Here are the Top Ten Irish Baby Names (in Ireland) in recent years according to some research:

Quincy - "fifth".

Abbán - (A-bahn or ah-BAN) "little abbot".

Abram - (A-brahm) "high father"; version of Abraham. ábraham.

Achaius - form of Eochaidh.

Adair - (Ah-dare) "from the ford by the oak trees". Adare.

Adam - (H) "son of the red earth". Adhamh (A-thuhv). Anglicized version of Irish Gaelic ádhamh; Scottish Gaelic ádhamh. Pet form: Adie.

Adamnan - "the timid one" or "little Adam"; name of an abbot of Iona. Awnan, Adomnan, Adhamhan.

Adrian - "of the Adriatic"; from original form Latin Hadrianus. Aidrian.

Bain - (BAYN) short version of Bainbridge, "fair bridge".

Bainbridge - "fair bridge".

Baird - (BAYRD) "bard, poet, ballad singer, traveling minstrel". Bairde, Bar, Bard, Barr.

Bairre - (BAW-re) form of names Bearach and Finnbarr, also used as a name in its own right; anglicized as Barry; Barra.

Bairrfhionn - (BAR-fin)(Celt) "fair-haired" or "good marksman". Barrfind, Barram, Barre, Barra, Bairre, Barry.

Bairtlemáad - Irish Gaelic form of Bartholomew.

Banning - "fair and small".

Barclay - Scottish, Irish; transferred use of the Scottish surname, which was taken to Scotland in the 12th C. by Walter de Berchelai, who became a chamberlain of Scotland in 1165. Probably derived from Berkeley in Gloucestershire, which is from OE beorc "birch tree" + leah "wood or clearing". In Ireland, its been anglicized in the form of Parthalán.

Caeoimhin - (kwee-veen?) "gentle". Caemgen.

Cahan - derived from cath "battle" or "warrior".

Cailean - (KAL-lan)(Gael) from Gaelic word for "child". Cailan, Colin.

Cairbre - (KAHR-bre or KAHR-bruh) "charioteer". First legendary Sons of Mil to settle in Ireland. Two noted saints by this name: Bishop of Assaroe and Bishop of Moville. Carbry.

Cairell - (KAHR-el or KAIR-el?) name of several Irish saints. Carroll?.

Cairpre - (KAIR-pre) the legendary Cairpre was the chief bard of the Tuatha De Danann and son of the god Ogma. Cairpre Liffechair wiped out the Fianna at the battle of Gabhra where he killed Fionn's grandson.

Dagda - a god called the Good God. Daghda.

Daibháid - (DEH-vid or da-VEECH)(H) "beloved". Daighi, David, Daibhead (same pronun.)

Daigh - (DEHV or DAVE?) "flame or fire".

Daimine - (day-min?) derived from word dam "deer" or "ox". Daimhin, Damon.

Dáire - (DEH-ruh, DI-re or DAHR-uh) Old Irish word meaning "oak grove", "fruitful" or "fertile", and most likely the name of an early fertility or bull god; the Brown Bull of Cooley was owned by Daire mac Fiachna, and his refusal to loan his bull to Queen Medb was part of the reason for the fight between the Ulsterman and the men of Ireland. Dary, Darragh.

Ea - (EH)(Celt) "fire" form of Aodh. Hugh.

Eachan - (eh-kawn?) "horseman".

Eadoin - "blessed with many friends".

Eamon - (EH-mon or AY-mon) "wealthy guardian". Irish version of Anglo-Saxon name Edmund. American Eamon de Valera (1882-1975) served as both president and prime minister of the Irish Republic. Aimon, Eamonn.

Eanna - (eh-nah?) possibly "birdlike". Ennae.

Earnán - "knowing, experienced".

Edan - (Eh-dan or AY-dan)(Celt) "flame, fiery, zealous".

Egan - (EE-gan)(Celt) "ardent or fiery". Aodhagán (EH-uh-gahn), Egon, Eagon, Eoghan, Eogan.

Fagan - (FAY-gan) "little fiery one".

Fallon - variant of Faolan. Fallamhain.

Faolán - (FEH-lahn or FAY-lawn) from Old Irish faol "wolf" + dim. -an. Faolan was the name of fourteen saints, and ten warriors in Finn mac Cumhaill's band. Source of the surnames Phelan and Whelan. Anglicized Fallon, Faelan, Felan..

Farrell - (Celt) "heroic, courageous". Fearghal (FAHR-gahl), Farr.

Fearghus - (FAHR-gus or fay-REES) from Old Irish fer "man" + gus "strength, vigor"; "super-choice". Fergus mac Roich, foster-father of Cu Chulainn, was a hero of the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Renowned for his strength and stamina both on the battlefield and the bedroom. Fergus Finbel (Fergus Wine-Mouth) was a poet of the Fianna. Classic, anglicized Fergus (FER-guhs).

Gaeth - (GAYTH) Old Irish "intelligent, skillful".

Gair - "small". Geir, Gaer.

Galbraith - (gahl-brayth) Old Irish meaning "Scotsman".

Gale - "a stranger". Gael, Gaile, Gayle.

Galen - (gay-len)(Gael) "calm"; or "small but lively".

Gallagher - from the word for "eager helper".

Galloway - once referred to a Scotsman from Galloway, Scotland. Galway.

Galvin - (GAHL-vin) from Old Irish gelbann "a sparrow".

Gannon - (Gael) "light or fair-complexioned". Gannie.

Garbhán - (GAHR-van) from garb "rough". Garban, Garvan.

Hagan - "youthful" or "young".

Haley - from a word meaning "ingenious".

Hannraoi - (HAN-ree)(Teut) "ruler of an estate". Henry, Einri (EHN-ree).

Harkin - from an old word for "dark red".

Heremon - form of Irving; "handsome and fair".

Hogan - (Gael) similar to Hagan, meaning "youth".

Hoyt - from a word meaning "spirit" or "mind".

Hurley - (Gael) from a word for "sea tide". Hurlee.