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Baby names of the 1990s

The names given most often in Ireland from 1990 to 1999, adding up every year of the decade with spellings combined. Figures before 1998 come from the CSO back series.

Girls

  1. 1Sarah7,909
  2. 2Emma6,073
  3. 3Niamh5,961
  4. 4Aoife5,847
  5. 5Ciara5,729
  6. 6Laura5,670
  7. 7Amy4,469
  8. 8Rebecca4,344
  9. 9Rachel4,243
  10. 10Shauna3,720
  11. 11Aisling3,493
  12. 12Lauren3,297
  13. 13Mary3,248
  14. 14Sinéad3,161
  15. 15Megan3,151
  16. 16Katie3,150
  17. 17Chloe3,098
  18. 18Jessica2,796
  19. 19Lisa2,708
  20. 20Jennifer2,677
  21. 21Michelle2,671
  22. 22Nicole2,566
  23. 23Claire2,393
  24. 24Catherine2,138
  25. 25Róisín2,089
  26. 26Louise2,060
  27. 27Kate2,015
  28. 28Hannah1,975
  29. 29Shannon1,946
  30. 30Orla1,845
  31. 31Danielle1,820
  32. 32Áine1,755
  33. 33Fiona1,682
  34. 34Ellen1,655
  35. 35Emily1,607
  36. 36Eimear1,569
  37. 37Caoimhe1,541
  38. 38Sophie1,525
  39. 39Leanne1,502
  40. 40Tara1,486
  41. 41Karen1,458
  42. 42Grace1,415
  43. 43Kelly1,351
  44. 44Stephanie1,345
  45. 45Nicola1,335
  46. 46Elizabeth1,333
  47. 47Alison1,262
  48. 48Siobhán1,261
  49. 49Anna1,254
  50. 50Margaret1,208

Boys

  1. 1David7,833
  2. 2James7,329
  3. 3Seán7,099
  4. 4Conor7,021
  5. 5John6,940
  6. 6Michael6,832
  7. 7Shane6,299
  8. 8Stephen5,802
  9. 9Daniel5,716
  10. 10Patrick5,446
  11. 11Mark4,856
  12. 12Thomas4,392
  13. 13Kevin4,123
  14. 14Aaron4,087
  15. 15Adam4,013
  16. 16Paul3,772
  17. 17Robert3,711
  18. 18Jack3,584
  19. 19Andrew3,531
  20. 20Brian3,424
  21. 21Christopher3,387
  22. 22Eoin3,387
  23. 23Dylan3,155
  24. 24Ryan3,052
  25. 25Niall2,951
  26. 26Cian2,942
  27. 27Luke2,925
  28. 28Ciarán2,829
  29. 29Darren2,746
  30. 30Dean2,611
  31. 31Jason2,606
  32. 32Alan2,567
  33. 33Joseph2,544
  34. 34Jamie2,349
  35. 35Darragh2,313
  36. 36William2,155
  37. 37Peter2,075
  38. 38Matthew2,071
  39. 39Liam2,065
  40. 40Anthony2,046
  41. 41Gavin1,914
  42. 42Gary1,892
  43. 43Martin1,878
  44. 44Keith1,831
  45. 45Ian1,825
  46. 46Cathal1,731
  47. 47Craig1,698
  48. 48Jonathan1,627
  49. 49Richard1,580
  50. 50Jordan1,555

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined.