The most popular names in Ireland?

Question

1890s?

1900s?

1910s?

1920s?

1930s?

1940s?

Answer 1

I think the CSO only began to gather this data in 1998. Here are 2 recent results:

2007

Sean, Jack, Conor, Adam, James, Daniel, Luke, Cian, Michael, Jamie, Aaron, Dylan

Sarah, Emma, Katie, Aoife, Sophie, Ava, Grace, Ella, Leah, Ciara, Amy, Emily

1999

Conor, Sean, Jack, James, Adam

Chloe, Aoife, Sarah, Ciara, Niamh

I haven't been able to find any decent stats on earlier years. Non-saint names only really began to become popular from the 1960s onwards.

My aunts and uncles may provide a good indication of names popular in the 1940s/50s (these names are commonly given a pet form):

James (Jimmy). John, Patrick (Paddy), Daniel, Timothy (Timmy or Tadhg), Donal, Thomas (Tommy), Michael (Mick), Seamus.

Mary, Margaret (Maggie or Peggy), Sheila, Bridget, Ellen, Elizabeth (Liz or Betty), Rita, Eileen, Catherine (Kitty).

Grandparents (1910-20 etc)

Joseph, James, Paddy, Daniel (Danny)

Mary, Bridget (Biddy), Julia, Molly, Peggy

Answer 2

Boys:Oisin, Cian, Eoin, Cathal Fionn, Tadhg, Séan, Neamhán,Dara

Girls:Áine, Alibhe, Aoife, Aisling, Mairead, Niamh, Róisín, Sorcha

Caoimhe