Central Statistics Office (CSO) · 2025

Popular boy names in Ireland, 2025

Name: Popular boy names in Ireland, 2025
Creator: Central Statistics Office (CSO)
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Rían is number one in Ireland in 2025, given to 490 boys. That is 1 in 44 of the boys counted there that year.

The 100 most common boys' names registered in Ireland in 2025, as published by Central Statistics Office (CSO).

1 Rían 490 boys
2 Jack 475 boys
3 Noah 436 boys

13,923 boys got one of these 100 names in 2025.
Conall climbed 47 places to #97, the biggest rise on 2024.

Full list: the publisher lists nearly every name given, so the counts are real totals.

Popular boy names in Ireland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
1	Rían	490	up 2	319	503
2	Jack	475	down 1	24	5
3	Noah	436	down 1	2	1
4	James	359	up 1	42	11
5	Oisín	331	up 4	517	·
6	Fionn	321	up 1	658	·
7	Liam	313	up 1	68	2
8	Tadhg	286	down 2	412	1,516
9	Cillian	271	down 5	217	397
10	Leo	261	up 12	3	10
11	Luca	260	up 13	4	15
12	Páidí	239	up 10	·	·
13	Charlie	225	down 3	22	71
13	Daniel	225	down 2	62	19
15	Finn	220	down 3	74	174
16	Conor	211	up 3	578	1,216
16	Thomas	211	down 2	35	24
18	Oliver	208	up 9	6	4
19	Darragh	205	up 7	1,307	·
20	Adam	191	up 5	26	13

80 more names

Popular boy names in Ireland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
21	Theo	189	down 8	12	33
22	Michael	188	down 5	85	50
23	Luke	185	down 5	131	34
23	Seán	185	down 8	615	521
25	Harry	183	down 5	19	445
25	Patrick	183	down 9	134	205
27	Tommy	178	down 6	44	478
28	Sonny	171	up 10	45	306
29	John	164	no change	174	66
30	Bobby	155	down 2	94	1,516
31	Ollie	149	up 4	123	1,032
31	Oscar	149	up 1	8	159
33	Cian	142	no change	338	1,032
34	Kai	140	down 4	78	38
35	Muhammad	139	up 10	1	9
36	Alfie	135	up 13	16	·
37	Alex	128	down 1	207	264
38	Senan	126	up 21	1,226	·
39	Billy	122	up 17	110	·
40	Ben	121	up 1	487	503
41	Max	120	down 8	48	69
42	Hugo	117	up 18	46	186
43	Caelan	116	no change	352	·
44	Theodore	115	up 12	9	3
45	David	114	down 5	73	46
46	Archie	113	up 5	11	261
47	Jamie	112	down 17	245	278
48	Tom	111	up 7	976	1,516
49	Callum	107	down 12	251	96
50	Sam	106	up 1	363	283
51	Ethan	102	no change	54	17
52	Freddie	101	down 1	10	1,516
52	Shay	101	down 2	529	1,032
54	Arlo	100	down 6	15	122
55	Alexander	98	down 11	40	25
55	Matthew	98	down 13	153	41
57	Arthur	95	down 10	5	50
57	Ryan	95	down 11	135	39
59	Daithí	94	up 21	4,213	·
60	Rory	93	up 8	17	97
61	Jude	91	up 22	14	147
62	Jacob	88	up 2	41	23
63	Frankie	87	up 11	56	·
64	Donnacha	86	up 1	4,213	·
64	Joseph	86	up 6	59	49
64	Lucas	86	up 10	32	8
67	Dáithí	85	up 27	4,213	·
67	Ruairí	85	up 31	497	·
69	Dylan	84	down 30	72	125
69	Teddy	84	down 1	34	793
71	Aaron	82	up 8	180	98
71	Nathan	82	down 1	99	16
73	Leon	81	down 13	101	122
73	William	81	down 6	25	12
75	Mason	79	down 19	77	32
76	Danny	78	down 2	469	1,516
76	Henry	78	up 23	13	6
76	Rowan	78	up 15	30	52
76	Samuel	78	down 6	66	36
80	Evan	76	down 17	195	84
81	Joshua	74	down 8	53	72
82	Aidan	72	up 2	265	198
83	Benjamin	71	down 9	61	7
83	Levi	71	up 32	107	14
85	Iarlaith	68	up 14	·	·
86	Ronan	67	down 21	215	241
87	Éanna	66	up 25	·	·
88	Dáire	65	up 14	4,213	·
88	Naoise	65		·	·
90	Cathal	64	down 2	·	·
90	Cody	64	down 2	102	458
90	Joey	64	down 12	163	503
93	Odhrán	63	down 12	1,307	·
94	Zach	62	up 21	426	718
95	Jake	60	down 33	235	273
95	Tomás	60	down 14	487	963
97	Conall	59	up 47	1,613	·
97	Elijah	59	up 32	23	26
99	Mark	58	down 5	294	180
99	Paddy	58	up 3	716	·

Change in rank since 2024. “new” means the name was not in the 2024 list at all. A dot means the name was outside the 2024 list shown here and we do not hold its 2024 rank.

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO) (1964-2025), CC BY 4.0.