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Popular Boy Names in Ireland
Top 10 Baby Names in 2012
Popularity rankings for Top 1-10 of Top 1-100 baby boy names in Ireland in 2012. Here is the list of Popular Girl Names in 2012.| Rank | △ | Name |
| 1. | Jack, var. Jacq, .. 7 more | |
| 2. | James, var. Diego, .. 27 more | |
| 3. | ▲1 | Daniel, var. Dannel, .. 19 more |
| 4. | ▼1 | Sean, down two years: 2→3→4, var. Shane▼, Shawn▼, Shaun▼, .. 4 more |
| 5. | ▼1 | Conor, var. Connor▼, Conner▼, Konnor▼ |
| 6. | ▲1 | Adam, var. Ade, .. 23 more |
| 7. | ▲1 | Harry, up more than three years: ..→20→8→7, var. Hal, .. 2 more |
| 7. | ▼1 | Ryan, var. Rian▼, Ryne▼, .. 5 more |
| 9. | ▲1 | Dylan, var. Dillon▼, Dillan▼, Dyllan▼, .. 3 more |
| 10. | ▼1 | Michael, var. Mikael▼, Mikel▼, Mikhail▼, Mykel▼, .. 47 more |
Naming Trends
Among the Top 2012 baby boy names in Ireland, Tyler▲20, Scott▲16, Isaac▲16, Rory▲14, Mason▲13, Ruairi▲13, Max▲12, Lucas▲9, Danny▲9 and Rian▲9 increased the most in popularity compared to a year ago in 2011. Byler, Nason and Isaacs are some suggested forms of these trending names.
Top 11-100 Baby Names
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| Rank | △ | Name |
| 11. | ▲1 | Luke, var. Luc▼, .. 10 more |
| 12. | ▲8 | Charlie, var. Charly |
| 13. | ▲4 | Liam, var. Lyam▼ |
| 14. | ▲1 | Oisin, up two years: 17→15→14, var. Ossian, .. 1 more |
| 15. | ▼2 | Cian, var. Kean, .. 3 more |
| 16. | ▼2 | Jamie, down two years: 11→14→16, var. Jamee, .. 4 more |
| 17. | ▲1 | Thomas, up two years: 22→18→17, var. Tomas▼, .. 23 more |
| 18. | ▼8 | Alex, down two years: 8→10→18, var. Alek, .. 10 more |
| 19. | ▲4 | Noah, up more than three years: ..→26→23→19, var. Noe▼, .. 4 more |
| 20. | ▼1 | Darragh, down three years: 14→16→19→20 |
| 21. | ▼1 | Patrick, var. Patrizius, .. 24 more |
| 22. | ▼6 | Aaron, down two years: 13→16→22, var. Aron▼, .. 36 more |
| 23. | ▼1 | Cillian, down two years: 21→22→23 |
| 24. | ▼1 | Matthew, var. Mathew▼, .. 33 more |
| 25. | ▲1 | John, var. Jon▼, Jean▼, Jan▼, .. 82 more |
| 26. | ▲3 | Nathan, var. Nathen▼, .. 4 more |
| 27. | ▼3 | David, var. Daffy, .. 20 more |
| 27. | ▲3 | Fionn, up two years: 35→30→27, var. Finn▼ |
| 29. | ▼2 | Evan, var. Ewy, .. 14 more |
| 30. | ▲1 | Ethan, up more than three years: ..→34→31→30, var. Ethen▼, .. 3 more |
| 31. | ▲3 | Jake, var. Jack▼, Jacques▼ |
| 32. | ▲4 | Kyle, up three years: 40→37→36→32, var. Kylar, .. 7 more |
| 33. | ▲9 | Rian, up more than three years: ..→54→42→33, var. Ryan▼, Ryne▼ |
| 34. | ▼6 | Ben, var. Benji, .. 5 more |
| 34. | ▲12 | Max, up three years: 56→49→46→34, var. Maxx▼, .. 3 more |
| 36. | ▼4 | Eoin, down three years: 20→29→32→36, var. Ean▼, .. 1 more |
| 37. | ▲1 | Tadhg, up three years: 42→40→38→37, var. Tad, .. 2 more |
| 38. | ▼2 | Finn, var. Fin, .. 2 more |
| 39. | ▼4 | Callum, down three years: 29→32→35→39 |
| 40. | ▼1 | Samuel, var. Sam, .. 6 more |
| 41. | ▼8 | Joshua, var. Joushua, .. 8 more |
| 42. | ▲14 | Rory, up two years: 57→56→42, var. Rorik, .. 4 more |
| 43. | ▲7 | Jayden, var. Jaden▼, Jaiden▼, Jaydon▼, Jadon▼, Jaeden▼, Jaedon▼ |
| 44. | ▼3 | Joseph, down more than three years: ..→37→41→44, var. Josef▼, .. 42 more |
| 45. | ▲20 | Tyler, up two years: 83→65→45, var. Tilar, .. 3 more |
| 46. | ▼1 | Sam, down two years: 41→45→46, var. Samm, .. 3 more |
| 47. | ▼4 | Shane, down more than three years: ..→33→43→47, var. Shayne▼, .. 2 more |
| 48. | ▲2 | Mark, var. Marc▼, .. 17 more |
| 48. | ▲5 | Robert, var. Robben, .. 29 more |
| 50. | ▼10 | Aidan, var. Aiden▼, Ayden▼, Eden▼, Aydan▼, Aydin▼, Aidyn▼, Aedan▼, .. 4 more |
| 51. | ▼4 | William, down two years: 45→47→51, var. Willem▼, .. 33 more |
| 52. | ▼4 | Ronan |
| 53. | ▲2 | Eoghan, var. Jevon, .. 1 more |
| 54. | ▼5 | Alexander, var. Aleksander▼, Alexandre▼, Alexandro▼, .. 67 more |
| 54. | ▼2 | Leon, var. Lioni, .. 4 more |
| 56. | ▼12 | Cathal, down two years: 42→44→56, var. Cal |
| 57. | ▲13 | Mason |
| 58. | ▲8 | Tom, var. Thom, .. 2 more |
| 59. | ▼5 | Oliver, down two years: 52→54→59, var. Oliviero, .. 10 more |
| 60. | ▼5 | Andrew, var. Andre▼, Andrey▼, Andrei▼, .. 46 more |
| 61. | ▲1 | Oscar, var. Oskar▼, .. 3 more |
| 62. | ▼5 | Ciaran, down two years: 53→57→62, var. Kieran |
| 63. | ▼5 | Bobby |
| 64. | ▼5 | Jacob, var. Jimmie, .. 60 more |
| 65. | ▲2 | Senan, up three years: 85→74→67→65 |
| 66. | ▲2 | Rhys, var. Reece▼, Reese▼ |
| 67. | ▲16 | Scott, var. Scot, .. 3 more |
| 68. | ▲6 | Benjamin, var. Benjimen, .. 28 more |
| 68. | ▼9 | Cormac, var. Cormack, .. 1 more |
| 70. | ▼12 | Kevin, var. Keven▼, Kevon▼, .. 7 more |
| 71. | ▲9 | Lucas, var. Lukas▼, .. 2 more |
| 72. | ▲3 | Alan, var. Allen▼, Allan▼, .. 23 more |
| 73. | ▲3 | Donnacha |
| 73. | ▼12 | Jakub, down three years: 58→60→61→73, var. Jakob▼, Jakobe▼ |
| 75. | ▼6 | Christopher, var. Cristofer▼, Christofer▼, Kristofer▼, .. 29 more |
| 76. | ▲4 | Filip, var. Phillip▼, Philip▼, Felipe▼ |
| 76. | ▼4 | Killian, down two years: 62→72→76, var. Kilean, .. 2 more |
| 78. | ▼1 | Josh, down three years: 66→68→77→78 |
| 79. | ▲6 | Alfie, up two years: 97→85→79 |
| 80. | ▲8 | Tommy, creative var. Domy, Teommy |
| 81. | ▲13 | Ruairi |
| 82. | ▲6 | Odhran, var. Odran, .. 1 more |
| 83. | ▼3 | Oran, down two years: 75→80→83, var. Oren▼, Orin▼, .. 3 more |
| 84. | ▼5 | Leo, var. Lee▼, .. 8 more |
| 85. | new | Isaac, var. Issac new, Isaak new, Izaac new, Izaak new, Isac new, .. 14 more |
| 86. | ▼13 | Dara, down two years: 71→73→86 |
| 86. | ▼15 | Jason, var. Jayson▼, Jacen▼, Jaysen▼, .. 9 more |
| 88. | ▲8 | Zach |
| 89. | ▼1 | Martin, down three years: 73→83→88→89, var. Martel, .. 16 more |
| 89. | ▼2 | Peter, down three years: 67→83→87→89, var. Boutros, .. 20 more |
| 91. | ▲1 | Brian, var. Bryan▼, .. 13 more |
| 92. | new | Danny |
| 93. | ▼7 | Niall, var. Nial |
| 93. | ▲4 | Tomas, var. Thomas▼ |
| 95. | ▲4 | Edward, var. Ted, .. 26 more |
| 95. | ▼18 | Stephen, var. Steven▼, .. 25 more |
| 97. | new | Logan, var. Logen |
| 98. | new | Kacper |
| 99. | ▼16 | Anthony, var. Antun, .. 31 more |
| 100. | new | Billy |
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