Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1966

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 3,160 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 2,012 babies 1
  3. 3 Patrick 1,963 babies 1
  4. 4 James 1,446 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,303 babies 1
  6. 6 Thomas 1,265 babies 1
  7. 7 David 992 babies =
  8. 8 William 820 babies =
  9. 9 Martin 814 babies =
  10. 10 Gerard 749 babies =
  11. 11 Joseph 680 babies =
  12. 12 Anthony 628 babies =
  13. 13 Peter 601 babies 1
  14. 14 Brian 597 babies 1
  15. 15 Kevin 449 babies =
  16. 16 Brendan 440 babies =
  17. 17 Edward 423 babies =
  18. 18 Stephen 423 babies 2
  19. 19 Noel 397 babies 2
  20. 20 Francis 390 babies 1
  21. 21 Mark 386 babies 5
  22. 22 Declan 384 babies 4
  23. 23 Alan 338 babies 4
  24. 24 Daniel 337 babies 1
  25. 25 Robert 317 babies 2
  26. 26 Denis 303 babies 2
  27. 27 Richard 298 babies 5
  28. 28 Christopher 280 babies =
  29. 29 Derek 280 babies 1
  30. 30 Timothy 251 babies 1
  31. 31 Andrew 250 babies 1
  32. 32 Kieran 243 babies 1
  33. 33 Sean 235 babies 8
  34. 34 Philip 222 babies 3
  35. 35 Raymond 220 babies 1
  36. 36 Bernard 209 babies 2
  37. 37 Dermot 200 babies 2
  38. 38 Colm 199 babies 10
  39. 39 Kenneth 178 babies 1
  40. 40 Niall 176 babies 1
  41. 41 Aidan 169 babies 8
  42. 42 Vincent 165 babies 2
  43. 43 Cornelius 161 babies =
  44. 44 Donal 157 babies 6
  45. 45 Jeremiah 148 babies 3
  46. 46 Desmond 139 babies 1
  47. 47 Conor 138 babies 9
  48. 48 Ian 131 babies 6
  49. 49 Laurence 127 babies 3
  50. 50 Ciaran 125 babies 1
  51. 51 Eugene 122 babies 4
  52. 52 Matthew 120 babies 3
  53. 53 Charles 118 babies 7
  54. 54 Maurice 114 babies 4
  55. 55 George 112 babies 2
  56. 56 Seamus 112 babies 2
  57. 57 Liam 110 babies 2
  58. 58 Terence 109 babies 3
  59. 59 Eamon 107 babies 6
  60. 60 Eamonn 103 babies =
  61. 61 Ronan 97 babies 2
  62. 62 Hugh 95 babies 9
  63. 63 Nicholas 89 babies 3
  64. 64 Gerald 82 babies =
  65. 65 Enda 81 babies 5
  66. 66 Garrett 78 babies 8
  67. 67 Barry 77 babies 10
  68. 68 Colin 74 babies 18
  69. 69 Damian 74 babies 8
  70. 70 Gary 74 babies 13
  71. 71 Fergus 73 babies =
  72. 72 Shane 73 babies 5
  73. 73 Gregory 72 babies 7
  74. 74 Padraig 72 babies 8
  75. 75 Owen 69 babies 3
  76. 76 Damien 68 babies 3
  77. 77 Eoin 68 babies 2
  78. 78 Simon 67 babies 2
  79. 79 Oliver 65 babies 10
  80. 80 Adrian 63 babies 18
  81. 81 Neil 58 babies 8
  82. 82 Finbarr 57 babies 7
  83. 83 Henry 56 babies 15
  84. 84 Rory 56 babies 6
  85. 85 Cathal 55 babies 20
  86. 86 Fergal 55 babies 1
  87. 87 Trevor 51 babies 15
  88. 88 Edmond 48 babies 10
  89. 89 Karl 48 babies 1
  90. 90 Keith 48 babies 6
  91. 91 Cyril 46 babies 2
  92. 92 Diarmuid 46 babies 2
  93. 93 Pearse 44 babies 147
  94. 94 Finbar 42 babies 13
  95. 95 Cormac 41 babies 3
  96. 96 Eric 41 babies 2
  97. 97 Dominic 38 babies 1
  98. 98 Leo 38 babies 1
  99. 99 Aiden 37 babies 9
  100. 100 Roger 37 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 2,861 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 1,279 babies 1
  3. 3 Margaret 1,216 babies 1
  4. 4 Ann 837 babies 1
  5. 5 Anne 786 babies 1
  6. 6 Elizabeth 672 babies =
  7. 7 Deirdre 613 babies 4
  8. 8 Bridget 554 babies 1
  9. 9 Patricia 537 babies 1
  10. 10 Geraldine 499 babies 3
  11. 11 Helen 424 babies 1
  12. 12 Martina 420 babies 4
  13. 13 Caroline 400 babies 3
  14. 14 Bernadette 374 babies 1
  15. 15 Sandra 366 babies 1
  16. 16 Jacqueline 344 babies 3
  17. 17 Linda 325 babies 6
  18. 18 Eileen 313 babies 1
  19. 19 Kathleen 312 babies 1
  20. 20 Teresa 308 babies =
  21. 21 Sharon 302 babies 11
  22. 22 Susan 302 babies 3
  23. 23 Marie 298 babies 6
  24. 24 Fiona 287 babies 3
  25. 25 Carmel 281 babies =
  26. 26 Brigid 278 babies =
  27. 27 Karen 276 babies 1
  28. 28 Pauline 270 babies 4
  29. 29 Nora 261 babies 7
  30. 30 Maria 257 babies 6
  31. 31 Siobhan 242 babies 4
  32. 32 Angela 226 babies 11
  33. 33 Joan 219 babies =
  34. 34 Paula 218 babies 4
  35. 35 Ellen 203 babies 4
  36. 36 Anna 202 babies 6
  37. 37 Josephine 199 babies 3
  38. 38 Carol 197 babies 1
  39. 39 Orla 171 babies =
  40. 40 Sarah 166 babies 1
  41. 41 Yvonne 164 babies 1
  42. 42 Denise 161 babies 9
  43. 43 Valerie 161 babies 6
  44. 44 Lorraine 159 babies 4
  45. 45 Sheila 153 babies 1
  46. 46 Louise 150 babies 11
  47. 47 Christina 148 babies =
  48. 48 Barbara 147 babies 3
  49. 49 Elaine 142 babies 7
  50. 50 Rose 141 babies =
  51. 51 Michelle 136 babies 45
  52. 52 Clare 131 babies 1
  53. 53 Colette 131 babies 5
  54. 54 Frances 131 babies 11
  55. 55 Veronica 131 babies 1
  56. 56 Niamh 129 babies 34
  57. 57 Grainne 121 babies 5
  58. 58 Annette 119 babies 7
  59. 59 Julia 113 babies 13
  60. 60 Brenda 111 babies 5
  61. 61 Michele 111 babies 1
  62. 62 Noreen 111 babies 12
  63. 63 Audrey 109 babies 10
  64. 64 Jennifer 108 babies 24
  65. 65 Suzanne 108 babies 6
  66. 66 Theresa 106 babies 11
  67. 67 Johanna 104 babies 14
  68. 68 Helena 103 babies 1
  69. 69 Deborah 102 babies 6
  70. 70 Claire 101 babies 7
  71. 71 Jane 101 babies 4
  72. 72 Jean 100 babies 11
  73. 73 Alice 98 babies 13
  74. 74 Una 97 babies 17
  75. 75 Christine 90 babies 17
  76. 76 Sinead 89 babies 33
  77. 77 Adrienne 84 babies 2
  78. 78 Katherine 80 babies 7
  79. 79 Miriam 80 babies 15
  80. 80 Rita 79 babies 4
  81. 81 Laura 78 babies 41
  82. 82 Aileen 77 babies 21
  83. 83 Rosemary 76 babies 13
  84. 84 Ruth 76 babies 18
  85. 85 Marian 75 babies 3
  86. 86 Edel 73 babies 6
  87. 87 Janet 73 babies =
  88. 88 Jacinta 72 babies 1
  89. 89 Monica 72 babies 21
  90. 90 Dolores 70 babies 4
  91. 91 Evelyn 70 babies 13
  92. 92 Pamela 70 babies 21
  93. 93 Imelda 68 babies 13
  94. 94 Majella 68 babies 10
  95. 95 Nuala 68 babies 23
  96. 96 Shirley 68 babies 37
  97. 97 Amanda 65 babies 32
  98. 98 Alison 64 babies 19
  99. 99 Noeleen 64 babies 4
  100. 100 Aisling 63 babies 21

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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