Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1970

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 2,629 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,708 babies 1
  3. 3 Patrick 1,674 babies 1
  4. 4 David 1,160 babies 2
  5. 5 James 1,130 babies 1
  6. 6 Thomas 1,095 babies 1
  7. 7 Paul 1,031 babies =
  8. 8 William 739 babies =
  9. 9 Mark 670 babies 2
  10. 10 Brian 651 babies =
  11. 11 Gerard 637 babies 1
  12. 12 Martin 603 babies 3
  13. 13 Alan 567 babies 2
  14. 14 Anthony 563 babies 1
  15. 15 Declan 518 babies 5
  16. 16 Joseph 483 babies 2
  17. 17 Stephen 467 babies 1
  18. 18 Kevin 449 babies 1
  19. 19 Robert 448 babies =
  20. 20 Peter 427 babies 4
  21. 21 Brendan 395 babies =
  22. 22 Noel 372 babies 1
  23. 23 Edward 362 babies 1
  24. 24 Derek 342 babies =
  25. 25 Richard 335 babies 1
  26. 26 Daniel 330 babies 1
  27. 27 Francis 305 babies =
  28. 28 Denis 277 babies 1
  29. 29 Niall 277 babies 3
  30. 30 Kieran 270 babies 1
  31. 31 Sean 259 babies 4
  32. 32 Colm 256 babies 7
  33. 33 Kenneth 254 babies 5
  34. 34 Raymond 241 babies 4
  35. 35 Aidan 234 babies 6
  36. 36 Andrew 232 babies =
  37. 37 Timothy 231 babies 3
  38. 38 Dermot 229 babies 2
  39. 39 Christopher 221 babies 6
  40. 40 Darren 208 babies 48
  41. 41 Philip 206 babies 4
  42. 42 Shane 190 babies 13
  43. 43 Ciaran 166 babies =
  44. 44 Donal 165 babies =
  45. 45 Conor 162 babies 5
  46. 46 Fergal 153 babies 19
  47. 47 Bernard 151 babies 9
  48. 48 Barry 150 babies 1
  49. 49 Damien 149 babies 7
  50. 50 Ian 147 babies 5
  51. 51 Liam 147 babies 6
  52. 52 Adrian 143 babies 4
  53. 53 Jason 141 babies 36
  54. 54 Ronan 138 babies 7
  55. 55 Desmond 136 babies 3
  56. 56 Vincent 127 babies 5
  57. 57 Damian 126 babies 11
  58. 58 Gary 122 babies 9
  59. 59 Jeremiah 119 babies 2
  60. 60 Cornelius 118 babies 7
  61. 61 Keith 115 babies 3
  62. 62 Charles 114 babies 4
  63. 63 Maurice 113 babies 7
  64. 64 Seamus 112 babies 5
  65. 65 Enda 105 babies 5
  66. 66 Eugene 103 babies 12
  67. 67 Padraig 103 babies 23
  68. 68 Colin 102 babies 5
  69. 69 Karl 101 babies 11
  70. 70 Laurence 97 babies 12
  71. 71 Eamonn 96 babies 2
  72. 72 Garrett 96 babies 1
  73. 73 Terence 96 babies 11
  74. 74 Trevor 95 babies 11
  75. 75 Hugh 93 babies 2
  76. 76 Matthew 92 babies 8
  77. 77 George 85 babies 5
  78. 78 Jonathan 82 babies 18
  79. 79 Simon 82 babies 13
  80. 80 Gerald 80 babies 14
  81. 81 Eoin 78 babies 3
  82. 82 Nicholas 78 babies 6
  83. 83 Owen 78 babies 13
  84. 84 Cormac 76 babies 3
  85. 85 Gregory 75 babies 6
  86. 86 Fergus 73 babies 11
  87. 87 Eamon 71 babies 4
  88. 88 Justin 70 babies 9
  89. 89 Nigel 70 babies 4
  90. 90 Cathal 68 babies 8
  91. 91 Rory 68 babies 14
  92. 92 Oliver 65 babies 11
  93. 93 Eric 58 babies 8
  94. 94 Graham 53 babies 10
  95. 95 Henry 53 babies 11
  96. 96 Edmond 52 babies 2
  97. 97 Finbarr 50 babies 11
  98. 98 Garry 50 babies 1
  99. 99 Gavin 47 babies 8
  100. 100 Ivan 46 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,896 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 939 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 830 babies =
  4. 4 Ann 619 babies =
  5. 5 Sharon 601 babies 2
  6. 6 Elizabeth 546 babies 1
  7. 7 Anne 531 babies 1
  8. 8 Fiona 519 babies 2
  9. 9 Deirdre 514 babies 1
  10. 10 Caroline 443 babies 1
  11. 11 Patricia 415 babies 2
  12. 12 Martina 385 babies 3
  13. 13 Bridget 378 babies =
  14. 14 Helen 374 babies =
  15. 15 Sandra 373 babies 4
  16. 16 Karen 357 babies =
  17. 17 Linda 343 babies 1
  18. 18 Michelle 334 babies 3
  19. 19 Susan 325 babies 2
  20. 20 Geraldine 322 babies =
  21. 21 Siobhan 312 babies 1
  22. 22 Elaine 291 babies 1
  23. 23 Bernadette 268 babies 11
  24. 24 Sinead 266 babies 17
  25. 25 Lorraine 254 babies 3
  26. 26 Kathleen 251 babies 1
  27. 27 Eileen 249 babies 1
  28. 28 Marie 246 babies 4
  29. 29 Teresa 246 babies =
  30. 30 Maria 227 babies 4
  31. 31 Yvonne 225 babies 6
  32. 32 Denise 221 babies 7
  33. 33 Carmel 215 babies 6
  34. 34 Niamh 215 babies 9
  35. 35 Angela 214 babies 1
  36. 36 Jacqueline 212 babies 5
  37. 37 Carol 203 babies 2
  38. 38 Jennifer 203 babies 5
  39. 39 Orla 201 babies 9
  40. 40 Deborah 194 babies 12
  41. 41 Rachel 189 babies 24
  42. 42 Louise 188 babies 2
  43. 43 Paula 188 babies 11
  44. 44 Joan 185 babies 4
  45. 45 Sarah 185 babies 4
  46. 46 Suzanne 182 babies =
  47. 47 Valerie 182 babies 3
  48. 48 Audrey 180 babies 5
  49. 49 Nora 176 babies 11
  50. 50 Brigid 168 babies 3
  51. 51 Josephine 167 babies 6
  52. 52 Sheila 163 babies 2
  53. 53 Tara 162 babies 44
  54. 54 Lisa 161 babies 6
  55. 55 Pauline 160 babies 13
  56. 56 Christina 158 babies 1
  57. 57 Amanda 156 babies 1
  58. 58 Anna 153 babies 10
  59. 59 Barbara 147 babies 3
  60. 60 Ellen 146 babies 9
  61. 61 Michele 135 babies 2
  62. 62 Ruth 135 babies 16
  63. 63 Tracy 134 babies 81
  64. 64 Colette 129 babies 9
  65. 65 Gillian 128 babies 8
  66. 66 Grainne 127 babies 5
  67. 67 Nicola 127 babies 5
  68. 68 Claire 123 babies 6
  69. 69 Alison 121 babies 2
  70. 70 Joanne 121 babies 50
  71. 71 Aisling 117 babies 24
  72. 72 Frances 111 babies 2
  73. 73 Rose 110 babies 18
  74. 74 Tracey 110 babies 69
  75. 75 Edel 109 babies 11
  76. 76 Helena 108 babies 6
  77. 77 Julia 108 babies 8
  78. 78 Christine 107 babies 11
  79. 79 Brenda 105 babies 13
  80. 80 Ciara 105 babies 12
  81. 81 Jane 104 babies 1
  82. 82 Noreen 101 babies 5
  83. 83 Samantha 101 babies 41
  84. 84 Jean 100 babies =
  85. 85 Emer 99 babies 5
  86. 86 Veronica 99 babies 10
  87. 87 Clare 96 babies 7
  88. 88 Annette 95 babies 25
  89. 89 Una 95 babies 3
  90. 90 Laura 90 babies 7
  91. 91 Pamela 89 babies 16
  92. 92 Jacinta 88 babies 16
  93. 93 Emma 87 babies 46
  94. 94 Anita 84 babies 10
  95. 95 Clodagh 81 babies 21
  96. 96 Majella 81 babies 11
  97. 97 Miriam 81 babies 16
  98. 98 Shirley 81 babies 5
  99. 99 Aileen 80 babies 11
  100. 100 Antoinette 79 babies 11

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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