Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1989

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,186
2	2John	1,062
3	3Michael	899
4	4James	854
5	5Patrick	739
6	6Stephen	735
7	7Shane	693
8	8Paul	610
9	9Sean	594
10	10Mark	583
11	11Daniel	575
12	12Thomas	499
13	13Kevin	498
14	14Brian	489
15	15Robert	485
16	16Christopher	475
17	17Alan	438
18	18Conor	437
19	19Jason	416
20	20Darren	350
21	21Joseph	333
22	22Keith	330
23	23Andrew	326
24	24Eoin	318
25	25Martin	316
26	26Niall	310
27	27Anthony	309
28	28Richard	298
29	29Ian	296
30	30Ciaran	291
31	31Jonathan	278
32	32Peter	260
33	33William	254
34	34Gary	250
35	35Gerard	232
36	36Philip	219
37	37Barry	200
38	38Colm	200
39	39Brendan	198
40	40Kieran	191
41	41Dean	184
42	42Ronan	184
43	43Gavin	183
44	44Aaron	180
45	45Declan	172
46	46Liam	167
47	47Karl	164
48	48Darragh	161
49	49Damien	153
50	50Aidan	149
51	51Cian	144
52	52Jamie	143
53	53Colin	141
54	54Craig	137
55	55Padraig	134
56	56Adam	130
57	57Edward	130
58	58Matthew	129
59	59Cathal	128
60	60Graham	127
61	61Noel	125
62	62Luke	124
63	63Simon	120
64	64Eoghan	111
65	65Ross	109
66	66Steven	107
67	67Timothy	99
68	68Donal	98
69	69Raymond	96
70	70Kenneth	95
71	71Neil	94
72	72Derek	91
73	73Wayne	89
74	74Adrian	88
75	75Francis	88
76	76Seamus	87
77	77Nicholas	85
78	78Rory	85
79	79Denis	81
80	80Owen	81
81	81Lee	80
82	82Cormac	79
83	83Enda	70
84	84Bernard	69
85	85Killian	64
86	86Shaun	64
87	87Jack	63
88	88Gareth	61
89	89Dermot	60
90	90Vincent	60
91	91Hugh	58
92	92Micheal	58
93	93Bryan	56
94	94Eamonn	55
95	95Tomas	54
96	96Eric	53
97	97Carl	50
98	98Gregory	50
99	99Emmet	49
100	100Samuel	48

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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