Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1974

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 2,330 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,536 babies =
  3. 3 Patrick 1,443 babies =
  4. 4 David 1,263 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,139 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,059 babies =
  7. 7 Mark 979 babies 1
  8. 8 Thomas 884 babies 1
  9. 9 Brian 688 babies =
  10. 10 Alan 656 babies =
  11. 11 William 637 babies 2
  12. 12 Stephen 606 babies =
  13. 13 Martin 579 babies 2
  14. 14 Anthony 547 babies 1
  15. 15 Kevin 523 babies 2
  16. 16 Joseph 462 babies 4
  17. 17 Robert 450 babies 2
  18. 18 Jason 442 babies 3
  19. 19 Keith 440 babies 5
  20. 20 Peter 437 babies 2
  21. 21 Declan 434 babies 7
  22. 22 Gerard 421 babies 6
  23. 23 Shane 369 babies 2
  24. 24 Niall 350 babies 4
  25. 25 Edward 347 babies 4
  26. 26 Kenneth 346 babies 5
  27. 27 Brendan 343 babies 5
  28. 28 Derek 335 babies 1
  29. 29 Richard 333 babies 3
  30. 30 Sean 327 babies =
  31. 31 Darren 309 babies 1
  32. 32 Barry 287 babies 5
  33. 33 Raymond 287 babies 3
  34. 34 Noel 284 babies 11
  35. 35 Kieran 277 babies 1
  36. 36 Andrew 274 babies 2
  37. 37 Christopher 268 babies 2
  38. 38 Daniel 268 babies 5
  39. 39 Aidan 258 babies 2
  40. 40 Damien 250 babies 10
  41. 41 Francis 245 babies 6
  42. 42 Philip 242 babies 2
  43. 43 Ian 239 babies 3
  44. 44 Denis 238 babies 2
  45. 45 Colm 228 babies 1
  46. 46 Adrian 219 babies 3
  47. 47 Dermot 217 babies 1
  48. 48 Donal 214 babies 5
  49. 49 Ronan 203 babies 2
  50. 50 Conor 199 babies 3
  51. 51 Colin 193 babies 2
  52. 52 Jonathan 193 babies 6
  53. 53 Trevor 189 babies 2
  54. 54 Timothy 188 babies 2
  55. 55 Gary 187 babies 6
  56. 56 Liam 182 babies =
  57. 57 Ciaran 180 babies 12
  58. 58 Fergal 168 babies 2
  59. 59 Damian 154 babies 2
  60. 60 Vincent 151 babies 5
  61. 61 Eoin 149 babies 2
  62. 62 Graham 138 babies 2
  63. 63 Gavin 134 babies 9
  64. 64 Seamus 134 babies 2
  65. 65 Bernard 118 babies 6
  66. 66 Padraig 116 babies 20
  67. 67 Karl 112 babies 1
  68. 68 Maurice 111 babies =
  69. 69 Cathal 108 babies 1
  70. 70 Enda 106 babies 3
  71. 71 Matthew 102 babies 7
  72. 72 Eamonn 100 babies 8
  73. 73 Neil 98 babies 6
  74. 74 Nigel 94 babies 19
  75. 75 Garrett 93 babies 4
  76. 76 Jeremiah 92 babies 16
  77. 77 Owen 92 babies 5
  78. 78 Desmond 91 babies 3
  79. 79 Terence 90 babies 3
  80. 80 Hugh 88 babies 2
  81. 81 Justin 88 babies 7
  82. 82 Simon 88 babies 9
  83. 83 Laurence 87 babies 8
  84. 84 Gregory 86 babies 12
  85. 85 Cornelius 85 babies 16
  86. 86 George 84 babies 1
  87. 87 Nicholas 84 babies 2
  88. 88 Fergus 82 babies 11
  89. 89 Eugene 81 babies 15
  90. 90 Cormac 79 babies 7
  91. 91 Rory 79 babies 6
  92. 92 Oliver 78 babies 10
  93. 93 Wayne 78 babies 4
  94. 94 Charles 74 babies 4
  95. 95 Glenn 73 babies 9
  96. 96 Eric 70 babies 5
  97. 97 Gordon 68 babies 2
  98. 98 Gareth 65 babies 4
  99. 99 Eamon 63 babies 1
  100. 100 Finbarr 63 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,375 babies =
  2. 2 Catherine 751 babies =
  3. 3 Margaret 605 babies =
  4. 4 Caroline 581 babies 1
  5. 5 Sinead 569 babies 1
  6. 6 Michelle 533 babies 4
  7. 7 Sharon 518 babies 4
  8. 8 Deirdre 495 babies 1
  9. 9 Elizabeth 488 babies 1
  10. 10 Ann 465 babies 2
  11. 11 Fiona 464 babies 5
  12. 12 Karen 461 babies 2
  13. 13 Anne 450 babies 4
  14. 14 Elaine 427 babies 2
  15. 15 Patricia 408 babies 3
  16. 16 Linda 406 babies 3
  17. 17 Lisa 402 babies 3
  18. 18 Susan 383 babies 6
  19. 19 Louise 376 babies 4
  20. 20 Jennifer 366 babies 1
  21. 21 Niamh 355 babies 5
  22. 22 Sandra 350 babies 5
  23. 23 Sarah 319 babies 10
  24. 24 Martina 315 babies 9
  25. 25 Lorraine 311 babies 3
  26. 26 Siobhan 301 babies 5
  27. 27 Nicola 293 babies 8
  28. 28 Helen 278 babies 1
  29. 29 Bridget 267 babies 4
  30. 30 Marie 260 babies 1
  31. 31 Amanda 258 babies 6
  32. 32 Geraldine 250 babies =
  33. 33 Jacqueline 249 babies 3
  34. 34 Yvonne 245 babies 6
  35. 35 Maria 244 babies 5
  36. 36 Denise 241 babies 2
  37. 37 Gillian 241 babies 6
  38. 38 Orla 226 babies =
  39. 39 Claire 225 babies 1
  40. 40 Deborah 222 babies 2
  41. 41 Emma 220 babies 9
  42. 42 Bernadette 210 babies 3
  43. 43 Suzanne 209 babies 5
  44. 44 Kathleen 195 babies 1
  45. 45 Eileen 187 babies 1
  46. 46 Rachel 186 babies 3
  47. 47 Ciara 185 babies 9
  48. 48 Ruth 179 babies 9
  49. 49 Carol 178 babies 5
  50. 50 Paula 176 babies 5
  51. 51 Joanne 173 babies 10
  52. 52 Aisling 171 babies 8
  53. 53 Edel 171 babies 1
  54. 54 Audrey 170 babies 7
  55. 55 Carmel 168 babies 10
  56. 56 Angela 166 babies 3
  57. 57 Teresa 164 babies 16
  58. 58 Aoife 162 babies 9
  59. 59 Clare 161 babies 1
  60. 60 Valerie 157 babies 3
  61. 61 Tara 151 babies 10
  62. 62 Emer 145 babies 3
  63. 63 Anna 142 babies 1
  64. 64 Barbara 142 babies 4
  65. 65 Alison 141 babies 6
  66. 66 Grainne 141 babies 6
  67. 67 Shirley 140 babies 3
  68. 68 Colette 134 babies 5
  69. 69 Tracey 134 babies 7
  70. 70 Mairead 133 babies 10
  71. 71 Jane 132 babies 3
  72. 72 Sheila 131 babies 6
  73. 73 Olivia 130 babies 15
  74. 74 Christina 121 babies 1
  75. 75 Nora 121 babies 6
  76. 76 Tracy 121 babies 3
  77. 77 Pauline 120 babies 5
  78. 78 Josephine 119 babies 13
  79. 79 Laura 117 babies 1
  80. 80 Noreen 115 babies 4
  81. 81 Ellen 111 babies 4
  82. 82 Julie 111 babies 14
  83. 83 Jean 108 babies 17
  84. 84 Joan 107 babies 8
  85. 85 Catriona 99 babies 1
  86. 86 Clodagh 99 babies 1
  87. 87 Irene 98 babies 20
  88. 88 Roisin 98 babies 5
  89. 89 Anita 95 babies 7
  90. 90 Annette 93 babies 7
  91. 91 Sonya 93 babies 10
  92. 92 Brenda 92 babies 2
  93. 93 Christine 91 babies 6
  94. 94 Natasha 91 babies 7
  95. 95 Regina 91 babies 9
  96. 96 Frances 90 babies 6
  97. 97 Rose 90 babies 41
  98. 98 Lorna 89 babies 7
  99. 99 Andrea 87 babies 7
  100. 100 Brigid 87 babies 8

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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