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Here are the top 100 Irish baby boy names in 2005, listed in order of popularity. Jack returns to the top spot it held in 2002, after two years of being number two to Sean, the most popular boy’s name of 2003 and 2004. Exactly the same boys names - Jack, Sean, Conor, Adam and James - have been in the top 5 since 1998, with only their order changing from year to year.

There were 3 first time entries in the top 100 for boys: Calum, Leo and Oscar. Calum was the highest new entry, as it rose from 160th place in 2000 and 117th place in 2004. Ruairi returned to the top 100 after a year’s absence.

Jack
Sean
Adam
Conor
James
Daniel
Cian

Luke
Aaron
Michael
Dylan
Ryan
Jamie
Ben
David
Thomas
John
Patrick
Matthew
Darragh
Eoin
Oisin
Shane
Alex
Evan
Joshua
Liam
Nathan
Mark
Jake
Cathal
Ciaran
Joseph
Callum
Kyle
Samuel
Robert
Fionn
Andrew
Cormac
Eogan
Stephen
Brian
Ronan
Cillian
Lee
Alexander
Kevin
Ethan
Harry
William
Charlie
Niall
Paul
Benjamin
Josh
Finn
Scott
Sam
Christopher
Noah
Killian
Dean
Peter
Jason
Gavin
Ross
Rory
Tadhg
Calum
Aidan
Alan
Max
Kian
Anthony
Martin
Diarmuid
Oran
Oscar
Tom
Dara
Leon
Darren
Craig
Jonathan
Kieran
Christian
Karl
Ruairi
Owen
Daire
Deo
Brandon
Charles
Hugh
Jack