Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Setanta

Gender

Male

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Mythical son of Sualtam

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #276, 15 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
202515
20245
20236
20227
20216
20203
20194
2018–
20174
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #326, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence