Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1973

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 2,431 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,600 babies =
  3. 3 Patrick 1,484 babies =
  4. 4 David 1,262 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,112 babies 1
  6. 6 James 1,002 babies 1
  7. 7 Thomas 996 babies =
  8. 8 Mark 927 babies =
  9. 9 Brian 692 babies =
  10. 10 Alan 605 babies 1
  11. 11 Martin 605 babies 1
  12. 12 Stephen 602 babies 1
  13. 13 William 582 babies 3
  14. 14 Declan 529 babies 1
  15. 15 Anthony 518 babies 1
  16. 16 Gerard 486 babies =
  17. 17 Kevin 471 babies 2
  18. 18 Peter 470 babies 2
  19. 19 Robert 466 babies 1
  20. 20 Joseph 458 babies 3
  21. 21 Jason 418 babies 4
  22. 22 Brendan 374 babies 1
  23. 23 Noel 363 babies 4
  24. 24 Keith 361 babies 15
  25. 25 Shane 351 babies 6
  26. 26 Richard 344 babies 2
  27. 27 Derek 341 babies 5
  28. 28 Niall 319 babies 4
  29. 29 Edward 317 babies 8
  30. 30 Sean 317 babies 3
  31. 31 Kenneth 305 babies 5
  32. 32 Darren 292 babies =
  33. 33 Daniel 285 babies 3
  34. 34 Kieran 283 babies 7
  35. 35 Francis 272 babies 6
  36. 36 Raymond 264 babies 2
  37. 37 Barry 260 babies 3
  38. 38 Andrew 259 babies =
  39. 39 Christopher 251 babies 4
  40. 40 Philip 247 babies 2
  41. 41 Aidan 242 babies 4
  42. 42 Denis 236 babies 7
  43. 43 Adrian 229 babies 7
  44. 44 Colm 222 babies 7
  45. 45 Ciaran 216 babies 6
  46. 46 Ian 216 babies 2
  47. 47 Conor 210 babies 5
  48. 48 Dermot 209 babies 18
  49. 49 Colin 203 babies =
  50. 50 Damien 203 babies 3
  51. 51 Ronan 203 babies 5
  52. 52 Timothy 200 babies 8
  53. 53 Donal 199 babies 1
  54. 54 Gavin 175 babies 2
  55. 55 Trevor 175 babies 8
  56. 56 Liam 169 babies 1
  57. 57 Damian 168 babies 7
  58. 58 Jonathan 158 babies 7
  59. 59 Bernard 156 babies 1
  60. 60 Fergal 153 babies 7
  61. 61 Gary 153 babies 6
  62. 62 Seamus 153 babies 4
  63. 63 Eoin 143 babies 10
  64. 64 Graham 143 babies 12
  65. 65 Vincent 137 babies 6
  66. 66 Karl 131 babies =
  67. 67 Enda 129 babies 5
  68. 68 Maurice 119 babies 3
  69. 69 Cornelius 117 babies 8
  70. 70 Cathal 114 babies 3
  71. 71 Garrett 112 babies 14
  72. 72 Owen 109 babies 10
  73. 73 Simon 108 babies 4
  74. 74 Eugene 106 babies 3
  75. 75 Laurence 105 babies 1
  76. 76 Terence 103 babies 1
  77. 77 Fergus 99 babies 13
  78. 78 Matthew 99 babies 10
  79. 79 Neil 98 babies 14
  80. 80 Eamonn 97 babies 7
  81. 81 Desmond 96 babies 19
  82. 82 Hugh 96 babies 4
  83. 83 Cormac 95 babies =
  84. 84 Garry 94 babies 15
  85. 85 Rory 92 babies 5
  86. 86 Padraig 90 babies 2
  87. 87 George 89 babies 6
  88. 88 Justin 88 babies 2
  89. 89 Nicholas 88 babies 10
  90. 90 Charles 84 babies 2
  91. 91 Eric 84 babies 4
  92. 92 Jeremiah 84 babies 22
  93. 93 Nigel 81 babies 2
  94. 94 Gareth 73 babies 8
  95. 95 Gordon 73 babies 10
  96. 96 Gregory 73 babies 4
  97. 97 Wayne 69 babies 9
  98. 98 Finbarr 61 babies 1
  99. 99 Daragh 57 babies 8
  100. 100 Eamon 57 babies 11

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,529 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 785 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 686 babies =
  4. 4 Sinead 659 babies 1
  5. 5 Caroline 604 babies 6
  6. 6 Fiona 563 babies 2
  7. 7 Deirdre 529 babies 2
  8. 8 Elizabeth 520 babies 2
  9. 9 Anne 489 babies 1
  10. 10 Michelle 468 babies 2
  11. 11 Sharon 460 babies 3
  12. 12 Ann 453 babies 5
  13. 13 Linda 437 babies 2
  14. 14 Karen 425 babies =
  15. 15 Martina 391 babies 2
  16. 16 Elaine 388 babies =
  17. 17 Sandra 378 babies 1
  18. 18 Patricia 376 babies 5
  19. 19 Jennifer 361 babies =
  20. 20 Lisa 358 babies 5
  21. 21 Siobhan 332 babies 1
  22. 22 Lorraine 327 babies 2
  23. 23 Louise 325 babies 10
  24. 24 Susan 322 babies 3
  25. 25 Bridget 314 babies 2
  26. 26 Niamh 313 babies 2
  27. 27 Helen 289 babies 3
  28. 28 Yvonne 287 babies 2
  29. 29 Marie 279 babies 1
  30. 30 Maria 263 babies 3
  31. 31 Gillian 261 babies 3
  32. 32 Geraldine 260 babies 3
  33. 33 Sarah 249 babies 2
  34. 34 Denise 238 babies 3
  35. 35 Nicola 235 babies 12
  36. 36 Jacqueline 233 babies 3
  37. 37 Amanda 230 babies 13
  38. 38 Orla 223 babies 6
  39. 39 Bernadette 215 babies 3
  40. 40 Claire 215 babies 9
  41. 41 Teresa 215 babies 5
  42. 42 Deborah 209 babies 2
  43. 43 Kathleen 203 babies 8
  44. 44 Aisling 202 babies 4
  45. 45 Carmel 200 babies =
  46. 46 Eileen 194 babies 8
  47. 47 Audrey 187 babies 9
  48. 48 Suzanne 185 babies 6
  49. 49 Rachel 182 babies 6
  50. 50 Emma 177 babies 36
  51. 51 Tara 177 babies 1
  52. 52 Edel 175 babies 10
  53. 53 Angela 171 babies 2
  54. 54 Carol 166 babies 13
  55. 55 Paula 166 babies 15
  56. 56 Ciara 165 babies 3
  57. 57 Ruth 165 babies 6
  58. 58 Clare 162 babies 23
  59. 59 Emer 151 babies 6
  60. 60 Grainne 150 babies 7
  61. 61 Joanne 149 babies 9
  62. 62 Tracey 144 babies 11
  63. 63 Valerie 141 babies 5
  64. 64 Anna 140 babies 9
  65. 65 Josephine 139 babies 9
  66. 66 Sheila 139 babies 9
  67. 67 Aoife 137 babies 13
  68. 68 Barbara 137 babies 14
  69. 69 Nora 136 babies 2
  70. 70 Shirley 136 babies 2
  71. 71 Alison 134 babies 7
  72. 72 Pauline 132 babies 1
  73. 73 Colette 128 babies 3
  74. 74 Jane 126 babies 2
  75. 75 Christina 124 babies 14
  76. 76 Joan 121 babies 16
  77. 77 Ellen 117 babies 11
  78. 78 Laura 117 babies 5
  79. 79 Tracy 111 babies 22
  80. 80 Mairead 109 babies 3
  81. 81 Sonya 109 babies 90
  82. 82 Anita 108 babies 3
  83. 83 Annette 107 babies 4
  84. 84 Noreen 106 babies 5
  85. 85 Clodagh 101 babies 7
  86. 86 Catriona 98 babies 34
  87. 87 Una 95 babies 11
  88. 88 Olivia 94 babies 37
  89. 89 Aileen 93 babies 2
  90. 90 Frances 93 babies 8
  91. 91 Lorna 93 babies 26
  92. 92 Brigid 92 babies 23
  93. 93 Roisin 92 babies 1
  94. 94 Brenda 91 babies 5
  95. 95 Pamela 90 babies 5
  96. 96 Julie 89 babies 1
  97. 97 Aine 88 babies 10
  98. 98 Helena 87 babies 10
  99. 99 Christine 84 babies 15
  100. 100 Jean 84 babies 22

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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