Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1997

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sean	872
2	2Conor	867
3	3James	757
4	4Michael	676
5	5John	636
6	6Shane	633
7	7David	617
8	8Daniel	607
9	9Aaron	594
10	10Jack	568
11	11Patrick	553
12	12Adam	532
13	13Dylan	531
14	14Stephen	524
15	15Mark	469
16	16Thomas	449
17	17Ryan	437
18	18Cian	402
19	19Luke	400
20	20Eoin	381
21	21Kevin	357
22	22Robert	336
23	23Andrew	316
24	24Brian	315
25	25Ciaran	306
26	26Paul	303
27	27Jordan	302
28	28Liam	297
29	29Darragh	295
30	30Christopher	293
31	31Dean	290
32	32Jamie	281
33	33Joseph	268
34	34Jason	261
35	35Darren	254
36	36Niall	254
37	37Cathal	243
38	38Matthew	234
39	39William	217
40	40Ross	211
41	41Peter	206
42	42Alan	205
43	43Gavin	201
44	44Evan	197
45	45Lee	186
46	46Craig	178
47	47Martin	174
48	48Nathan	174
49	49Oisin	171
50	50Anthony	169
51	51Ronan	167
52	52Eoghan	164
53	53Gary	155
54	54Colm	151
55	55Ian	145
56	56Keith	145
57	57Joshua	139
58	58Kyle	134
59	59Ben	130
60	60Kieran	127
61	61Killian	123
62	62Aidan	121
63	63Jonathan	118
64	64Jake	116
65	65Colin	114
66	66Cormac	114
67	67Richard	112
68	68Philip	110
69	69Karl	109
70	70Brandon	106
71	71Samuel	103
72	72Cillian	101
73	73Brendan	100
74	74Padraig	99
75	75Rory	99
76	76Barry	98
77	77Edward	95
78	78Eric	95
79	79Gerard	94
80	80Steven	87
81	81Declan	82
82	82Alexander	81
83	83Donal	73
84	84Alex	70
85	85Benjamin	70
86	86Dillon	69
87	87Graham	69
88	88Daire	67
89	89Simon	67
90	90Timothy	67
91	91Micheal	64
92	92Leon	60
93	93Denis	57
94	94Glenn	55
95	95Daragh	54
96	96Emmet	53
97	97Hugh	51
98	98Owen	51
99	99Fionn	50
100	100Francis	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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