Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 2012

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Jack	831
2	2James	773
3	3Daniel	683
4	4Sean	677
5	5Conor	639
6	6Adam	558
7	7Harry	510
8	8Ryan	510
9	9Dylan	471
10	10Michael	462
11	11Luke	457
12	12Charlie	432
13	13Liam	427
14	14Oisin	407
15	15Cian	406
16	16Jamie	404
17	17Thomas	403
18	18Alex	392
19	19Noah	390
20	20Darragh	389
21	21Patrick	388
22	22Aaron	372
23	23Cillian	341
24	24Matthew	336
25	25John	297
26	26Nathan	295
27	27David	292
28	28Fionn	292
29	29Evan	278
30	30Ethan	268
31	31Jake	265
32	32Kyle	252
33	33Rian	243
34	34Ben	232
35	35Max	232
36	36Eoin	228
37	37Tadhg	224
38	38Finn	218
39	39Callum	215
40	40Samuel	213
41	41Joshua	210
42	42Rory	200
43	43Jayden	197
44	44Joseph	196
45	45Tyler	195
46	46Sam	183
47	47Shane	176
48	48Mark	175
49	49Robert	175
50	50Aidan	172
51	51William	169
52	52Ronan	167
53	53Eoghan	166
54	54Alexander	161
55	55Leon	161
56	56Cathal	160
57	57Mason	159
58	58Tom	157
59	59Oliver	155
60	60Andrew	151
61	61Oscar	150
62	62Ciaran	143
63	63Bobby	141
64	64Jacob	140
65	65Senan	126
66	66Rhys	124
67	67Scott	118
68	68Benjamin	116
69	69Cormac	116
70	70Kevin	112
71	71Lucas	109
72	72Alan	108
73	73Donnacha	106
74	74Jakub	106
75	75Christopher	105
76	76Filip	104
77	77Killian	104
78	78Josh	103
79	79Alfie	102
80	80Tommy	101
81	81Ruairi	99
82	82Odhran	98
83	83Oran	97
84	84Leo	96
85	85Isaac	95
86	86Dara	94
87	87Jason	94
88	88Zach	93
89	89Martin	91
90	90Peter	91
91	91Brian	90
92	92Danny	88
93	93Niall	86
94	94Tomas	86
95	95Edward	84
96	96Stephen	84
97	97Logan	80
98	98Kacper	79
99	99Anthony	77
100	100Billy	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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