Maisie and Rose. The highest new entry and the name that climbed most places since 2011 was Evie; it rose 40 places from 124th place in 2011 to 84th place in 2012. See tables 1 and 5. In general, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,730 girls’ names registered compared to 3,804 boys’ names. Despite the greater number of male births, a smaller range of names were used for boys than for girls. Additionally, 60.9% of girls were given a name in the top 100 while 62.6% of boys were given a name in the top 100. See tables 2 and 4.For girls, there was a wider range of names outside the top five that were county and city favourites. These included Amelia, Aoife, Lucy, Sarah, Saoirse, Mia, Ella, Chloe and Lauren.

Most popular in regional authority areas in 2012

Area	Boys	Girls
Border	Conan	Emily/Sophie
Midland	James	Emily
West	Jack	Emma
Dublin	Daniel	Emily
Mid-East	Daniel	Sophie
Mid-West	Jack	Sophie
South-East	Jack	Emily
South-West	Jack	Emily
Ireland	Jack	Emily

*Source: National Records of Scotland