Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1968

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 2,863 babies =
  2. 2 Patrick 1,850 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 1,825 babies 1
  4. 4 James 1,275 babies =
  5. 5 David 1,149 babies 2
  6. 6 Thomas 1,119 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 1,086 babies 2
  8. 8 William 752 babies =
  9. 9 Martin 742 babies =
  10. 10 Brian 631 babies 1
  11. 11 Gerard 607 babies 1
  12. 12 Mark 601 babies 3
  13. 13 Joseph 599 babies 1
  14. 14 Anthony 588 babies 1
  15. 15 Peter 526 babies 1
  16. 16 Robert 479 babies 8
  17. 17 Kevin 476 babies 1
  18. 18 Alan 444 babies 2
  19. 19 Brendan 409 babies 3
  20. 20 Stephen 402 babies 1
  21. 21 Declan 399 babies =
  22. 22 Edward 374 babies 5
  23. 23 Noel 366 babies 1
  24. 24 Francis 332 babies 1
  25. 25 Daniel 324 babies 1
  26. 26 Derek 317 babies 3
  27. 27 Denis 301 babies =
  28. 28 Richard 293 babies 3
  29. 29 Christopher 266 babies 1
  30. 30 Kenneth 254 babies 4
  31. 31 Timothy 251 babies 1
  32. 32 Andrew 250 babies 1
  33. 33 Philip 248 babies 2
  34. 34 Raymond 248 babies 3
  35. 35 Niall 225 babies 5
  36. 36 Aidan 215 babies 2
  37. 37 Sean 211 babies 1
  38. 38 Kieran 196 babies 10
  39. 39 Dermot 190 babies 2
  40. 40 Colm 178 babies 1
  41. 41 Bernard 173 babies =
  42. 42 Donal 156 babies 1
  43. 43 Conor 150 babies 5
  44. 44 Ian 145 babies 3
  45. 45 Ronan 132 babies 16
  46. 46 Damien 127 babies 22
  47. 47 Eugene 126 babies 6
  48. 48 Laurence 126 babies 10
  49. 49 Vincent 125 babies 7
  50. 50 Cornelius 124 babies 6
  51. 51 Liam 122 babies 1
  52. 52 Desmond 121 babies 1
  53. 53 Shane 115 babies 18
  54. 54 Maurice 114 babies 8
  55. 55 Ciaran 111 babies 6
  56. 56 Gary 107 babies 10
  57. 57 Jeremiah 107 babies 12
  58. 58 Matthew 104 babies 1
  59. 59 Adrian 103 babies 6
  60. 60 Seamus 101 babies 5
  61. 61 Barry 96 babies 6
  62. 62 Colin 96 babies 7
  63. 63 George 96 babies 1
  64. 64 Terence 95 babies 10
  65. 65 Damian 93 babies 13
  66. 66 Enda 90 babies 3
  67. 67 Nicholas 89 babies 10
  68. 68 Eamonn 87 babies 6
  69. 69 Charles 83 babies 13
  70. 70 Fergal 82 babies 18
  71. 71 Hugh 81 babies 14
  72. 72 Eamon 72 babies 12
  73. 73 Fergus 72 babies 2
  74. 74 Keith 72 babies 7
  75. 75 Eoin 69 babies 1
  76. 76 Gerald 69 babies 3
  77. 77 Owen 67 babies 3
  78. 78 Padraig 66 babies 1
  79. 79 Garrett 65 babies 1
  80. 80 Karl 65 babies 11
  81. 81 Rory 65 babies 3
  82. 82 Oliver 62 babies 8
  83. 83 Finbarr 57 babies 9
  84. 84 Gregory 57 babies 12
  85. 85 Nigel 55 babies 10
  86. 86 Cathal 54 babies 4
  87. 87 Cormac 53 babies 1
  88. 88 Simon 53 babies 18
  89. 89 Henry 51 babies 6
  90. 90 Fintan 50 babies 1
  91. 91 Diarmuid 49 babies 2
  92. 92 Aiden 43 babies 11
  93. 93 Eric 43 babies 3
  94. 94 Justin 43 babies 5
  95. 95 Trevor 43 babies 7
  96. 96 Edmond 40 babies 11
  97. 97 Ronald 40 babies 9
  98. 98 Garry 39 babies 1
  99. 99 Jonathan 39 babies 16
  100. 100 Donald 36 babies =

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 2,364 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 1,082 babies 1
  3. 3 Margaret 1,029 babies 1
  4. 4 Ann 749 babies =
  5. 5 Anne 656 babies =
  6. 6 Elizabeth 625 babies =
  7. 7 Deirdre 468 babies 2
  8. 8 Patricia 461 babies =
  9. 9 Caroline 457 babies 3
  10. 10 Bridget 418 babies 3
  11. 11 Martina 411 babies =
  12. 12 Geraldine 410 babies 2
  13. 13 Sharon 400 babies 6
  14. 14 Susan 393 babies 1
  15. 15 Sandra 371 babies 1
  16. 16 Helen 358 babies 3
  17. 17 Fiona 357 babies 3
  18. 18 Linda 355 babies 2
  19. 19 Marie 294 babies 3
  20. 20 Karen 289 babies 8
  21. 21 Bernadette 282 babies 4
  22. 22 Eileen 276 babies 1
  23. 23 Jacqueline 274 babies 5
  24. 24 Maria 270 babies =
  25. 25 Kathleen 261 babies 2
  26. 26 Michelle 244 babies 10
  27. 27 Elaine 242 babies 10
  28. 28 Teresa 234 babies 1
  29. 29 Siobhan 226 babies 2
  30. 30 Angela 224 babies =
  31. 31 Carmel 216 babies 5
  32. 32 Joan 206 babies =
  33. 33 Paula 206 babies 8
  34. 34 Carol 203 babies 7
  35. 35 Pauline 200 babies 8
  36. 36 Lorraine 196 babies 15
  37. 37 Nora 193 babies 4
  38. 38 Valerie 192 babies 11
  39. 39 Yvonne 190 babies 1
  40. 40 Jennifer 189 babies 10
  41. 41 Ellen 177 babies 2
  42. 42 Anna 172 babies 7
  43. 43 Josephine 171 babies 9
  44. 44 Denise 168 babies 1
  45. 45 Louise 165 babies 3
  46. 46 Orla 164 babies 8
  47. 47 Barbara 163 babies 2
  48. 48 Audrey 160 babies 4
  49. 49 Suzanne 160 babies 6
  50. 50 Niamh 157 babies 6
  51. 51 Deborah 152 babies 3
  52. 52 Christina 148 babies =
  53. 53 Brigid 146 babies 11
  54. 54 Sarah 145 babies 3
  55. 55 Colette 142 babies 6
  56. 56 Sheila 136 babies 9
  57. 57 Sinead 133 babies 3
  58. 58 Frances 130 babies 12
  59. 59 Claire 128 babies 15
  60. 60 Grainne 123 babies 2
  61. 61 Lisa 119 babies 75
  62. 62 Brenda 117 babies 5
  63. 63 Amanda 116 babies 34
  64. 64 Christine 114 babies 14
  65. 65 Julia 111 babies 6
  66. 66 Miriam 111 babies 7
  67. 67 Gillian 107 babies 19
  68. 68 Emer 106 babies 25
  69. 69 Rose 106 babies 2
  70. 70 Veronica 104 babies 1
  71. 71 Annette 103 babies 8
  72. 72 Helena 101 babies 4
  73. 73 Ruth 100 babies 7
  74. 74 Clare 98 babies 10
  75. 75 Theresa 98 babies 10
  76. 76 Jane 95 babies 5
  77. 77 Edel 91 babies 15
  78. 78 Nuala 90 babies 22
  79. 79 Una 87 babies 3
  80. 80 Irene 84 babies 15
  81. 81 Michele 84 babies 1
  82. 82 Noreen 84 babies 12
  83. 83 Alison 83 babies 5
  84. 84 Maeve 83 babies 14
  85. 85 Adrienne 79 babies =
  86. 86 Evelyn 79 babies 5
  87. 87 Aisling 78 babies 20
  88. 88 Alice 78 babies 13
  89. 89 Antoinette 78 babies 1
  90. 90 Jacinta 77 babies 37
  91. 91 Jean 77 babies 15
  92. 92 Rachel 75 babies 17
  93. 93 Eleanor 74 babies 17
  94. 94 Marian 73 babies 2
  95. 95 Aileen 72 babies 8
  96. 96 Ciara 72 babies 39
  97. 97 Johanna 71 babies 25
  98. 98 Laura 70 babies 9
  99. 99 Regina 70 babies 14
  100. 100 Janet 69 babies 6

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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