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Northern Ireland, 2025

The most popular names in Northern Ireland, next to the Republic's top 10 for the same year, then the favourites in each of the 11 council districts. NISRA counts each spelling separately and records names without fadas.

Top 10: North and South

#Boys, Northern IrelandBoys, Republic
1Noah 170Rían 490
2Jack 150Jack 475
3James 135Noah 436
4Charlie 123James 359
5Leo 115Oisín 331
6Oisin 108Fionn 321
7Theo 106Liam 313
8Luca 104Tadhg 286
9Arthur 101Cillian 271
9Jude 101Leo 261
#Girls, Northern IrelandGirls, Republic
1Grace 127Lily 302
2Fiadh 105Éabha 294
3Olivia 101Fiadh 273
4Isla 97Grace 265
5Lily 96Sadie 258
6Emily 94Emily 246
7Annie 91Sophie 246
8Aoife 85Olivia 224
9Meabh 81Croía 211
10Freya 78Éala 209

The Republic's column is the CSO top 10 by spelling. See the full 2025 top 100.

By council district

The top three names in each of the 11 local government districts in 2025, with the number of babies, and the district's favourite in 2024. Tied names share a place.

DistrictBoys 2025Girls 2025
Antrim and Newtownabbey
  1. Jude 14
  2. Jack 12
  3. Noah 12
  1. Charlotte 14
  2. Grace 10
  3. Annie 9
  4. Phoebe 9
Ards and North Down
  1. Henry 13
  2. Arthur 11
  3. Noah 11
  1. Poppy 13
  2. Charlotte 11
  3. Emily 11
  4. Phoebe 11
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
  1. Harry 21
  2. Noah 21
  3. Charlie 17
  1. Lily 21
  2. Anna 18
  3. Isla 18
Belfast
  1. Noah 28
  2. Ronan 27
  3. Luca 26
  1. Fiadh 24
  2. Olivia 21
  3. Lily 15
Causeway Coast and Glens
  1. Noah 16
  2. Arthur 15
  3. Charlie 11
  4. Jack 11
  1. Freya 10
  2. Grace 10
  3. Fiadh 9
Derry City and Strabane
  1. Cillian 16
  2. Theo 15
  3. Rian 14
  1. Eabha 15
  2. Fiadh 15
  3. Grace 12
Fermanagh and Omagh
  1. James 21
  2. Oisin 18
  3. Rian 14
  1. Fiadh 13
  2. Grace 12
  3. Meabh 10
Lisburn and Castlereagh
  1. James 16
  2. Theo 15
  3. Noah 14
  1. Grace 12
  2. Emily 11
  3. Mabel 9
  4. Sophie 9
Mid Ulster
  1. Jack 25
  2. Noah 17
  3. Charlie 14
  1. Grace 16
  2. Sadie 15
  3. Isla 13
  4. Olivia 13
Mid and East Antrim
  1. Jude 13
  2. Arthur 12
  3. Noah 12
  1. Elsie 10
  2. Freya 10
  3. Isla 9
Newry, Mourne and Down
  1. Jack 21
  2. Noah 18
  3. Oisin 17
  4. Shea 17
  1. Grace 20
  2. Aoife 16
  3. Meabh 16

Source: NISRA, Baby Names 2025 and the Baby Names dashboard data (2008 to 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0. Births registered in Northern Ireland; names given to fewer than 3 babies in a district are not published. For counties in the Republic, see top names by county.