Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1986

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	1,330
2	2David	1,244
3	3Michael	1,065
4	4James	982
5	5Patrick	926
6	6Stephen	921
7	7Mark	831
8	8Paul	824
9	9Shane	685
10	10Brian	668
11	11Thomas	658
12	12Kevin	639
13	13Alan	579
14	14Daniel	557
15	15Robert	522
16	16Sean	519
17	17Christopher	442
18	18Joseph	409
19	19Andrew	398
20	20Richard	386
21	21William	383
22	22Anthony	381
23	23Jason	381
24	24Conor	370
25	25Martin	365
26	26Niall	362
27	27Darren	357
28	28Peter	356
29	29Gerard	343
30	30Ian	341
31	31Barry	339
32	32Keith	335
33	33Eoin	329
34	34Gary	325
35	35Jonathan	308
36	36Ciaran	295
37	37Colm	261
38	38Brendan	256
39	39Philip	247
40	40Declan	245
41	41Colin	232
42	42Damien	216
43	43Kieran	214
44	44Ronan	213
45	45Derek	212
46	46Gavin	205
47	47Aidan	191
48	48Edward	191
49	49Liam	187
50	50Simon	174
51	51Padraig	157
52	52Noel	156
53	53Adrian	141
54	54Graham	139
55	55Timothy	136
56	56Denis	135
57	57Adam	130
58	58Francis	128
59	59Cian	127
60	60Matthew	127
61	61Steven	126
62	62Donal	120
63	63Karl	119
64	64Dean	118
65	65Kenneth	117
66	66Cathal	116
67	67Ross	114
68	68Aaron	111
69	69Enda	110
70	70Raymond	108
71	71Darragh	106
72	72Seamus	105
73	73Wayne	105
74	74Rory	104
75	75Neil	102
76	76Eoghan	90
77	77Owen	90
78	78Cormac	88
79	79Dermot	87
80	80Vincent	84
81	81Eamonn	83
82	82Eric	83
83	83Luke	80
84	84Lee	75
85	85Bryan	73
86	86Damian	70
87	87Diarmuid	69
88	88Bernard	67
89	89Nigel	67
90	90Hugh	65
91	91Craig	64
92	92Emmet	64
93	93Nicholas	62
94	94Trevor	62
95	95Micheal	61
96	96Gregory	60
97	97Jamie	60
98	98Shaun	57
99	99Eamon	56
100	100Garry	56

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. Coverage: Names with 3 or more registrations in a year. Original data · Licence

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