Names of Northern Ireland
587,271 births across 2,915 recorded names, 1997 to 2025.
Top of 2025
Common here, rare in America
Names Northern Ireland gives often that the US records barely hold.
| Name | In Northern Ireland | In the US |
|---|---|---|
| Caoimhin | 573 | not recorded |
| Eimear | 1,447 | 5 |
| Cliodhna | 683 | 7 |
| Odhran | 1,665 | 36 |
| Caolan | 1,610 | 36 |
| Daithi | 951 | 22 |
| Tiarnan | 696 | 26 |
| Aoibheann | 629 | 30 |
| Orlaith | 720 | 49 |
| Cathal | 572 | 40 |
| Meabh | 991 | 74 |
| Eabha | 872 | 84 |
| Darragh | 1,825 | 300 |
| Clodagh | 1,219 | 209 |
| Oisin | 2,886 | 513 |
US figures are Social Security births since 1880; the Northern Ireland figures cover 1997 onwards. The two are not the same measure and the columns are for comparison of scale, not subtraction.
Most given since 1997
Source: NISRA, Baby Names. First forenames as registered. NISRA lists names given to one or two babies but withholds their counts, so those names are absent here rather than guessed; the totals cover names given to three or more babies in a year.