Top 100 baby boy names for births in Northern Ireland during year 1997

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Matthew	410
2	2Ryan	381
3	3James	352
4	4Conor	312
5	5Andrew	275
6	6Jordan	266
7	7Michael	263
8	8Jack	259
9	9David	246
10	10Adam	236
11	11Aaron	221
12	12Daniel	208
13	13Christopher	204
14	14Mark	200
15	15Sean	186
16	16Thomas	186
17	17John	182
18	18Jamie	165
19	19Patrick	164
20	20Nathan	154
21	21Jonathan	145
22	22Joshua	137
23	23Dylan	135
24	24Peter	135
25	25Stephen	135
26	26William	131
27	27Paul	123
28	28Caolan	117
29	29Ciaran	113
30	30Ross	106
31	31Luke	105
32	32Kyle	102
33	33Niall	102
34	34Callum	99
35	35Robert	96
36	36Joseph	95
37	37Benjamin	92
38	38Scott	90
39	39Samuel	89
40	40Connor	87
41	41Ben	85
42	42Jason	82
43	43Lee	82
44	44Curtis	80
45	45Dean	77
46	46Shane	77
47	47Gareth	75
48	48Liam	74
49	49Martin	71
50	50Ronan	66
51	51Philip	65
52	52Darren	62
53	53Rory	59
54	54Declan	58
55	55Eoin	56
56	56Ruairi	52
57	57Gary	51
58	58Gerard	51
59	59Steven	50
60	60Alexander	49
61	61Brandon	49
62	62Aidan	48
63	63Ethan	48
64	64Jake	47
65	65Stuart	47
66	66Cameron	45
67	67Gavin	45
68	68Corey	43
69	69Craig	43
70	70Anthony	42
71	71Kevin	42
72	72Shea	42
73	73Brendan	41
74	74Cormac	41
75	75Brian	40
76	76Lewis	40
77	77Reece	40
78	78Cathal	39
79	79Owen	39
80	80Tiarnan	39
81	81Oisin	37
82	82Richard	37
83	83Timothy	36
84	84Joel	34
85	85Neil	34
86	86Rhys	34
87	87Harry	33
88	88Darragh	31
89	89Padraig	31
90	90Barry	30
91	91Marc	30
92	92Conall	28
93	93Karl	27
94	94Jacob	25
95	95Kieran	25
96	96Colin	24
97	97Colm	24
98	98Daire	24
99	99Simon	24
100	100Calum	23

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Coverage: Names given 3 or more times in a year; NISRA records names without accents. Original data · Licence

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