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

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	655
2	2Aoife	585
3	3Ciara	577
4	4Emma	532
5	5Chloe	516
6	6Amy	485
7	7Katie	418
8	8Niamh	407
9	9Sophie	404
10	10Lauren	402
11	11Megan	387
12	12Hannah	368
13	13Rachel	364
14	14Rebecca	361
15	15Leah	351
16	16Laura	349
17	17Jessica	302
18	18Kate	301
19	19Emily	278
20	20Caoimhe	272
21	21Anna	247
22	22Shauna	232
23	23Ellen	229
24	24Nicole	228
25	25Roisin	228
26	26Ava	216
27	27Aisling	210
28	28Ella	204
29	29Grace	191
30	30Sinead	182
31	31Saoirse	181
32	32Tara	180
33	33Molly	179
34	34Jennifer	176
35	35Holly	171
36	36Lucy	169
37	37Shannon	166
38	38Caitlin	151
39	39Aine	149
40	40Orla	141
41	41Mary	140
42	42Jade	139
43	43Eimear	133
44	44Zoe	133
45	45Clodagh	127
46	46Ellie	122
47	47Mia	119
48	48Erin	117
49	49Louise	117
50	50Eva	112
51	51Abbie	111
52	52Katelyn	109
53	53Maria	104
54	54Claire	96
55	55Alannah	93
56	56Lisa	93
57	57Kelly	92
58	58Catherine	91
59	59Eve	91
60	60Alison	89
61	61Michelle	86
62	62Elizabeth	83
63	63Fiona	82
64	64Robyn	82
65	65Abby	79
66	66Aimee	77
67	67Danielle	77
68	68Abigail	75
69	69Kayleigh	75
70	70Ruth	75
71	71Grainne	74
72	72Olivia	74
73	73Jodie	73
74	74Leanne	71
75	75Maeve	69
76	76Alice	66
77	77Isabelle	64
78	78Alexandra	63
79	79Jane	63
80	80Alanna	62
81	81Lara	62
82	82Emer	60
83	83Courtney	59
84	84Victoria	59
85	85Andrea	58
86	86Lily	58
87	87Siobhan	56
88	88Zara	56
89	89Nadine	55
90	90Rachael	55
91	91Charlotte	54
92	92Sara	54
93	93Heather	53
94	94Ailbhe	52
95	95Isabel	52
96	96Michaela	52
97	97Sadhbh	52
98	98Stephanie	52
99	99Eabha	51
100	100Laoise	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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