Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1998

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Conor	761
2	2Sean	662
3	3Jack	543
4	4James	472
5	5Adam	460
6	6Aaron	449
7	7Dylan	443
8	8David	439
9	9Michael	438
10	10Daniel	428
11	11Shane	415
12	12Cian	362
13	13John	340
14	14Mark	339
15	15Luke	327
16	16Ryan	326
17	17Patrick	306
18	18Stephen	306
19	19Thomas	306
20	20Eoin	295
21	21Matthew	281
22	22Jordan	270
23	23Andrew	245
24	24Ciaran	237
25	25Kevin	233
26	26Jamie	224
27	27Robert	214
28	28Darragh	211
29	29Dean	200
30	30Liam	197
31	31Cathal	195
32	32Evan	188
33	33Jason	184
34	34Paul	183
35	35Brian	181
36	36Nathan	178
37	37Niall	174
38	38Oisin	174
39	39Ross	171
40	40Joseph	168
41	41Christopher	167
42	42Lee	143
43	43Peter	143
44	44Ronan	143
45	45Gavin	142
46	46Alan	140
47	47Darren	139
48	48Ben	137
49	49Eoghan	122
50	50Craig	120
51	51Jake	110
52	52Joshua	108
53	53Rory	100
54	54Anthony	99
55	55Kyle	96
56	56Samuel	96
57	57William	95
58	58Killian	94
59	59Alex	93
60	60Cillian	92
61	61Cormac	91
62	62Ian	90
63	63Keith	88
64	64Martin	87
65	65Aidan	86
66	66Colm	82
67	67Kieran	81
68	68Padraig	77
69	69Karl	74
70	70Colin	70
71	71Connor	69
72	72Gary	69
73	73Richard	68
74	74Brandon	67
75	75Alexander	66
76	76Eric	66
77	77Benjamin	65
78	78Brendan	60
79	79Edward	58
80	80Gerard	58
81	81Scott	56
82	82Owen	55
83	83Barry	53
84	84Ethan	53
85	85Steven	53
86	86Jonathan	51
87	87Philip	49
88	88Shaun	49
89	89Dillon	48
90	90Donal	48
91	91Fionn	47
92	92Glen	46
93	93Sam	46
94	94Simon	46
95	95Daragh	45
96	96Emmet	45
97	97Seamus	45
98	98Declan	44
99	99Callum	43
100	100Harry	42

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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