Top 100 girls' names in Ireland for 2013

According to the annual report from the Central Statistics Office, Emily was the most popular girls’ name registered in Ireland during 2013.

This was the third consecutive year that Emily has been the most popular name chosen for girls, while Emma, Sophie, Ella and Amelia were the next favourites.

There were four first time entrants to the top 100 for girls: Sadie, Sienna, Fiadh and Poppy. The highest new entry at 77th place was Sadie rising from 139th place in 2012. The name that rose in popularity the most was Fiadh, up 64 places from 146th place in 2012.

As in previous years, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys with 4,643 girls’ names registered compared to 3,628 boys’ names. Despite the greater number of male births, a smaller range of names were used for boys than for girls.

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Girls' name	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
Emily	1	1	1	2	7	5
Emma	2	3	3	3	3	4
Sophie	3	2	2	1	1	6
Ella	4	7	11	11	18	12
Amelia	5	12	32	34	39	45
Aoife	6	11	13	10	9	8
Ava	7	8	8	6	2	1
Lucy	8	9	7	4	8	11
Grace	9	4	4	7	5	7
Sarah	10	10	6	5	4	3
Mia	11	6	12	20	14	23
Anna	12	22	18	13	16	20
Chloe	13	15	9	9	10	9
Hannah	14	13	17	22	23	15
Kate	15	18	15	19	13	10
Ruby	16	20	20	23	17	21
Lily	17	5	5	14	20	29
Katie	18	14	10	8	6	2
Caoimhe	19	16	14	24	21	16
Sophia	20	21	29	33	50	56
Lauren	21	23	22	21	12	19
Saoirse	22	17	19	18	25	24
Ellie	23	28	24	28	36	35
Holly	24	19	23	11	21	26
Leah	25	24	15	16	15	13
Amy	26	25	25	14	11	16
Olivia	27	30	28	27	39	41
Jessica	28	29	31	30	27	22
Ciara	29	32	26	17	19	14
Zoe	30	34	37	46	42	47
Isabelle	31	26	27	26	32	41
Niamh	32	37	30	25	87	18
Molly	33	27	33	31	26	25
Julia	34	34	35	35	31	34
Robyn	35	41	46	43	52	52
Erin	36	39	47	36	37	39
Roisin	37	31	34	32	27	28
Freya	38	49	60	63	67	110
Laura	39	36	36	38	30	30
Cara	40	48	50	52	58	61
Sofia	41	64	58	58	80	130
Eva	42	45	52	44	38	38
Rachel	43	40	39	29	29	27
Isabella	44	50	51	51	70	64
Kayla	45	33	21	41	43	48
Abbie	46	38	43	44	44	33
Charlotte	47	63	62	62	69	72
Millie	47	57	72	86	91	88
Faye	49	43	49	56	60	77
Clodagh	50	54	44	39	34	44
Aisling	51	42	41	41	45	41
Alice	52	69	66	66	70	76
Eabha	52	62	64	64	56	56
Abigail	54	50	53	49	46	36
Ellen	55	47	47	47	48	39
Lexi	56	89	96	96	102	137
Aoibhinn	57	56	60	60	67	64
Layla	58	45	54	50	74	106
Eve	59	50	45	60	62	62
Zara	59	68	82	82	89	77
Alannah	61	67	62	62	66	58
Aine	62	54	58	58	47	50
Maria	63	70	54	53	54	49
Megan	63	53	38	37	33	32
Rebecca	65	44	40	48	35	31
Nicole	66	58	42	40	41	37
Sadhbh	67	61	56	64	69	67
Clara	68	86	90	90	95	82
Elizabeth	69	71	67	67	60	64
Maya	70	80	74	74	83	89
Maja	71	60	57	54	54	73
Emilia	72	74	91	91	92	98
Caitlin	73	64	65	65	75	53
Rose	74	100	113	118	149	139
Isabel	75	82	71	71	64	64
Aoibheann	76	59	69	69	76	79
Sadie	77	139	137	177	193	194
Lena	78	71	85	85	83	119
Hollie	79	77	104	99	95	143
Sienna	80	112	135	132	204	241
Mary	81	71	69	69	59	61
Fiadh	82	146	189	319	488	341
Zuzanna	83	108	73	74	70	85
Aimee	84	75	74	74	55	49
Tara	84	90	74	74	62	51
Hanna	86	97	111	127	123	185
Katelyn	86	91	78	78	68	57
Lilly	86	75	78	78	77	109
Ruth	86	97	86	86	100	91
Alexandra	90	105	97	89	78	92
Poppy	90	136	132	200	263	251
Amber	92	64	68	68	70	74
Mollie	92	105	127	177	172	170
Victoria	92	79	94	94	95	98
Lara	95	114	101	102	124	148
Sara	96	93	78	78	88	90
Brooke	97	86	82	82	72	85
Aoibhe	98	78	87	87	79	62
Laoise	98	97	106	133	159	115
Kayleigh	100	85	97	97	89	86