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John Paul

Boy9 letters

#676

in Ireland (2025)

#642 with spellings combined

4

babies in 2025

#282

best rank (2006)

100

babies since 2004

Down 220

10-year rank change

John Paul through the years

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John Paul: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 202502.557.51012.5196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2006: 11
John Paul: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
John Paul: per 10,000 boys per year in Ireland, 1964 to 202501234196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 boys listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (boys)Rank
20254#642
20243#748
20235#558
20214#603
20203#706
20196#485
20185#543
20178#418
20163#713
20158#422
20143#715
20133#712
20124#616
20116#490
20096#472
20085#529
20073#629
200611#282
20053#518
20047#322

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined; the CSO only recorded fadas from 2018.

We haven't written up the meaning and story of John Paul yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.

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Spelling2025All years
John Paul478
John-Paulunder 322

In Northern Ireland

Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #240 (1998); 29 babies since 1998.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

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