Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1975

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 2,088 babies =
  2. 2 Michael 1,389 babies =
  3. 3 David 1,360 babies 1
  4. 4 Patrick 1,310 babies 1
  5. 5 Paul 1,108 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,033 babies =
  7. 7 Mark 863 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 823 babies =
  9. 9 Alan 747 babies 1
  10. 10 Brian 726 babies 1
  11. 11 Stephen 692 babies 1
  12. 12 Martin 548 babies 1
  13. 13 William 538 babies 2
  14. 14 Oliver 537 babies 78
  15. 15 Anthony 521 babies 1
  16. 16 Kevin 465 babies 1
  17. 17 Keith 459 babies 2
  18. 18 Gerard 456 babies 4
  19. 19 Robert 437 babies 2
  20. 20 Peter 432 babies =
  21. 21 Declan 408 babies =
  22. 22 Shane 401 babies 1
  23. 23 Joseph 389 babies 7
  24. 24 Brendan 381 babies 3
  25. 25 Jason 370 babies 7
  26. 26 Niall 368 babies 2
  27. 27 Richard 345 babies 2
  28. 28 Derek 318 babies =
  29. 29 Daniel 304 babies 9
  30. 30 Kenneth 299 babies 4
  31. 31 Edward 287 babies 6
  32. 32 Noel 280 babies 2
  33. 33 Andrew 279 babies 3
  34. 34 Sean 278 babies 4
  35. 35 Darren 267 babies 4
  36. 36 Barry 263 babies 4
  37. 37 Philip 259 babies 5
  38. 38 Raymond 246 babies 5
  39. 39 Ian 245 babies 4
  40. 40 Francis 243 babies 1
  41. 41 Adrian 237 babies 5
  42. 42 Kieran 236 babies 7
  43. 43 Ronan 232 babies 6
  44. 44 Conor 231 babies 6
  45. 45 Colm 224 babies =
  46. 46 Christopher 223 babies 9
  47. 47 Damien 223 babies 7
  48. 48 Denis 210 babies 4
  49. 49 Dermot 204 babies 2
  50. 50 Colin 203 babies 1
  51. 51 Trevor 198 babies 2
  52. 52 Ciaran 193 babies 5
  53. 53 Timothy 192 babies 1
  54. 54 Aidan 189 babies 15
  55. 55 Jonathan 188 babies 3
  56. 56 Donal 164 babies 8
  57. 57 Damian 157 babies 2
  58. 58 Gary 149 babies 3
  59. 59 Fergal 147 babies 1
  60. 60 Simon 147 babies 22
  61. 61 Seamus 146 babies 3
  62. 62 Eoin 145 babies 1
  63. 63 Liam 142 babies 7
  64. 64 Graham 134 babies 2
  65. 65 Vincent 133 babies 5
  66. 66 Bernard 131 babies 1
  67. 67 Nigel 128 babies 7
  68. 68 Cathal 123 babies 1
  69. 69 Gavin 122 babies 6
  70. 70 Enda 120 babies =
  71. 71 Wayne 115 babies 22
  72. 72 Padraig 114 babies 6
  73. 73 Maurice 108 babies 5
  74. 74 Rory 102 babies 17
  75. 75 Eamonn 99 babies 3
  76. 76 Eugene 99 babies 13
  77. 77 Neil 98 babies 4
  78. 78 Karl 97 babies 11
  79. 79 Desmond 96 babies 1
  80. 80 Eamon 93 babies 19
  81. 81 Jeremiah 92 babies 5
  82. 82 Cormac 90 babies 8
  83. 83 Cornelius 88 babies 2
  84. 84 Nicholas 88 babies 3
  85. 85 Matthew 87 babies 14
  86. 86 Fergus 86 babies 2
  87. 87 Owen 84 babies 10
  88. 88 Stuart 79 babies 14
  89. 89 Terence 79 babies 10
  90. 90 Charles 78 babies 4
  91. 91 Justin 74 babies 10
  92. 92 Gerald 72 babies 16
  93. 93 Steven 69 babies 19
  94. 94 Hugh 68 babies 14
  95. 95 Laurence 68 babies 12
  96. 96 George 66 babies 10
  97. 97 Gordon 66 babies =
  98. 98 Eric 65 babies 2
  99. 99 Garry 65 babies 4
  100. 100 Glen 64 babies 32

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,227 babies =
  2. 2 Sinead 825 babies 3
  3. 3 Catherine 682 babies 1
  4. 4 Olivia 618 babies 69
  5. 5 Margaret 569 babies 2
  6. 6 Michelle 562 babies =
  7. 7 Caroline 517 babies 3
  8. 8 Sharon 501 babies 1
  9. 9 Elizabeth 468 babies =
  10. 10 Deirdre 464 babies 2
  11. 11 Elaine 460 babies 3
  12. 12 Fiona 451 babies 1
  13. 13 Jennifer 442 babies 7
  14. 14 Karen 435 babies 2
  15. 15 Ann 424 babies 5
  16. 16 Anne 413 babies 3
  17. 17 Linda 385 babies 1
  18. 18 Patricia 376 babies 3
  19. 19 Lisa 361 babies 2
  20. 20 Susan 359 babies 2
  21. 21 Siobhan 340 babies 5
  22. 22 Sandra 330 babies =
  23. 23 Niamh 327 babies 2
  24. 24 Louise 320 babies 5
  25. 25 Lorraine 314 babies =
  26. 26 Sarah 314 babies 3
  27. 27 Nicola 296 babies =
  28. 28 Helen 288 babies =
  29. 29 Yvonne 279 babies 5
  30. 30 Martina 268 babies 6
  31. 31 Maria 253 babies 4
  32. 32 Claire 251 babies 7
  33. 33 Orla 247 babies 5
  34. 34 Olive 239 babies 105
  35. 35 Denise 233 babies 1
  36. 36 Gillian 227 babies 1
  37. 37 Marie 227 babies 7
  38. 38 Emma 226 babies 3
  39. 39 Amanda 225 babies 8
  40. 40 Geraldine 216 babies 8
  41. 41 Bridget 213 babies 12
  42. 42 Rachel 210 babies 4
  43. 43 Aisling 209 babies 9
  44. 44 Laura 195 babies 35
  45. 45 Jacqueline 187 babies 12
  46. 46 Kathleen 186 babies 2
  47. 47 Carol 185 babies 2
  48. 48 Joanne 182 babies 3
  49. 49 Ciara 181 babies 2
  50. 50 Eileen 175 babies 5
  51. 51 Suzanne 175 babies 8
  52. 52 Ruth 173 babies 4
  53. 53 Deborah 170 babies 13
  54. 54 Paula 168 babies 4
  55. 55 Bernadette 162 babies 13
  56. 56 Aoife 157 babies 2
  57. 57 Clare 152 babies 2
  58. 58 Angela 151 babies 2
  59. 59 Mairead 150 babies 11
  60. 60 Alison 145 babies 5
  61. 61 Grainne 144 babies 5
  62. 62 Carmel 142 babies 7
  63. 63 Edel 142 babies 10
  64. 64 Tara 142 babies 3
  65. 65 Audrey 140 babies 11
  66. 66 Colette 140 babies 2
  67. 67 Anna 135 babies 4
  68. 68 Emer 134 babies 6
  69. 69 Teresa 130 babies 12
  70. 70 Valerie 129 babies 10
  71. 71 Barbara 128 babies 7
  72. 72 Christina 121 babies 2
  73. 73 Jane 121 babies 2
  74. 74 Tracey 117 babies 5
  75. 75 Sheila 114 babies 3
  76. 76 Josephine 113 babies 2
  77. 77 Tracy 110 babies 1
  78. 78 Julie 109 babies 4
  79. 79 Aine 107 babies 28
  80. 80 Nora 105 babies 5
  81. 81 Anita 102 babies 8
  82. 82 Clodagh 98 babies 4
  83. 83 Joan 97 babies 1
  84. 84 Shirley 97 babies 17
  85. 85 Brenda 96 babies 7
  86. 86 Helena 96 babies 17
  87. 87 Lorna 96 babies 11
  88. 88 Roisin 96 babies =
  89. 89 Catriona 95 babies 4
  90. 90 Ellen 95 babies 9
  91. 91 Jean 92 babies 8
  92. 92 Samantha 90 babies 10
  93. 93 Noreen 89 babies 13
  94. 94 Evelyn 88 babies 28
  95. 95 Pauline 88 babies 18
  96. 96 Christine 85 babies 3
  97. 97 Hazel 85 babies 14
  98. 98 Tanya 84 babies 29
  99. 99 Una 84 babies 6
  100. 100 Brigid 83 babies =

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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