Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1972

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 2,506 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,639 babies =
  3. 3 Patrick 1,523 babies =
  4. 4 David 1,253 babies =
  5. 5 James 1,128 babies =
  6. 6 Paul 1,061 babies 1
  7. 7 Thomas 942 babies 1
  8. 8 Mark 824 babies =
  9. 9 Brian 684 babies =
  10. 10 William 677 babies =
  11. 11 Alan 646 babies 2
  12. 12 Martin 612 babies 1
  13. 13 Stephen 593 babies 1
  14. 14 Anthony 571 babies 1
  15. 15 Declan 526 babies 3
  16. 16 Gerard 503 babies =
  17. 17 Joseph 474 babies 2
  18. 18 Robert 472 babies 2
  19. 19 Kevin 462 babies 1
  20. 20 Peter 447 babies 3
  21. 21 Edward 349 babies 2
  22. 22 Derek 346 babies 2
  23. 23 Brendan 345 babies 2
  24. 24 Niall 331 babies 12
  25. 25 Jason 311 babies 12
  26. 26 Kenneth 304 babies 5
  27. 27 Noel 297 babies 5
  28. 28 Richard 289 babies 3
  29. 29 Francis 282 babies =
  30. 30 Dermot 280 babies 11
  31. 31 Shane 277 babies 17
  32. 32 Darren 276 babies 3
  33. 33 Sean 274 babies 6
  34. 34 Raymond 272 babies 5
  35. 35 Denis 269 babies 5
  36. 36 Daniel 257 babies 8
  37. 37 Colm 256 babies 6
  38. 38 Andrew 251 babies 12
  39. 39 Keith 248 babies 1
  40. 40 Barry 246 babies 5
  41. 41 Kieran 241 babies 9
  42. 42 Philip 237 babies 9
  43. 43 Christopher 229 babies 9
  44. 44 Timothy 222 babies 6
  45. 45 Aidan 218 babies 1
  46. 46 Ronan 201 babies 3
  47. 47 Damien 200 babies 1
  48. 48 Ian 189 babies 5
  49. 49 Colin 187 babies 2
  50. 50 Adrian 184 babies 2
  51. 51 Ciaran 183 babies 1
  52. 52 Conor 171 babies 10
  53. 53 Fergal 170 babies 6
  54. 54 Donal 159 babies =
  55. 55 Gary 159 babies =
  56. 56 Gavin 158 babies 30
  57. 57 Liam 154 babies 4
  58. 58 Seamus 146 babies 2
  59. 59 Vincent 140 babies 1
  60. 60 Bernard 138 babies 9
  61. 61 Cornelius 136 babies 4
  62. 62 Desmond 134 babies 1
  63. 63 Trevor 128 babies 1
  64. 64 Damian 126 babies 4
  65. 65 Jonathan 126 babies 2
  66. 66 Karl 120 babies 2
  67. 67 Cathal 119 babies 13
  68. 68 Matthew 116 babies 11
  69. 69 Simon 113 babies 20
  70. 70 Jeremiah 112 babies 1
  71. 71 Maurice 112 babies 5
  72. 72 Enda 110 babies 6
  73. 73 Eoin 109 babies 8
  74. 74 Laurence 109 babies 10
  75. 75 Terence 109 babies 3
  76. 76 Graham 108 babies 3
  77. 77 Eugene 106 babies 7
  78. 78 Hugh 98 babies =
  79. 79 Nicholas 95 babies 6
  80. 80 Rory 94 babies 1
  81. 81 George 89 babies 7
  82. 82 Owen 89 babies 8
  83. 83 Cormac 86 babies 4
  84. 84 Padraig 85 babies 4
  85. 85 Garrett 84 babies 1
  86. 86 Justin 83 babies 11
  87. 87 Eamonn 81 babies 18
  88. 88 Charles 79 babies 11
  89. 89 Eamon 77 babies 7
  90. 90 Fergus 77 babies 7
  91. 91 Nigel 76 babies 16
  92. 92 Gregory 73 babies =
  93. 93 Neil 70 babies 5
  94. 94 Diarmuid 69 babies 2
  95. 95 Eric 69 babies 7
  96. 96 Oliver 64 babies 3
  97. 97 Finbarr 62 babies 3
  98. 98 Fintan 62 babies 3
  99. 99 Garry 59 babies 8
  100. 100 Ivan 59 babies 3

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,581 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 853 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 766 babies =
  4. 4 Fiona 657 babies =
  5. 5 Sinead 606 babies =
  6. 6 Elizabeth 544 babies 1
  7. 7 Ann 533 babies 1
  8. 8 Sharon 525 babies =
  9. 9 Deirdre 516 babies 1
  10. 10 Anne 510 babies 1
  11. 11 Caroline 488 babies =
  12. 12 Michelle 444 babies 1
  13. 13 Patricia 398 babies 1
  14. 14 Karen 394 babies 3
  15. 15 Linda 379 babies 3
  16. 16 Elaine 365 babies =
  17. 17 Martina 356 babies 4
  18. 18 Sandra 355 babies 4
  19. 19 Jennifer 330 babies 10
  20. 20 Lorraine 330 babies 7
  21. 21 Susan 320 babies 2
  22. 22 Siobhan 319 babies 7
  23. 23 Bridget 313 babies 3
  24. 24 Helen 301 babies 2
  25. 25 Lisa 290 babies 3
  26. 26 Yvonne 284 babies 4
  27. 27 Maria 281 babies 2
  28. 28 Niamh 278 babies 4
  29. 29 Geraldine 271 babies 10
  30. 30 Marie 271 babies 4
  31. 31 Sarah 258 babies 3
  32. 32 Orla 256 babies 9
  33. 33 Louise 250 babies 5
  34. 34 Gillian 239 babies 2
  35. 35 Kathleen 237 babies 10
  36. 36 Bernadette 228 babies 12
  37. 37 Denise 226 babies 4
  38. 38 Eileen 220 babies 7
  39. 39 Jacqueline 220 babies 1
  40. 40 Paula 215 babies 11
  41. 41 Carol 204 babies 6
  42. 42 Suzanne 201 babies 2
  43. 43 Rachel 200 babies =
  44. 44 Deborah 198 babies 2
  45. 45 Carmel 185 babies 8
  46. 46 Teresa 185 babies 4
  47. 47 Nicola 182 babies 13
  48. 48 Aisling 180 babies 10
  49. 49 Claire 175 babies 8
  50. 50 Amanda 173 babies 6
  51. 51 Angela 166 babies 12
  52. 52 Tara 157 babies 15
  53. 53 Grainne 152 babies 21
  54. 54 Barbara 150 babies 5
  55. 55 Anna 148 babies 3
  56. 56 Audrey 147 babies 8
  57. 57 Tracy 146 babies 3
  58. 58 Valerie 146 babies 8
  59. 59 Ciara 144 babies 4
  60. 60 Joan 136 babies 1
  61. 61 Christina 135 babies =
  62. 62 Edel 134 babies 11
  63. 63 Ruth 134 babies 5
  64. 64 Alison 129 babies 12
  65. 65 Emer 129 babies 17
  66. 66 Ellen 128 babies 4
  67. 67 Nora 128 babies 20
  68. 68 Shirley 128 babies 4
  69. 69 Brigid 126 babies 14
  70. 70 Joanne 126 babies 5
  71. 71 Pauline 126 babies 5
  72. 72 Jane 124 babies 6
  73. 73 Tracey 124 babies 1
  74. 74 Josephine 123 babies 21
  75. 75 Sheila 119 babies 13
  76. 76 Colette 118 babies 7
  77. 77 Mairead 113 babies 32
  78. 78 Jean 109 babies 5
  79. 79 Noreen 109 babies 2
  80. 80 Aoife 104 babies 42
  81. 81 Clare 103 babies 5
  82. 82 Frances 103 babies 3
  83. 83 Laura 103 babies 4
  84. 84 Christine 101 babies 18
  85. 85 Anita 97 babies 10
  86. 86 Emma 96 babies 45
  87. 87 Annette 95 babies 16
  88. 88 Helena 93 babies 8
  89. 89 Samantha 92 babies 5
  90. 90 Pamela 91 babies 5
  91. 91 Aileen 90 babies 23
  92. 92 Clodagh 90 babies 7
  93. 93 Miriam 90 babies 5
  94. 94 Roisin 90 babies 24
  95. 95 Julie 89 babies 8
  96. 96 Irene 87 babies 14
  97. 97 Michele 85 babies 4
  98. 98 Una 84 babies 2
  99. 99 Brenda 83 babies 22
  100. 100 Veronica 83 babies 11

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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