Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 2008

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jack	1,151
2	2Sean	970
3	3Conor	857
4	4Daniel	828
5	5James	737
6	6Ryan	670
7	7Adam	645
8	8Dylan	519
9	9Luke	516
10	10Alex	501
11	11Cian	493
12	12Aaron	485
13	13Michael	483
14	14Jamie	481
15	15Darragh	458
16	16Oisin	454
17	17Liam	437
18	18Patrick	433
19	19Thomas	432
20	20Matthew	408
21	21David	403
22	22John	377
23	23Cillian	350
24	24Ben	349
25	25Evan	317
26	26Eoin	311
27	27Joshua	302
28	28Shane	294
29	29Charlie	292
30	30Jake	286
31	31Harry	276
32	32Joseph	268
33	33Mark	254
34	34Nathan	245
35	35Fionn	239
36	36Cathal	233
37	37Callum	224
38	38Kyle	223
39	39Samuel	218
40	40Ciaran	217
41	41Andrew	192
42	42Tadhg	192
43	43Ronan	191
44	44Leon	188
45	45Alexander	185
46	46Noah	181
47	47William	181
48	48Eoghan	179
49	49Brian	172
50	50Finn	172
51	51Robert	172
52	52Rory	172
53	53Ethan	170
54	54Cormac	167
55	55Jayden	167
56	56Max	165
57	57Sam	155
58	58Stephen	154
59	59Kevin	152
60	60Aidan	151
61	61Christopher	149
62	62Rian	144
63	63Benjamin	139
64	64Jakub	138
65	65Killian	132
66	66Oscar	132
67	67Rhys	131
68	68Dean	130
69	69Calum	128
70	70Peter	127
71	71Scott	126
72	72Jason	123
73	73Alan	116
74	74Ross	116
75	75Josh	114
76	76Paul	113
77	77Tom	113
78	78Lee	104
79	79Gavin	102
80	80Anthony	101
81	81Dara	99
82	82Martin	99
83	83Niall	98
84	84Oliver	98
85	85Senan	97
86	86Oran	93
87	87Ruairi	93
88	88Christian	90
89	89Kian	88
90	90Odhran	88
91	91Tomas	88
92	92Kacper	86
93	93Edward	85
94	94Lorcan	85
95	95Filip	82
96	96Leo	81
97	97Diarmuid	80
98	98Billy	78
99	99Patryk	78
100	100Brandon	76

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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