Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1976

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 2,106 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,478 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 1,413 babies 1
  4. 4 Patrick 1,264 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,098 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,010 babies =
  7. 7 Mark 916 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 826 babies =
  9. 9 Brian 812 babies 1
  10. 10 Stephen 779 babies 1
  11. 11 Alan 718 babies 2
  12. 12 William 543 babies 1
  13. 13 Martin 520 babies 1
  14. 14 Anthony 504 babies 1
  15. 15 Shane 478 babies 7
  16. 16 Kevin 474 babies =
  17. 17 Robert 457 babies 2
  18. 18 Keith 453 babies 1
  19. 19 Brendan 432 babies 5
  20. 20 Gerard 422 babies 2
  21. 21 Declan 413 babies =
  22. 22 Joseph 396 babies 1
  23. 23 Peter 392 babies 3
  24. 24 Barry 381 babies 12
  25. 25 Niall 359 babies 1
  26. 26 Derek 355 babies 2
  27. 27 Jason 352 babies 2
  28. 28 Richard 352 babies 1
  29. 29 Noel 317 babies 3
  30. 30 Daniel 309 babies 1
  31. 31 Kenneth 303 babies 1
  32. 32 Edward 302 babies 1
  33. 33 Ian 287 babies 6
  34. 34 Sean 282 babies =
  35. 35 Raymond 272 babies 3
  36. 36 Darren 271 babies 1
  37. 37 Andrew 267 babies 4
  38. 38 Aidan 257 babies 16
  39. 39 Oliver 255 babies 25
  40. 40 Philip 252 babies 3
  41. 41 Kieran 241 babies 1
  42. 42 Francis 235 babies 2
  43. 43 Jonathan 235 babies 12
  44. 44 Colm 233 babies 1
  45. 45 Damien 228 babies 2
  46. 46 Adrian 222 babies 5
  47. 47 Christopher 215 babies 1
  48. 48 Ronan 212 babies 5
  49. 49 Conor 210 babies 5
  50. 50 Denis 197 babies 2
  51. 51 Colin 186 babies 1
  52. 52 Trevor 182 babies 1
  53. 53 Ciaran 181 babies 1
  54. 54 Timothy 180 babies 1
  55. 55 Donal 178 babies 1
  56. 56 Liam 172 babies 7
  57. 57 Dermot 170 babies 8
  58. 58 Gavin 170 babies 11
  59. 59 Damian 153 babies 2
  60. 60 Vincent 151 babies 5
  61. 61 Gary 148 babies 3
  62. 62 Simon 147 babies 2
  63. 63 Fergal 146 babies 4
  64. 64 Graham 139 babies =
  65. 65 Seamus 138 babies 4
  66. 66 Eoin 136 babies 4
  67. 67 Enda 130 babies 3
  68. 68 Eamonn 129 babies 7
  69. 69 Owen 111 babies 18
  70. 70 Wayne 110 babies 1
  71. 71 Matthew 106 babies 14
  72. 72 Padraig 106 babies =
  73. 73 Bernard 105 babies 7
  74. 74 Cathal 103 babies 6
  75. 75 Rory 103 babies 1
  76. 76 Nigel 102 babies 9
  77. 77 Neil 100 babies =
  78. 78 Karl 97 babies =
  79. 79 Terence 96 babies 10
  80. 80 Desmond 95 babies 1
  81. 81 Eugene 92 babies 5
  82. 82 Eric 86 babies 16
  83. 83 Gordon 84 babies 14
  84. 84 Maurice 84 babies 11
  85. 85 Stuart 84 babies 3
  86. 86 Cormac 83 babies 4
  87. 87 Darragh 82 babies 15
  88. 88 Nicholas 81 babies 4
  89. 89 Jeremiah 78 babies 8
  90. 90 Ross 78 babies 93
  91. 91 Hugh 76 babies 3
  92. 92 George 75 babies 4
  93. 93 Charles 73 babies 3
  94. 94 Cornelius 73 babies 11
  95. 95 Gregory 73 babies 6
  96. 96 Laurence 73 babies 1
  97. 97 Eamon 70 babies 17
  98. 98 Garry 66 babies 1
  99. 99 Fergus 65 babies 13
  100. 100 Justin 64 babies 9

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,131 babies =
  2. 2 Sinead 688 babies =
  3. 3 Catherine 645 babies =
  4. 4 Michelle 571 babies 2
  5. 5 Caroline 564 babies 2
  6. 6 Margaret 520 babies 1
  7. 7 Karen 514 babies 7
  8. 8 Jennifer 494 babies 5
  9. 9 Deirdre 483 babies 1
  10. 10 Fiona 452 babies 2
  11. 11 Ann 434 babies 4
  12. 12 Elizabeth 423 babies 3
  13. 13 Sharon 423 babies 5
  14. 14 Elaine 419 babies 3
  15. 15 Linda 401 babies 2
  16. 16 Niamh 390 babies 7
  17. 17 Sarah 383 babies 9
  18. 18 Lisa 382 babies 1
  19. 19 Anne 380 babies 3
  20. 20 Susan 371 babies =
  21. 21 Louise 359 babies 3
  22. 22 Patricia 345 babies 4
  23. 23 Lorraine 343 babies 2
  24. 24 Nicola 329 babies 3
  25. 25 Olivia 329 babies 21
  26. 26 Siobhan 314 babies 5
  27. 27 Sandra 311 babies 5
  28. 28 Claire 307 babies 4
  29. 29 Marie 305 babies 8
  30. 30 Yvonne 288 babies 1
  31. 31 Martina 278 babies 1
  32. 32 Helen 271 babies 4
  33. 33 Gillian 267 babies 3
  34. 34 Joanne 258 babies 14
  35. 35 Orla 250 babies 2
  36. 36 Emma 248 babies 2
  37. 37 Denise 244 babies 2
  38. 38 Maria 238 babies 7
  39. 39 Bridget 226 babies 2
  40. 40 Rachel 214 babies 2
  41. 41 Ciara 211 babies 8
  42. 42 Laura 209 babies 2
  43. 43 Amanda 208 babies 4
  44. 44 Geraldine 206 babies 4
  45. 45 Deborah 198 babies 8
  46. 46 Aoife 186 babies 10
  47. 47 Suzanne 186 babies 4
  48. 48 Edel 185 babies 15
  49. 49 Aisling 182 babies 6
  50. 50 Carol 182 babies 3
  51. 51 Jacqueline 173 babies 6
  52. 52 Audrey 170 babies 13
  53. 53 Eileen 170 babies 3
  54. 54 Ruth 169 babies 2
  55. 55 Angela 168 babies 3
  56. 56 Bernadette 163 babies 1
  57. 57 Grainne 158 babies 4
  58. 58 Kathleen 151 babies 12
  59. 59 Paula 147 babies 5
  60. 60 Julie 144 babies 18
  61. 61 Carmel 142 babies 1
  62. 62 Tara 140 babies 2
  63. 63 Georgina 139 babies 38
  64. 64 Aine 138 babies 15
  65. 65 Clare 138 babies 8
  66. 66 Colette 137 babies =
  67. 67 Barbara 133 babies 4
  68. 68 Mairead 132 babies 9
  69. 69 Anna 128 babies 2
  70. 70 Valerie 128 babies =
  71. 71 Jane 126 babies 2
  72. 72 Teresa 126 babies 3
  73. 73 Alison 120 babies 13
  74. 74 Anita 118 babies 7
  75. 75 Josephine 112 babies 1
  76. 76 Tracey 112 babies 2
  77. 77 Pauline 111 babies 18
  78. 78 Nora 109 babies 2
  79. 79 Roisin 108 babies 9
  80. 80 Emer 107 babies 12
  81. 81 Christina 104 babies 9
  82. 82 Sheila 104 babies 7
  83. 83 Aileen 103 babies 25
  84. 84 Andrea 103 babies 19
  85. 85 Brenda 102 babies =
  86. 86 Joan 101 babies 3
  87. 87 Shirley 101 babies 3
  88. 88 Olive 100 babies 54
  89. 89 Catriona 99 babies =
  90. 90 Jean 96 babies 1
  91. 91 Ashling 93 babies 19
  92. 92 Annette 88 babies 12
  93. 93 Ellen 88 babies 3
  94. 94 Frances 88 babies 18
  95. 95 Hazel 87 babies 2
  96. 96 Samantha 86 babies 4
  97. 97 Tanya 86 babies 1
  98. 98 Eimear 85 babies 21
  99. 99 Victoria 84 babies 8
  100. 100 Helena 83 babies 14

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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