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Popular Baby Names Northern Ireland 2024

Date published: 16 April 2025

Topics: Baby Names,  Births, deaths and marriages,  Births

Popular Baby Names in Northern Ireland 2024 was published at 9.30 this morning.

This morning the 2024 tables showing Popular Baby Names in Northern Ireland was published. 

The interactive search tool for popular baby names has also been updated with the 2024 baby names data and with a set of historical data by decade, dating back to 1922. Historical data shows that the most popular names registered in 1922 were John and Mary.

NI most popular baby names. James, Cillian, Noah. Grace, Olivia, Fiadh. Joined the top 10 in 2024. Jude, Charlotte, Sophia. Top climbers in 2024. Austin, Rossa, Callum, Joseph, Maya, Maria, Eliza, Ayla.

 Background information on the production of baby names data is available from the NISRA website.

If you would like to share any feedback or receive alerts about Vital Statistics releases, please email demography@nisra.gov.uk.

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Last updated: 16 April 2025

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