Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 2005

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jack	931
2	2Sean	893
3	3Adam	710
4	4Conor	705
5	5James	699
6	6Daniel	654
7	7Cian	561
8	8Luke	544
9	9Aaron	488
10	10Michael	484
11	11Dylan	467
12	12Ryan	432
13	13Jamie	408
14	14Ben	401
15	15David	401
16	16Thomas	397
17	17John	386
18	18Patrick	381
19	19Matthew	379
20	20Darragh	377
21	21Eoin	370
22	22Oisin	370
23	23Shane	355
24	24Alex	336
25	25Evan	324
26	26Joshua	324
27	27Liam	297
28	28Nathan	296
29	29Mark	285
30	30Jake	276
31	31Cathal	226
32	32Ciaran	226
33	33Joseph	226
34	34Callum	216
35	35Kyle	210
36	36Samuel	210
37	37Robert	205
38	38Fionn	184
39	39Andrew	183
40	40Cormac	183
41	41Eoghan	171
42	42Stephen	170
43	43Brian	169
44	44Ronan	169
45	45Cillian	167
46	46Lee	162
47	47Alexander	152
48	48Kevin	152
49	49Ethan	151
50	50Harry	150
51	51William	149
52	52Charlie	148
53	53Niall	147
54	54Paul	145
55	55Benjamin	143
56	56Josh	142
57	57Finn	137
58	58Scott	135
59	59Sam	134
60	60Christopher	132
61	61Noah	123
62	62Killian	120
63	63Dean	118
64	64Peter	117
65	65Jason	116
66	66Gavin	115
67	67Ross	115
68	68Rory	114
69	69Tadhg	112
70	70Calum	110
71	71Aidan	106
72	72Alan	98
73	73Max	92
74	74Kian	91
75	75Anthony	89
76	76Martin	86
77	77Diarmuid	84
78	78Oran	81
79	79Oscar	80
80	80Tom	80
81	81Dara	78
82	82Leon	77
83	83Darren	76
84	84Padraig	75
85	85Rian	75
86	86Colm	74
87	87Tomas	74
88	88Daragh	72
89	89Craig	71
90	90Jonathan	70
91	91Kieran	70
92	92Christian	69
93	93Karl	68
94	94Ruairi	68
95	95Owen	67
96	96Daire	66
97	97Leo	64
98	98Brandon	63
99	99Charles	62
100	100Hugh	62

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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