Using the Social Security Administration’s Top 1000, data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office, and our own trending names we’ve compiled a list of 100 popular Irish names that are most commonly given to babies. Which Irish names are your favorites?
Popular Irish Boys’ Names
- AIDEN
- BRADY
- BRENDAN
- BRENNAN
- BRIAN
- CAINE
- CALLAHAN
- CALLAN
- CATHAL
- CIAN
- CILLIAN
- CONNELL
- CONNOR
- CORMAC
- CORY
- CULLEN
- DARRAGH
- DARREN
- DECLAN
- DESMOND
- DONNACHA
- DONOVAN
- EAMON
- EGAN
- EOGHAN
- EOIN
- FINN
- FINNEAS
- FINNEGAN
- FINNIAN
- FIONN
- FLYNN
- GAEL
- GRADY
- KEEGAN
- KEENAN
- KELLAN
- KEVIN
- KIERAN
- KILLIAN
- LIAM
- MURPHY
- NEIL
- NOLAN
- ODHRÁN
- OISÍN
- OSCAR
- OWEN
- PATRICK
- RÍAN
- RONAN
- RORY
- RUAIRÍ
- RYAN
- SAERAN
- SEAN
- SENAN
- SHANE
- SHAY
- SULLIVAN
- TADHG
- TORIN
Popular Irish Girls’ Names
- AILBHE
- AILEEN
- AISLING
- AISLINN
- AOIBHÍN
- AOIFE
- BRIANNA
- BRIDGET
- CAOIMHE
- CIARA
- CLODAGH
- CROÍA
- ÉABHA
- EILEEN
- ERIN
- FALLON
- FIADH
- KAITLYN
- KASSIDY
- KEIRA
- KELLY
- KENNEDY
- KIARA
- KINLEY
- LENNON
- MAEVE
- MÉABH
- MOIRA
- NIAMH
- ORLA
- QUINN
- REAGAN
- RILEY
- RÓISÍN
- SADHBH
- SAOIRSE
- SIOBHAN
- TEAGAN
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Kees Andersen (they/them) is a longtime BabyNames.com member and content creator for the site. They first became interested in names when researching for stories they were writing as a young child and it snowballed into a lifelong passion. Kees attended Western Washington University and majored in history, which helped inspire a love of historical names.
Kees resides in Washington state with husband Peyton and two cats Nimue and Caspian. In their spare time they love to travel, read, fawn over their cats, and take photos.
