Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 2000

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jack	846
2	2Sean	816
3	3Conor	700
4	4Adam	653
5	5James	594
6	6Cian	557
7	7David	492
8	8Luke	488
9	9Michael	483
10	10Dylan	477
11	11Daniel	467
12	12Aaron	401
13	13Shane	400
14	14John	398
15	15Eoin	368
16	16Patrick	362
17	17Ryan	356
18	18Mark	351
19	19Thomas	351
20	20Jordan	315
21	21Jamie	294
22	22Oisin	287
23	23Ciaran	286
24	24Matthew	275
25	25Kevin	264
26	26Liam	257
27	27Evan	250
28	28Stephen	250
29	29Darragh	245
30	30Ben	234
31	31Andrew	230
32	32Nathan	223
33	33Joseph	220
34	34Joshua	216
35	35Cathal	207
36	36Brian	204
37	37Robert	200
38	38Niall	199
39	39Jason	191
40	40Paul	182
41	41Ronan	165
42	42Jake	161
43	43Christopher	159
44	44Lee	158
45	45Dean	157
46	46William	156
47	47Eoghan	153
48	48Alex	150
49	49Craig	140
50	50Kyle	139
51	51Alan	134
52	52Darren	133
53	53Peter	131
54	54Cormac	126
55	55Gavin	126
56	56Ross	124
57	57Samuel	119
58	58Anthony	118
59	59Cillian	111
60	60Kieran	109
61	61Killian	105
62	62Martin	104
63	63Harry	95
64	64Fionn	90
65	65Colm	89
66	66Rory	89
67	67Benjamin	88
68	68Brandon	88
69	69Callum	86
70	70Scott	85
71	71Ethan	83
72	72Alexander	81
73	73Jonathan	77
74	74Aidan	75
75	75Philip	75
76	76Brendan	73
77	77Leon	71
78	78Colin	70
79	79Ian	70
80	80Padraig	70
81	81Edward	65
82	82Daragh	64
83	83Richard	64
84	84Diarmuid	62
85	85Owen	62
86	86Cameron	61
87	87Keith	61
88	88Gerard	60
89	89Gary	58
90	90Josh	58
91	91Barry	57
92	92Lorcan	55
93	93Tadhg	55
94	94Eric	54
95	95Karl	54
96	96Sam	54
97	97Steven	53
98	98Reece	51
99	99Kian	50
100	100Dara	49

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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