Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1964

Names given to at least 3 babies in a year. Spellings with and without accents are counted together (Fiadh and Fíadh, Rian and Rían), so some places differ from the official CSO ranking.

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 3,696 babies
  2. 2 Patrick 2,235 babies
  3. 3 Michael 2,157 babies
  4. 4 Paul 1,814 babies
  5. 5 James 1,554 babies
  6. 6 Thomas 1,349 babies
  7. 7 David 936 babies
  8. 8 William 875 babies
  9. 9 Martin 849 babies
  10. 10 Gerard 815 babies
  11. 11 Joseph 737 babies
  12. 12 Anthony 613 babies
  13. 13 Peter 527 babies
  14. 14 Brian 464 babies
  15. 15 Kevin 452 babies
  16. 16 Francis 429 babies
  17. 17 Brendan 426 babies
  18. 18 Edward 425 babies
  19. 19 Daniel 395 babies
  20. 20 Noel 394 babies
  21. 21 Denis 347 babies
  22. 22 Robert 342 babies
  23. 23 Declan 321 babies
  24. 24 Richard 301 babies
  25. 25 Stephen 296 babies
  26. 26 Timothy 295 babies
  27. 27 Christopher 289 babies
  28. 28 Mark 279 babies
  29. 29 Alan 245 babies
  30. 30 Derek 237 babies
  31. 31 Raymond 237 babies
  32. 32 Kieran 224 babies
  33. 33 Bernard 201 babies
  34. 34 Andrew 195 babies
  35. 35 Dermot 195 babies
  36. 36 Philip 187 babies
  37. 37 Aidan 182 babies
  38. 38 Sean 171 babies
  39. 39 Cornelius 161 babies
  40. 40 Jeremiah 161 babies
  41. 41 Kenneth 150 babies
  42. 42 Vincent 148 babies
  43. 43 Charles 145 babies
  44. 44 Desmond 145 babies
  45. 45 Colm 144 babies
  46. 46 Donal 144 babies
  47. 47 Niall 142 babies
  48. 48 Laurence 141 babies
  49. 49 Ciaran 124 babies
  50. 50 Eugene 123 babies
  51. 51 Maurice 120 babies
  52. 52 George 115 babies
  53. 53 Hugh 112 babies
  54. 54 Liam 111 babies
  55. 55 Terence 102 babies
  56. 56 Conor 97 babies
  57. 57 Gerald 94 babies
  58. 58 Nicholas 92 babies
  59. 59 Matthew 89 babies
  60. 60 Henry 87 babies
  61. 61 Seamus 87 babies
  62. 62 Eamon 86 babies
  63. 63 Ian 86 babies
  64. 64 Eamonn 83 babies
  65. 65 Adrian 75 babies
  66. 66 Fergus 71 babies
  67. 67 Ronan 70 babies
  68. 68 Oliver 69 babies
  69. 69 Barry 62 babies
  70. 70 Finbarr 61 babies
  71. 71 Owen 59 babies
  72. 72 Gabriel 57 babies
  73. 73 Damian 56 babies
  74. 74 Rory 56 babies
  75. 75 Damien 49 babies
  76. 76 Enda 49 babies
  77. 77 Shane 49 babies
  78. 78 Garrett 47 babies
  79. 79 Gregory 47 babies
  80. 80 Edmond 45 babies
  81. 81 Bartholomew 44 babies
  82. 82 Neil 43 babies
  83. 83 Eoin 42 babies
  84. 84 Dominic 41 babies
  85. 85 Gary 41 babies
  86. 86 Karl 40 babies
  87. 87 Cormac 39 babies
  88. 88 Padraig 38 babies
  89. 89 Colin 37 babies
  90. 90 Ronald 37 babies
  91. 91 Leslie 36 babies
  92. 92 Simon 36 babies
  93. 93 Fergal 35 babies
  94. 94 Aiden 34 babies
  95. 95 Eric 34 babies
  96. 96 Cathal 32 babies
  97. 97 Keith 32 babies
  98. 98 Arthur 31 babies
  99. 99 Nigel 31 babies
  100. 100 Fintan 29 babies

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 3,471 babies
  2. 2 Catherine 1,412 babies
  3. 3 Margaret 1,392 babies
  4. 4 Ann 866 babies
  5. 5 Anne 834 babies
  6. 6 Elizabeth 722 babies
  7. 7 Caroline 617 babies
  8. 8 Bridget 595 babies
  9. 9 Geraldine 579 babies
  10. 10 Patricia 536 babies
  11. 11 Jacqueline 529 babies
  12. 12 Pauline 460 babies
  13. 13 Helen 437 babies
  14. 14 Deirdre 408 babies
  15. 15 Bernadette 392 babies
  16. 16 Sandra 358 babies
  17. 17 Eileen 344 babies
  18. 18 Martina 339 babies
  19. 19 Teresa 328 babies
  20. 20 Paula 311 babies
  21. 21 Carmel 304 babies
  22. 22 Susan 303 babies
  23. 23 Kathleen 301 babies
  24. 24 Angela 291 babies
  25. 25 Josephine 287 babies
  26. 26 Marie 284 babies
  27. 27 Ellen 282 babies
  28. 28 Linda 279 babies
  29. 29 Brigid 272 babies
  30. 30 Nora 264 babies
  31. 31 Joan 262 babies
  32. 32 Fiona 249 babies
  33. 33 Maria 236 babies
  34. 34 Anna 214 babies
  35. 35 Siobhan 207 babies
  36. 36 Carol 185 babies
  37. 37 Sheila 176 babies
  38. 38 Frances 173 babies
  39. 39 Sharon 172 babies
  40. 40 Christina 169 babies
  41. 41 Karen 165 babies
  42. 42 Julia 157 babies
  43. 43 Barbara 156 babies
  44. 44 Johanna 146 babies
  45. 45 Yvonne 139 babies
  46. 46 Sarah 137 babies
  47. 47 Colette 135 babies
  48. 48 Lorraine 135 babies
  49. 49 Rose 130 babies
  50. 50 Valerie 129 babies
  51. 51 Veronica 126 babies
  52. 52 Orla 120 babies
  53. 53 Miriam 117 babies
  54. 54 Louise 116 babies
  55. 55 Clare 115 babies
  56. 56 Denise 113 babies
  57. 57 Alice 111 babies
  58. 58 Elaine 107 babies
  59. 59 Jane 106 babies
  60. 60 Rita 106 babies
  61. 61 Theresa 100 babies
  62. 62 Grainne 99 babies
  63. 63 Brenda 98 babies
  64. 64 Helena 98 babies
  65. 65 Christine 92 babies
  66. 66 Noreen 92 babies
  67. 67 Suzanne 91 babies
  68. 68 Annette 90 babies
  69. 69 Jennifer 90 babies
  70. 70 Monica 87 babies
  71. 71 Rosemary 86 babies
  72. 72 Olive 84 babies
  73. 73 Philomena 84 babies
  74. 74 Adrienne 80 babies
  75. 75 Claire 78 babies
  76. 76 Deborah 77 babies
  77. 77 Katherine 76 babies
  78. 78 Jean 75 babies
  79. 79 Marian 75 babies
  80. 80 Dolores 74 babies
  81. 81 Maeve 74 babies
  82. 82 Rosaleen 74 babies
  83. 83 Edel 73 babies
  84. 84 Evelyn 73 babies
  85. 85 Audrey 72 babies
  86. 86 Irene 72 babies
  87. 87 Imelda 70 babies
  88. 88 Ruth 70 babies
  89. 89 Una 70 babies
  90. 90 Nuala 68 babies
  91. 91 Hannah 67 babies
  92. 92 Maureen 67 babies
  93. 93 Jacinta 66 babies
  94. 94 Winifred 66 babies
  95. 95 Antoinette 65 babies
  96. 96 Dorothy 65 babies
  97. 97 Majella 65 babies
  98. 98 Eleanor 64 babies
  99. 99 Ursula 64 babies
  100. 100 Aileen 63 babies

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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