Most popular baby names in Northern Ireland 2025

In 2025, the most popular baby names in Northern Ireland were Grace, Fiadh, and Olivia for girls and Noah, Jack, and James for boys. Some names are far more common here than UK-wide: Saorlaith is 38x more common in Northern Ireland than nationally, and Paidi is 36x more common in Northern Ireland than nationally. See which names stand out most below, or open the full top 100 lists.

Most distinctive baby names in Northern Ireland

Girls

Most distinctive Meabh 27x more common ▲404 #9 vs UK #413

Also more common

Fiadh 12x more common ▲161 #2 vs UK #163 Aoife 8.4x more common ▲136 #8 vs UK #144 Annie 6.2x more common ▲85 #7 vs UK #92 Grace 3.0x more common ▲15 #1 vs UK #16

Less common

Florence 2.1x less common ▼78 #84 vs UK #6 Poppy 1.4x less common ▼44 #51 vs UK #7 Ivy 1.1x less common ▼30 #39 vs UK #9

Boys

Most distinctive Oisin 20x more common ▲255 #6 vs UK #261

Also more common

James 3.2x more common ▲30 #3 vs UK #33 Jack 2.8x more common ▲17 #2 vs UK #19 Charlie 2.3x more common ▲14 #4 vs UK #18 Jude 1.5x more common ▲4 #9 vs UK #13

Less common

George 1.7x less common ▼27 #34 vs UK #7 Theodore 1.6x less common ▼30 #40 vs UK #10 Oscar 1.3x less common ▼17 #25 vs UK #8 Freddie 1.1x less common ▼12 #21 vs UK #9

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