Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1969

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 2,811 babies =
  2. 2 Patrick 1,797 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,753 babies =
  4. 4 James 1,186 babies =
  5. 5 Thomas 1,139 babies 1
  6. 6 David 1,127 babies 1
  7. 7 Paul 1,075 babies =
  8. 8 William 730 babies =
  9. 9 Martin 680 babies =
  10. 10 Brian 678 babies =
  11. 11 Mark 626 babies 1
  12. 12 Gerard 555 babies 1
  13. 13 Anthony 551 babies 1
  14. 14 Joseph 536 babies 1
  15. 15 Alan 517 babies 3
  16. 16 Peter 490 babies 1
  17. 17 Kevin 473 babies =
  18. 18 Stephen 466 babies 2
  19. 19 Robert 420 babies 3
  20. 20 Declan 413 babies 1
  21. 21 Brendan 390 babies 2
  22. 22 Edward 377 babies =
  23. 23 Noel 332 babies =
  24. 24 Derek 331 babies 2
  25. 25 Daniel 298 babies =
  26. 26 Richard 297 babies 2
  27. 27 Francis 272 babies 3
  28. 28 Kenneth 269 babies 2
  29. 29 Denis 261 babies 2
  30. 30 Raymond 261 babies 4
  31. 31 Kieran 260 babies 7
  32. 32 Niall 252 babies 3
  33. 33 Christopher 243 babies 4
  34. 34 Timothy 237 babies 3
  35. 35 Sean 232 babies 2
  36. 36 Andrew 226 babies 4
  37. 37 Philip 212 babies 4
  38. 38 Bernard 195 babies 3
  39. 39 Colm 191 babies 1
  40. 40 Dermot 191 babies 1
  41. 41 Aidan 185 babies 5
  42. 42 Damien 169 babies 4
  43. 43 Ciaran 161 babies 12
  44. 44 Donal 160 babies 2
  45. 45 Ian 140 babies 1
  46. 46 Damian 139 babies 19
  47. 47 Ronan 137 babies 2
  48. 48 Adrian 135 babies 11
  49. 49 Barry 135 babies 12
  50. 50 Conor 133 babies 7
  51. 51 Vincent 132 babies 2
  52. 52 Desmond 128 babies =
  53. 53 Cornelius 127 babies 3
  54. 54 Eugene 126 babies 7
  55. 55 Shane 123 babies 2
  56. 56 Maurice 119 babies 2
  57. 57 Liam 118 babies 6
  58. 58 Laurence 117 babies 10
  59. 59 Seamus 114 babies 1
  60. 60 Enda 110 babies 6
  61. 61 Jeremiah 110 babies 4
  62. 62 Terence 108 babies 2
  63. 63 Colin 106 babies 1
  64. 64 Keith 105 babies 10
  65. 65 Fergal 103 babies 5
  66. 66 Charles 96 babies 3
  67. 67 Gary 95 babies 11
  68. 68 Matthew 95 babies 10
  69. 69 Eamonn 92 babies 1
  70. 70 Owen 92 babies 7
  71. 71 Garrett 91 babies 8
  72. 72 George 88 babies 9
  73. 73 Hugh 87 babies 2
  74. 74 Neil 83 babies 30
  75. 75 Fergus 78 babies 2
  76. 76 Nicholas 78 babies 9
  77. 77 Rory 78 babies 4
  78. 78 Eoin 77 babies 3
  79. 79 Gregory 77 babies 5
  80. 80 Karl 74 babies =
  81. 81 Oliver 74 babies 1
  82. 82 Cathal 73 babies 4
  83. 83 Eamon 68 babies 11
  84. 84 Henry 67 babies 5
  85. 85 Trevor 67 babies 10
  86. 86 Finbarr 65 babies 3
  87. 87 Cormac 64 babies =
  88. 88 Darren 63 babies 82
  89. 89 Jason 63 babies 62
  90. 90 Padraig 61 babies 12
  91. 91 Ivan 59 babies 11
  92. 92 Simon 59 babies 4
  93. 93 Nigel 58 babies 8
  94. 94 Gerald 55 babies 18
  95. 95 Fintan 52 babies 5
  96. 96 Jonathan 52 babies 3
  97. 97 Justin 50 babies 3
  98. 98 Edmond 48 babies 2
  99. 99 Garry 48 babies 1
  100. 100 Aiden 44 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 2,182 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 1,007 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 904 babies =
  4. 4 Ann 645 babies =
  5. 5 Elizabeth 597 babies 1
  6. 6 Anne 577 babies 1
  7. 7 Sharon 541 babies 6
  8. 8 Deirdre 528 babies 1
  9. 9 Patricia 484 babies 1
  10. 10 Fiona 454 babies 7
  11. 11 Caroline 431 babies 2
  12. 12 Bernadette 415 babies 9
  13. 13 Bridget 397 babies 3
  14. 14 Helen 386 babies 2
  15. 15 Martina 379 babies 4
  16. 16 Karen 367 babies 4
  17. 17 Susan 366 babies 3
  18. 18 Linda 353 babies =
  19. 19 Sandra 347 babies 4
  20. 20 Geraldine 334 babies 8
  21. 21 Michelle 302 babies 5
  22. 22 Siobhan 295 babies 7
  23. 23 Elaine 291 babies 4
  24. 24 Marie 280 babies 5
  25. 25 Kathleen 275 babies =
  26. 26 Eileen 245 babies 4
  27. 27 Carmel 238 babies 4
  28. 28 Lorraine 232 babies 8
  29. 29 Teresa 229 babies 1
  30. 30 Orla 224 babies 16
  31. 31 Jacqueline 220 babies 8
  32. 32 Paula 216 babies 1
  33. 33 Jennifer 215 babies 7
  34. 34 Maria 207 babies 10
  35. 35 Carol 205 babies 1
  36. 36 Angela 204 babies 6
  37. 37 Yvonne 204 babies 2
  38. 38 Nora 199 babies 1
  39. 39 Denise 198 babies 5
  40. 40 Joan 196 babies 8
  41. 41 Sinead 192 babies 16
  42. 42 Pauline 190 babies 7
  43. 43 Niamh 188 babies 7
  44. 44 Louise 186 babies 1
  45. 45 Josephine 185 babies 2
  46. 46 Suzanne 182 babies 3
  47. 47 Brigid 179 babies 6
  48. 48 Anna 177 babies 6
  49. 49 Sarah 176 babies 5
  50. 50 Valerie 174 babies 12
  51. 51 Ellen 173 babies 10
  52. 52 Deborah 163 babies 1
  53. 53 Audrey 161 babies 5
  54. 54 Sheila 161 babies 2
  55. 55 Colette 157 babies =
  56. 56 Barbara 151 babies 9
  57. 57 Christina 140 babies 5
  58. 58 Amanda 136 babies 5
  59. 59 Michele 129 babies 22
  60. 60 Lisa 126 babies 1
  61. 61 Grainne 120 babies 1
  62. 62 Claire 119 babies 3
  63. 63 Annette 118 babies 8
  64. 64 Edel 118 babies 13
  65. 65 Rachel 118 babies 27
  66. 66 Brenda 114 babies 4
  67. 67 Christine 113 babies 3
  68. 68 Ciara 111 babies 28
  69. 69 Julia 111 babies 4
  70. 70 Helena 110 babies 2
  71. 71 Alison 108 babies 12
  72. 72 Nicola 106 babies 30
  73. 73 Gillian 105 babies 6
  74. 74 Frances 104 babies 16
  75. 75 Pamela 104 babies 28
  76. 76 Veronica 104 babies 6
  77. 77 Noreen 103 babies 5
  78. 78 Ruth 103 babies 5
  79. 79 Johanna 102 babies 18
  80. 80 Clare 101 babies 6
  81. 81 Miriam 98 babies 15
  82. 82 Jane 94 babies 6
  83. 83 Laura 94 babies 15
  84. 84 Jean 88 babies 7
  85. 85 Majella 88 babies 29
  86. 86 Una 88 babies 7
  87. 87 Irene 87 babies 7
  88. 88 Aileen 86 babies 7
  89. 89 Antoinette 86 babies =
  90. 90 Emer 86 babies 22
  91. 91 Rose 84 babies 22
  92. 92 Regina 81 babies 7
  93. 93 Shirley 80 babies 18
  94. 94 Adrienne 79 babies 9
  95. 95 Aisling 79 babies 8
  96. 96 Marian 77 babies 2
  97. 97 Tara 77 babies 66
  98. 98 Janet 76 babies 2
  99. 99 Theresa 75 babies 24
  100. 100 Maeve 74 babies 16

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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