Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1988

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,318
2	2John	1,110
3	3Michael	903
4	4Stephen	851
5	5Shane	830
6	6James	824
7	7Patrick	810
8	8Mark	729
9	9Paul	716
10	10Thomas	592
11	11Sean	560
12	12Kevin	555
13	13Daniel	517
14	14Robert	504
15	15Brian	492
16	16Christopher	457
17	17Alan	428
18	18Darren	425
19	19Conor	420
20	20Jason	359
21	21Niall	350
22	22Keith	337
23	23Anthony	335
24	24Joseph	331
25	25Martin	324
26	26William	322
27	27Andrew	321
28	28Ciaran	317
29	29Eoin	316
30	30Peter	299
31	31Richard	293
32	32Jonathan	282
33	33Ian	278
34	34Gerard	276
35	35Gary	264
36	36Barry	241
37	37Colm	236
38	38Gavin	209
39	39Brendan	208
40	40Dean	204
41	41Philip	193
42	42Declan	189
43	43Ronan	185
44	44Colin	179
45	45Kieran	178
46	46Simon	173
47	47Damien	171
48	48Liam	170
49	49Matthew	165
50	50Aidan	147
51	51Darragh	147
52	52Edward	147
53	53Aaron	135
54	54Ross	134
55	55Adam	131
56	56Graham	131
57	57Luke	129
58	58Padraig	128
59	59Derek	124
60	60Karl	124
61	61Cathal	123
62	62Cian	122
63	63Kenneth	117
64	64Steven	116
65	65Donal	115
66	66Timothy	115
67	67Craig	111
68	68Adrian	99
69	69Noel	99
70	70Wayne	99
71	71Denis	98
72	72Francis	98
73	73Raymond	95
74	74Eoghan	94
75	75Lee	88
76	76Neil	88
77	77Nicholas	87
78	78Jamie	80
79	79Rory	79
80	80Seamus	79
81	81Cormac	75
82	82Eric	75
83	83Bryan	74
84	84Dermot	74
85	85Owen	70
86	86Enda	63
87	87Eamonn	61
88	88Shaun	61
89	89Diarmuid	59
90	90Hugh	59
91	91Bernard	57
92	92Gareth	57
93	93Daragh	56
94	94Vincent	56
95	95Fergal	55
96	96Trevor	55
97	97Scott	54
98	98Killian	53
99	99Samuel	51
100	100Gearoid	50

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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