Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1971

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 2,654 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,745 babies =
  3. 3 Patrick 1,705 babies =
  4. 4 David 1,269 babies =
  5. 5 James 1,190 babies =
  6. 6 Thomas 1,054 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 1,030 babies =
  8. 8 Mark 748 babies 1
  9. 9 Brian 736 babies 1
  10. 10 William 698 babies 2
  11. 11 Martin 599 babies 1
  12. 12 Declan 574 babies 3
  13. 13 Alan 569 babies =
  14. 14 Stephen 568 babies 3
  15. 15 Anthony 556 babies 1
  16. 16 Gerard 524 babies 5
  17. 17 Peter 521 babies 3
  18. 18 Kevin 519 babies =
  19. 19 Joseph 508 babies 3
  20. 20 Robert 481 babies 1
  21. 21 Brendan 368 babies =
  22. 22 Noel 360 babies =
  23. 23 Edward 339 babies =
  24. 24 Derek 335 babies =
  25. 25 Richard 328 babies =
  26. 26 Andrew 294 babies 10
  27. 27 Sean 291 babies 4
  28. 28 Daniel 288 babies 2
  29. 29 Francis 288 babies 2
  30. 30 Denis 284 babies 2
  31. 31 Kenneth 277 babies 2
  32. 32 Kieran 273 babies 2
  33. 33 Philip 272 babies 8
  34. 34 Christopher 268 babies 5
  35. 35 Darren 265 babies 5
  36. 36 Niall 265 babies 7
  37. 37 Jason 252 babies 16
  38. 38 Timothy 233 babies 1
  39. 39 Raymond 232 babies 5
  40. 40 Keith 227 babies 21
  41. 41 Dermot 220 babies 3
  42. 42 Conor 219 babies 3
  43. 43 Colm 217 babies 11
  44. 44 Aidan 213 babies 9
  45. 45 Barry 211 babies 3
  46. 46 Damien 206 babies 3
  47. 47 Colin 204 babies 21
  48. 48 Shane 200 babies 6
  49. 49 Ronan 188 babies 5
  50. 50 Ciaran 173 babies 7
  51. 51 Bernard 171 babies 4
  52. 52 Adrian 169 babies =
  53. 53 Ian 162 babies 3
  54. 54 Donal 160 babies 10
  55. 55 Gary 160 babies 3
  56. 56 Seamus 146 babies 8
  57. 57 Cornelius 142 babies 3
  58. 58 Vincent 140 babies 2
  59. 59 Fergal 139 babies 13
  60. 60 Damian 130 babies 3
  61. 61 Liam 127 babies 10
  62. 62 Trevor 126 babies 12
  63. 63 Desmond 120 babies 8
  64. 64 Laurence 118 babies 6
  65. 65 Eoin 113 babies 16
  66. 66 Enda 109 babies 1
  67. 67 Jonathan 107 babies 11
  68. 68 Karl 104 babies 1
  69. 69 Eamonn 103 babies 2
  70. 70 Eugene 102 babies 4
  71. 71 Jeremiah 102 babies 12
  72. 72 Terence 100 babies 1
  73. 73 Graham 99 babies 21
  74. 74 George 98 babies 3
  75. 75 Nigel 97 babies 14
  76. 76 Maurice 96 babies 13
  77. 77 Charles 94 babies 15
  78. 78 Hugh 92 babies 3
  79. 79 Matthew 92 babies 3
  80. 80 Cathal 90 babies 10
  81. 81 Rory 88 babies 10
  82. 82 Eamon 87 babies 5
  83. 83 Fergus 86 babies 3
  84. 84 Garrett 85 babies 12
  85. 85 Nicholas 84 babies 3
  86. 86 Gavin 83 babies 13
  87. 87 Cormac 82 babies 3
  88. 88 Padraig 81 babies 21
  89. 89 Simon 80 babies 10
  90. 90 Owen 77 babies 7
  91. 91 Garry 76 babies 7
  92. 92 Gregory 74 babies 7
  93. 93 Gerald 73 babies 13
  94. 94 Finbarr 69 babies 3
  95. 95 Fintan 69 babies 6
  96. 96 Diarmuid 68 babies 9
  97. 97 Justin 67 babies 9
  98. 98 Neil 65 babies 10
  99. 99 Oliver 61 babies 7
  100. 100 Wayne 57 babies 22

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,907 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 914 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 837 babies =
  4. 4 Fiona 616 babies 4
  5. 5 Sinead 598 babies 19
  6. 6 Ann 582 babies 2
  7. 7 Elizabeth 579 babies 1
  8. 8 Sharon 570 babies 3
  9. 9 Anne 538 babies 2
  10. 10 Deirdre 535 babies 1
  11. 11 Caroline 484 babies 1
  12. 12 Patricia 467 babies 1
  13. 13 Michelle 434 babies 5
  14. 14 Sandra 422 babies 1
  15. 15 Siobhan 401 babies 6
  16. 16 Elaine 354 babies 6
  17. 17 Karen 354 babies 1
  18. 18 Linda 354 babies 1
  19. 19 Geraldine 349 babies 1
  20. 20 Bridget 348 babies 7
  21. 21 Martina 344 babies 9
  22. 22 Helen 339 babies 8
  23. 23 Susan 335 babies 4
  24. 24 Bernadette 302 babies 1
  25. 25 Maria 289 babies 5
  26. 26 Marie 271 babies 2
  27. 27 Lorraine 260 babies 2
  28. 28 Lisa 254 babies 26
  29. 29 Jennifer 251 babies 9
  30. 30 Yvonne 247 babies 1
  31. 31 Eileen 240 babies 4
  32. 32 Niamh 238 babies 2
  33. 33 Denise 233 babies 1
  34. 34 Sarah 229 babies 11
  35. 35 Carol 225 babies 2
  36. 36 Gillian 221 babies 29
  37. 37 Carmel 215 babies 4
  38. 38 Louise 214 babies 4
  39. 39 Angela 209 babies 4
  40. 40 Jacqueline 209 babies 4
  41. 41 Orla 209 babies 2
  42. 42 Teresa 207 babies 13
  43. 43 Rachel 200 babies 2
  44. 44 Suzanne 198 babies 2
  45. 45 Kathleen 196 babies 19
  46. 46 Deborah 190 babies 6
  47. 47 Nora 183 babies 2
  48. 48 Audrey 174 babies =
  49. 49 Barbara 172 babies 10
  50. 50 Valerie 170 babies 3
  51. 51 Paula 169 babies 8
  52. 52 Anna 164 babies 6
  53. 53 Josephine 161 babies 2
  54. 54 Tracy 160 babies 9
  55. 55 Brigid 157 babies 5
  56. 56 Amanda 156 babies 1
  57. 57 Claire 155 babies 11
  58. 58 Aisling 153 babies 13
  59. 59 Joan 147 babies 15
  60. 60 Nicola 147 babies 7
  61. 61 Christina 144 babies 5
  62. 62 Sheila 143 babies 10
  63. 63 Ciara 139 babies 17
  64. 64 Shirley 135 babies 34
  65. 65 Joanne 134 babies 5
  66. 66 Pauline 134 babies 11
  67. 67 Tara 133 babies 14
  68. 68 Ruth 132 babies 6
  69. 69 Colette 131 babies 5
  70. 70 Ellen 128 babies 10
  71. 71 Annette 127 babies 17
  72. 72 Tracey 127 babies 2
  73. 73 Edel 126 babies 2
  74. 74 Grainne 121 babies 8
  75. 75 Anita 120 babies 19
  76. 76 Alison 114 babies 7
  77. 77 Brenda 113 babies 2
  78. 78 Jane 111 babies 3
  79. 79 Frances 107 babies 7
  80. 80 Helena 107 babies 4
  81. 81 Noreen 107 babies 1
  82. 82 Emer 100 babies 3
  83. 83 Jean 99 babies 1
  84. 84 Samantha 99 babies 1
  85. 85 Clodagh 98 babies 10
  86. 86 Clare 97 babies 1
  87. 87 Laura 97 babies 3
  88. 88 Julia 96 babies 11
  89. 89 Veronica 94 babies 3
  90. 90 Andrea 93 babies 60
  91. 91 Antoinette 93 babies 9
  92. 92 Maeve 93 babies 13
  93. 93 Michele 93 babies 32
  94. 94 Majella 91 babies 2
  95. 95 Pamela 91 babies 4
  96. 96 Una 91 babies 7
  97. 97 Rose 89 babies 24
  98. 98 Miriam 88 babies 1
  99. 99 Katherine 87 babies 17
  100. 100 Nuala 86 babies 10

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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