Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1977

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 2,086 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,571 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,349 babies =
  4. 4 Patrick 1,227 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,114 babies =
  6. 6 James 927 babies =
  7. 7 Brian 865 babies 2
  8. 8 Mark 864 babies 1
  9. 9 Thomas 770 babies 1
  10. 10 Stephen 704 babies =
  11. 11 Alan 679 babies =
  12. 12 Anthony 542 babies 2
  13. 13 Martin 535 babies =
  14. 14 Kevin 522 babies 2
  15. 15 William 497 babies 3
  16. 16 Robert 470 babies 1
  17. 17 Shane 468 babies 2
  18. 18 Gerard 443 babies 2
  19. 19 Peter 415 babies 4
  20. 20 Joseph 411 babies 2
  21. 21 Keith 389 babies 3
  22. 22 Brendan 384 babies 3
  23. 23 Niall 370 babies 2
  24. 24 Declan 362 babies 3
  25. 25 Barry 348 babies 1
  26. 26 Richard 348 babies 2
  27. 27 Derek 338 babies 1
  28. 28 Sean 338 babies 6
  29. 29 Andrew 318 babies 8
  30. 30 Jason 317 babies 3
  31. 31 Daniel 316 babies 1
  32. 32 Ian 314 babies 1
  33. 33 Gavin 299 babies 25
  34. 34 Darren 294 babies 2
  35. 35 Edward 270 babies 3
  36. 36 Kieran 266 babies 5
  37. 37 Philip 266 babies 3
  38. 38 Kenneth 260 babies 7
  39. 39 Noel 256 babies 10
  40. 40 Ronan 244 babies 8
  41. 41 Raymond 241 babies 6
  42. 42 Damien 239 babies 3
  43. 43 Conor 232 babies 6
  44. 44 Aidan 227 babies 6
  45. 45 Francis 226 babies 3
  46. 46 Christopher 225 babies 1
  47. 47 Colin 224 babies 4
  48. 48 Jonathan 222 babies 5
  49. 49 Adrian 219 babies 3
  50. 50 Colm 219 babies 6
  51. 51 Ciaran 207 babies 2
  52. 52 Trevor 200 babies =
  53. 53 Timothy 190 babies 1
  54. 54 Denis 183 babies 4
  55. 55 Donal 178 babies =
  56. 56 Liam 175 babies =
  57. 57 Dermot 170 babies =
  58. 58 Graham 160 babies 6
  59. 59 Eoin 157 babies 7
  60. 60 Neil 157 babies 17
  61. 61 Seamus 157 babies 4
  62. 62 Wesley 155 babies 116
  63. 63 Damian 146 babies 4
  64. 64 Gary 143 babies 3
  65. 65 Bernard 139 babies 8
  66. 66 Enda 136 babies 1
  67. 67 Simon 135 babies 5
  68. 68 Rory 130 babies 7
  69. 69 Padraig 123 babies 3
  70. 70 Fergal 122 babies 7
  71. 71 Vincent 122 babies 11
  72. 72 Cathal 119 babies 2
  73. 73 Owen 104 babies 4
  74. 74 Oliver 102 babies 35
  75. 75 Eamonn 101 babies 7
  76. 76 Desmond 100 babies 4
  77. 77 Nicholas 99 babies 11
  78. 78 Wayne 95 babies 8
  79. 79 Cornelius 92 babies 15
  80. 80 Matthew 92 babies 9
  81. 81 Karl 91 babies 3
  82. 82 Maurice 86 babies 2
  83. 83 Eugene 85 babies 2
  84. 84 Gareth 83 babies 22
  85. 85 Laurence 83 babies 11
  86. 86 Nigel 83 babies 10
  87. 87 Garrett 76 babies 16
  88. 88 Charles 75 babies 5
  89. 89 Ross 75 babies 1
  90. 90 Gordon 73 babies 7
  91. 91 Darragh 72 babies 4
  92. 92 Diarmuid 72 babies 10
  93. 93 Gregory 71 babies 2
  94. 94 Jeremiah 71 babies 5
  95. 95 Cormac 70 babies 9
  96. 96 Hugh 70 babies 5
  97. 97 Garry 69 babies 1
  98. 98 Bryan 68 babies 7
  99. 99 Eamon 68 babies 2
  100. 100 Stuart 68 babies 15

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 972 babies =
  2. 2 Sinead 694 babies =
  3. 3 Catherine 693 babies =
  4. 4 Michelle 594 babies =
  5. 5 Karen 570 babies 2
  6. 6 Caroline 563 babies 1
  7. 7 Deirdre 540 babies 2
  8. 8 Margaret 463 babies 2
  9. 9 Fiona 460 babies 1
  10. 10 Jennifer 451 babies 2
  11. 11 Elaine 430 babies 3
  12. 12 Sarah 413 babies 5
  13. 13 Sharon 394 babies =
  14. 14 Niamh 390 babies 2
  15. 15 Lisa 382 babies 3
  16. 16 Elizabeth 381 babies 4
  17. 17 Linda 372 babies 2
  18. 18 Ann 364 babies 7
  19. 19 Susan 360 babies 1
  20. 20 Anne 356 babies 1
  21. 21 Lorraine 341 babies 2
  22. 22 Patricia 339 babies =
  23. 23 Claire 330 babies 5
  24. 24 Louise 330 babies 3
  25. 25 Nicola 320 babies 1
  26. 26 Yvonne 306 babies 4
  27. 27 Gillian 297 babies 6
  28. 28 Martina 287 babies 3
  29. 29 Sandra 285 babies 2
  30. 30 Emma 283 babies 6
  31. 31 Siobhan 283 babies 5
  32. 32 Joanne 282 babies 2
  33. 33 Orla 279 babies 2
  34. 34 Helen 264 babies 2
  35. 35 Laura 263 babies 7
  36. 36 Aoife 252 babies 10
  37. 37 Marie 243 babies 8
  38. 38 Maria 237 babies =
  39. 39 Sabrina 229 babies 547
  40. 40 Ciara 222 babies 1
  41. 41 Geraldine 211 babies 3
  42. 42 Denise 208 babies 5
  43. 43 Amanda 205 babies =
  44. 44 Ruth 201 babies 10
  45. 45 Bridget 200 babies 6
  46. 46 Suzanne 198 babies 1
  47. 47 Aisling 197 babies 2
  48. 48 Deborah 187 babies 3
  49. 49 Carol 184 babies 1
  50. 50 Bernadette 179 babies 6
  51. 51 Julie 178 babies 9
  52. 52 Olivia 175 babies 27
  53. 53 Jacqueline 169 babies 2
  54. 54 Rachel 166 babies 14
  55. 55 Paula 164 babies 4
  56. 56 Edel 161 babies 8
  57. 57 Grainne 161 babies =
  58. 58 Mairead 154 babies 10
  59. 59 Clare 150 babies 6
  60. 60 Aine 149 babies 4
  61. 61 Angela 149 babies 6
  62. 62 Emer 146 babies 18
  63. 63 Eileen 145 babies 10
  64. 64 Audrey 143 babies 12
  65. 65 Kathleen 142 babies 7
  66. 66 Alison 140 babies 7
  67. 67 Tara 139 babies 5
  68. 68 Tracey 131 babies 8
  69. 69 Tracy 131 babies 36
  70. 70 Valerie 131 babies =
  71. 71 Barbara 126 babies 4
  72. 72 Anna 125 babies 3
  73. 73 Teresa 125 babies 1
  74. 74 Jane 124 babies 3
  75. 75 Colette 114 babies 9
  76. 76 Carmel 110 babies 15
  77. 77 Catriona 109 babies 12
  78. 78 Sheila 108 babies 4
  79. 79 Helena 104 babies 21
  80. 80 Maeve 104 babies 50
  81. 81 Christina 101 babies =
  82. 82 Gemma 101 babies 39
  83. 83 Anita 99 babies 9
  84. 84 Josephine 97 babies 9
  85. 85 Clodagh 96 babies 28
  86. 86 Tanya 96 babies 11
  87. 87 Ashling 95 babies 4
  88. 88 Ellen 95 babies 5
  89. 89 Noreen 94 babies 13
  90. 90 Pauline 93 babies 13
  91. 91 Roisin 93 babies 12
  92. 92 Lorna 91 babies 14
  93. 93 Andrea 90 babies 9
  94. 94 Rebecca 90 babies 13
  95. 95 Brenda 89 babies 10
  96. 96 Eimear 87 babies 2
  97. 97 Aileen 81 babies 14
  98. 98 Caitriona 81 babies 13
  99. 99 Irene 80 babies 29
  100. 100 Joan 79 babies 14

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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