Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1987

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,282
2	2John	1,250
3	3Michael	956
4	4James	940
5	5Stephen	875
6	6Patrick	870
7	7Paul	814
8	8Shane	779
9	9Mark	744
10	10Thomas	634
11	11Kevin	583
12	12Brian	545
13	13Alan	535
14	14Sean	533
15	15Robert	510
16	16Daniel	495
17	17Christopher	457
18	18Conor	444
19	19Darren	397
20	20Joseph	395
21	21Andrew	384
22	22Anthony	383
23	23William	369
24	24Martin	360
25	25Ciaran	347
26	26Eoin	347
27	27Jason	347
28	28Ian	340
29	29Gary	337
30	30Niall	327
31	31Keith	325
32	32Peter	306
33	33Jonathan	303
34	34Richard	303
35	35Gerard	299
36	36Brendan	291
37	37Barry	267
38	38Philip	244
39	39Kieran	235
40	40Colm	234
41	41Declan	234
42	42Ronan	220
43	43Gavin	216
44	44Colin	196
45	45Damien	192
46	46Simon	186
47	47Aidan	185
48	48Liam	175
49	49Edward	172
50	50Padraig	156
51	51Noel	152
52	52Graham	147
53	53Dean	146
54	54Cathal	145
55	55Matthew	138
56	56Derek	135
57	57Aaron	131
58	58Darragh	127
59	59Timothy	127
60	60Kenneth	123
61	61Adrian	122
62	62Ross	121
63	63Francis	117
64	64Karl	117
65	65Cian	115
66	66Donal	113
67	67Wayne	109
68	68Adam	106
69	69Neil	106
70	70Denis	104
71	71Steven	102
72	72Luke	101
73	73Raymond	97
74	74Rory	96
75	75Owen	94
76	76Eoghan	89
77	77Seamus	87
78	78Vincent	85
79	79Bryan	84
80	80Enda	81
81	81Bernard	80
82	82Jamie	80
83	83Craig	70
84	84Diarmuid	68
85	85Lee	68
86	86Trevor	68
87	87Shaun	67
88	88Eric	66
89	89Eamon	65
90	90Cormac	64
91	91Dermot	64
92	92Fergal	63
93	93Nicholas	63
94	94Eamonn	62
95	95Hugh	62
96	96Gareth	60
97	97Emmet	54
98	98Charles	52
99	99Scott	50
100	100Glenn	49

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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