Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1990

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,108
2	2John	972
3	3Michael	883
4	4Stephen	823
5	5James	785
6	6Shane	754
7	7Patrick	711
8	8Mark	627
9	9Daniel	623
10	10Sean	620
11	11Paul	575
12	12Kevin	571
13	13Christopher	522
14	14Brian	510
15	15Thomas	502
16	16Robert	481
17	17Conor	460
18	18Andrew	413
19	19Alan	391
20	20Darren	374
21	21Niall	369
22	22Eoin	340
23	23William	325
24	24Ian	297
25	25Joseph	294
26	26Anthony	286
27	27Ciaran	286
28	28Richard	282
29	29Martin	279
30	30Keith	272
31	31Gary	260
32	32Jason	252
33	33Jonathan	237
34	34Peter	237
35	35Dean	224
36	36Aaron	214
37	37Gerard	213
38	38Darragh	210
39	39Craig	208
40	40Gavin	207
41	41Barry	204
42	42Philip	202
43	43Colm	199
44	44Adam	193
45	45Cian	189
46	46Ronan	182
47	47Kieran	178
48	48Liam	178
49	49Declan	173
50	50Brendan	167
51	51Matthew	165
52	52Jamie	164
53	53Damien	158
54	54Edward	149
55	55Colin	147
56	56Cathal	142
57	57Steven	141
58	58Luke	138
59	59Karl	137
60	60Simon	133
61	61Aidan	123
62	62Graham	122
63	63Eoghan	120
64	64Padraig	118
65	65Donal	109
66	66Ross	108
67	67Adrian	105
68	68Denis	102
69	69Rory	101
70	70Seamus	100
71	71Timothy	99
72	72Raymond	98
73	73Derek	96
74	74Noel	94
75	75Kenneth	93
76	76Enda	92
77	77Wayne	92
78	78Cormac	90
79	79Owen	87
80	80Francis	86
81	81Neil	82
82	82Nicholas	81
83	83Tomas	78
84	84Lee	76
85	85Jack	73
86	86Eric	72
87	87Ryan	71
88	88Emmet	70
89	89Oisin	69
90	90Samuel	69
91	91Bryan	66
92	92Shaun	64
93	93Killian	61
94	94Dermot	60
95	95Eamonn	59
96	96Gareth	59
97	97Diarmuid	56
98	98Daragh	54
99	99Evan	54
100	100Cillian	52

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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