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NAMEY

Northern Ireland baby name data

Explore Northern Ireland baby name popularity from 1997 to 2025, based on birth registration statistics published by NISRA.

Namey holds 2,921 distinct names and 587,271 birth registrations from this dataset, covering 1997 to 2025. Registrations peaked in 2008 with 23,175 births.

Provider: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Names given fewer than three times in a year are suppressed. Accents are removed at source (Séan is recorded as Sean). Counts are by year of registration, not year of birth, and include babies born to mothers resident outside Northern Ireland.

Last imported: 10/2/2026

Years covered

1997–2025

Distinct names

2,921

Births recorded

587,271

Boys share

53%

Girls share

47%

In 1997 the dataset records 22,297 births; in 2025, 15,569.

Top boys' names in Northern Ireland

  1. 1Jack7,993
  2. 2James7,261
  3. 3Matthew6,279
  4. 4Daniel5,289
  5. 5Ryan5,200
  6. 6Adam4,777
  7. 7Thomas4,353
  8. 8Conor4,341
  9. 9Joshua3,882
  10. 10Ethan3,872
  11. 11Charlie3,754
  12. 12Harry3,625
  13. 13Michael3,492
  14. 14Dylan3,305
  15. 15Noah3,287
  16. 16Jamie3,267
  17. 17Luke3,064
  18. 18Oliver2,995
  19. 19Sean2,915
  20. 20Aaron2,909
  21. 21Ben2,907
  22. 22Oisin2,886
  23. 23Patrick2,697
  24. 24Jake2,630
  25. 25Callum2,567
  26. 26Jacob2,517
  27. 27Nathan2,418
  28. 28David2,402
  29. 29John2,373
  30. 30Joseph2,266
  31. 31Ronan2,227
  32. 32William2,153
  33. 33Eoin2,106
  34. 34Shea2,063
  35. 35Andrew2,038
  36. 36Samuel1,989
  37. 37Alfie1,947
  38. 38Benjamin1,880
  39. 39Leo1,848
  40. 40Christopher1,845
  41. 41Lewis1,844
  42. 42Jude1,825
  43. 43Darragh1,825
  44. 44Alexander1,771
  45. 45Mark1,751
  46. 46Rory1,712
  47. 47Finn1,706
  48. 48Cillian1,694
  49. 49Odhran1,665
  50. 50Liam1,657

Top girls' names in Northern Ireland

  1. 1Sophie4,804
  2. 2Grace4,605
  3. 3Emily4,547
  4. 4Chloe4,540
  5. 5Katie4,486
  6. 6Emma4,313
  7. 7Anna3,845
  8. 8Hannah3,778
  9. 9Aoife3,731
  10. 10Lucy3,730
  11. 11Sarah3,530
  12. 12Niamh3,522
  13. 13Olivia3,494
  14. 14Jessica3,333
  15. 15Erin3,267
  16. 16Ellie3,219
  17. 17Amy3,027
  18. 18Ella2,960
  19. 19Caitlin2,909
  20. 20Rebecca2,795
  21. 21Megan2,684
  22. 22Leah2,480
  23. 23Eva2,440
  24. 24Rachel2,436
  25. 25Molly2,429
  26. 26Lauren2,428
  27. 27Cara2,325
  28. 28Lily2,324
  29. 29Sophia2,255
  30. 30Mia2,238
  31. 31Charlotte2,212
  32. 32Amelia2,075
  33. 33Aimee2,042
  34. 34Ava2,010
  35. 35Holly1,919
  36. 36Isla1,899
  37. 37Caoimhe1,832
  38. 38Ruby1,812
  39. 39Evie1,692
  40. 40Shannon1,654
  41. 41Annie1,592
  42. 42Zara1,456
  43. 43Eimear1,447
  44. 44Nicole1,432
  45. 45Ellen1,405
  46. 46Abigail1,384
  47. 47Ciara1,358
  48. 48Laura1,347
  49. 49Zoe1,344
  50. 50Freya1,326

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