NISRA · 2025

Popular boy names in Northern Ireland, 2025

Name: Popular boy names in Northern Ireland, 2025
Creator: NISRA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Noah is number one in Northern Ireland in 2025, given to 170 boys. That is 1 in 49 of the boys counted there that year.

The 100 most common boys' names registered in Northern Ireland in 2025, as published by NISRA.

1 Noah 170 boys
2 Jack 150 boys
3 James 135 boys

5,222 boys got one of these 100 names in 2025.
Conn climbed 112 places to #90, the biggest rise on 2024.

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

Popular boy names in Northern Ireland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
1	Noah	170	up 2	2	1
2	Jack	150	up 2	24	5
3	James	135	down 2	42	11
4	Charlie	123	up 4	22	71
5	Leo	115	up 7	3	10
6	Oisin	108	up 3	517	·
7	Theo	106	down 2	12	33
8	Luca	104	down 1	4	15
9	Arthur	101	up 7	5	50
9	Jude	101	down 3	14	147
11	Cillian	95	down 9	217	397
12	Oliver	91	down 2	6	4
13	Harry	90	no change	19	445
14	Tommy	84	up 6	44	478
15	Archie	81	up 5	11	261
16	Finn	80	down 1	74	174
16	Ronan	80	up 9	215	241
18	Thomas	74	down 7	35	24
19	Rian	73	up 3	319	503
20	Rory	71	up 13	17	97

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Popular boy names in Northern Ireland, 2025
Rank	Name	Boys	vs 2024	E&W 2025	Ontario 2024
21	Freddie	70	down 4	10	1,516
22	Shea	67	up 29	1,197	·
23	Alfie	66	down 6	16	·
24	Henry	64	up 21	13	6
25	Oscar	63	up 9	8	159
26	Patrick	62	no change	134	205
27	Jacob	61	down 14	41	23
28	Daithi	60	down 11	4,213	·
29	Reuben	57	up 5	29	503
30	Rowan	56	up 24	30	52
31	Isaac	55	down 5	36	31
32	Darragh	54	up 19	1,307	·
32	Ethan	54	up 25	54	17
34	Daniel	53	up 3	62	19
34	George	53	up 6	7	94
36	Caleb	51	down 10	82	44
36	Daire	51	up 12	4,213	·
38	Michael	50	up 28	85	50
38	Ruairi	50	up 23	497	·
40	Ollie	49	down 17	123	1,032
40	Theodore	49	down 8	9	3
42	Ezra	47	no change	38	55
43	Lucas	46	down 13	32	8
44	Conor	43	up 7	578	1,216
44	Fionn	43	down 18	658	·
44	Kai	43	up 25	78	38
44	Liam	43	down 2	68	2
48	Alexander	42	down 10	40	25
48	Arlo	42	down 3	15	122
48	Hugo	42	up 33	46	186
48	Lorcan	42	up 6	621	·
52	Levi	41	up 32	107	14
52	Sonny	41	up 22	45	306
54	Joseph	40	down 20	59	49
55	Albie	39	up 16	21	·
55	Joshua	39	up 8	53	72
55	Mason	39	up 6	77	32
55	Odhran	39	down 15	1,307	·
59	Elijah	38	down 2	23	26
59	William	38	up 5	25	12
61	Benjamin	37	up 15	61	7
61	Conan	37	down 37	1,226	·
61	Matthew	37	down 19	153	41
64	Hudson	36	up 35	43	20
64	Jonah	36	down 16	147	194
64	Max	36	down 34	48	69
67	John	35	no change	174	66
67	Sean	35	down 19	615	521
69	Logan	34	down 2	87	22
69	Reggie	34	up 75	37	·
69	Samuel	34	down 5	66	36
72	Aodhan	33	up 36	3,240	·
72	Cian	33	down 27	338	1,032
72	Joey	33	up 46	163	503
75	Paidi	32	up 9	·	·
75	Senan	32	up 29	1,226	·
77	Cody	31	up 4	102	458
77	Riley	31	up 31	83	168
79	Adam	30	down 41	26	13
79	Frankie	30	up 14	56	·
79	Harrison	30	up 10	50	79
79	Tom	30	down 19	976	1,516
83	Louie	29	down 9	28	366
83	Luke	29	down 26	131	34
85	Tadhg	28	up 14	412	1,516
86	Eoin	27	down 15	1,197	1,516
86	Micah	27	up 32	189	120
86	Micheal	27	up 58	2,131	1,216
86	Myles	27	up 32	67	41
90	Conn	26	up 112	·	·
90	Cuan	26	up 12	3,657	·
90	Eli	26	down 17	137	115
90	Hunter	26	up 3	91	111
90	Padraig	26	up 3	2,659	·
95	Aidan	25	up 41	265	198
95	Cahir	25	up 41	·	·
95	Naoise	25		·	·
95	Ruadhan	25	down 14	2,659	·
99	Caolan	24	down 10	1,538	·
99	Jesse	24	up 3	51	183

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: NISRA (1997-2025), OGL v3.