Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1996

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Conor	811
2	2Sean	804
3	3Shane	696
4	4Michael	687
5	5Daniel	684
6	6John	677
7	7James	667
8	8David	640
9	9Aaron	556
10	10Stephen	533
11	11Adam	515
12	12Jack	514
13	13Patrick	507
14	14Dylan	491
15	15Thomas	476
16	16Mark	445
17	17Ryan	429
18	18Luke	395
19	19Andrew	375
20	20Eoin	362
21	21Kevin	362
22	22Cian	360
23	23Robert	343
24	24Brian	329
25	25Ciaran	327
26	26Christopher	324
27	27Jason	300
28	28Paul	299
29	29Darragh	281
30	30Jamie	271
31	31Darren	267
32	32Dean	260
33	33Niall	257
34	34Joseph	256
35	35Alan	248
36	36William	240
37	37Liam	237
38	38Evan	222
39	39Jordan	217
40	40Matthew	216
41	41Peter	212
42	42Gavin	203
43	43Anthony	197
44	44Cathal	197
45	45Lee	197
46	46Ronan	195
47	47Ian	182
48	48Ross	178
49	49Keith	173
50	50Craig	170
51	51Martin	161
52	52Nathan	161
53	53Gary	160
54	54Jonathan	154
55	55Colm	149
56	56Eoghan	137
57	57Oisin	132
58	58Richard	128
59	59Cormac	126
60	60Brendan	125
61	61Joshua	123
62	62Eric	114
63	63Aidan	113
64	64Philip	110
65	65Kieran	108
66	66Graham	107
67	67Jake	106
68	68Karl	104
69	69Samuel	103
70	70Cillian	102
71	71Gerard	100
72	72Kyle	100
73	73Killian	95
74	74Ben	94
75	75Colin	93
76	76Steven	89
77	77Barry	87
78	78Declan	87
79	79Padraig	87
80	80Edward	86
81	81Rory	82
82	82Alex	79
83	83Alexander	77
84	84Timothy	75
85	85Scott	70
86	86Leon	65
87	87Owen	65
88	88Benjamin	64
89	89Damien	64
90	90Shaun	64
91	91Adrian	63
92	92Diarmuid	63
93	93Seamus	63
94	94Daire	61
95	95Glen	61
96	96Donal	60
97	97Francis	59
98	98Simon	59
99	99Brandon	58
100	100Emmet	58

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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