Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 2002

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jack	868
2	2Sean	866
3	3Adam	798
4	4Conor	748
5	5James	581
6	6Daniel	559
7	7Cian	536
8	8Michael	520
9	9David	501
10	10Luke	489
11	11Dylan	485
12	12Aaron	467
13	13Patrick	366
14	14Ryan	365
15	15John	362
16	16Eoin	361
17	17Matthew	351
18	18Thomas	349
19	19Ben	345
20	20Joshua	345
21	21Shane	343
22	22Mark	336
23	23Jamie	333
24	24Darragh	310
25	25Oisin	300
26	26Liam	290
27	27Nathan	258
28	28Ciaran	252
29	29Evan	245
30	30Jake	227
31	31Robert	227
32	32Kevin	214
33	33Joseph	201
34	34Stephen	201
35	35Alex	193
36	36Kyle	190
37	37Jason	183
38	38Brian	179
39	39Cathal	179
40	40Niall	175
41	41Andrew	172
42	42Jordan	171
43	43Samuel	166
44	44Dean	157
45	45Paul	154
46	46Lee	153
47	47Christopher	150
48	48Eoghan	144
49	49William	139
50	50Ethan	128
51	51Peter	128
52	52Cormac	127
53	53Benjamin	125
54	54Ronan	122
55	55Gavin	121
56	56Alexander	119
57	57Rory	116
58	58Scott	114
59	59Craig	111
60	60Alan	110
61	61Callum	110
62	62Aidan	109
63	63Josh	109
64	64Anthony	103
65	65Killian	100
66	66Cillian	99
67	67Fionn	99
68	68Harry	98
69	69Kieran	94
70	70Brandon	92
71	71Sam	88
72	72Darren	87
73	73Kian	86
74	74Martin	85
75	75Ross	85
76	76Colm	83
77	77Diarmuid	75
78	78Ian	73
79	79Keith	71
80	80Tadhg	68
81	81Leon	67
82	82Jonathan	66
83	83Richard	66
84	84Brendan	65
85	85Owen	65
86	86Padraig	65
87	87Gary	64
88	88Finn	63
89	89Edward	62
90	90Connor	61
91	91Tom	61
92	92Eric	59
93	93Charlie	58
94	94Oran	55
95	95Daragh	54
96	96Denis	54
97	97Dara	51
98	98Lorcan	51
99	99Seamus	50
100	100Steven	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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