Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1978

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 2,280 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,637 babies =
  3. 3 Paul 1,343 babies 2
  4. 4 Michael 1,327 babies 1
  5. 5 Patrick 1,166 babies 1
  6. 6 James 949 babies =
  7. 7 Mark 919 babies 1
  8. 8 Brian 857 babies 1
  9. 9 Thomas 811 babies =
  10. 10 Stephen 710 babies =
  11. 11 Alan 674 babies =
  12. 12 Robert 555 babies 4
  13. 13 Martin 536 babies =
  14. 14 Kevin 496 babies =
  15. 15 Anthony 484 babies 3
  16. 16 William 458 babies 1
  17. 17 Gerard 415 babies 1
  18. 18 Shane 413 babies 1
  19. 19 Peter 409 babies =
  20. 20 Barry 407 babies 5
  21. 21 Brendan 393 babies 1
  22. 22 Keith 381 babies 1
  23. 23 Joseph 374 babies 3
  24. 24 Andrew 366 babies 5
  25. 25 Niall 362 babies 2
  26. 26 Declan 349 babies 2
  27. 27 Richard 342 babies 1
  28. 28 Derek 324 babies 1
  29. 29 Daniel 322 babies 2
  30. 30 Philip 314 babies 7
  31. 31 Darren 285 babies 3
  32. 32 Edward 281 babies 3
  33. 33 Jonathan 277 babies 15
  34. 34 Sean 275 babies 6
  35. 35 Colm 268 babies 15
  36. 36 Ian 264 babies 4
  37. 37 Jason 264 babies 7
  38. 38 Kenneth 249 babies =
  39. 39 Ronan 248 babies 1
  40. 40 Gavin 246 babies 7
  41. 41 Kieran 241 babies 5
  42. 42 Noel 241 babies 3
  43. 43 Adrian 227 babies 6
  44. 44 Conor 224 babies 1
  45. 45 Colin 223 babies 2
  46. 46 Ciaran 222 babies 5
  47. 47 Aidan 221 babies 3
  48. 48 Francis 217 babies 3
  49. 49 Damien 215 babies 7
  50. 50 Eoin 211 babies 9
  51. 51 Raymond 210 babies 10
  52. 52 Christopher 206 babies 6
  53. 53 Trevor 205 babies 1
  54. 54 Graham 185 babies 4
  55. 55 Neil 180 babies 5
  56. 56 Liam 177 babies =
  57. 57 Denis 173 babies 3
  58. 58 Dermot 171 babies 1
  59. 59 Gary 168 babies 5
  60. 60 Timothy 167 babies 7
  61. 61 Donal 152 babies 6
  62. 62 Seamus 144 babies 1
  63. 63 Padraig 142 babies 6
  64. 64 Damian 136 babies 1
  65. 65 Vincent 134 babies 6
  66. 66 Karl 133 babies 15
  67. 67 Simon 133 babies =
  68. 68 Owen 128 babies 5
  69. 69 Rory 125 babies 1
  70. 70 Enda 117 babies 4
  71. 71 Cathal 112 babies 1
  72. 72 Matthew 111 babies 8
  73. 73 Wayne 107 babies 5
  74. 74 Gareth 105 babies 10
  75. 75 Fergal 104 babies 5
  76. 76 Eamonn 103 babies 1
  77. 77 Bernard 96 babies 12
  78. 78 Maurice 90 babies 4
  79. 79 Desmond 87 babies 3
  80. 80 Stuart 87 babies 20
  81. 81 Oliver 84 babies 7
  82. 82 Cormac 83 babies 13
  83. 83 Ross 82 babies 6
  84. 84 Nigel 81 babies 2
  85. 85 Darragh 80 babies 6
  86. 86 Laurence 80 babies 1
  87. 87 Garrett 75 babies =
  88. 88 Gregory 75 babies 5
  89. 89 Nicholas 75 babies 12
  90. 90 Terence 75 babies 11
  91. 91 Charles 73 babies 3
  92. 92 Hugh 73 babies 4
  93. 93 Garry 72 babies 4
  94. 94 Cornelius 69 babies 15
  95. 95 Jeremiah 69 babies 1
  96. 96 Wesley 69 babies 34
  97. 97 Eric 68 babies 6
  98. 98 Emmet 67 babies 16
  99. 99 Bryan 65 babies 1
  100. 100 George 64 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 1,005 babies =
  2. 2 Michelle 650 babies 2
  3. 3 Sinead 629 babies 1
  4. 4 Catherine 628 babies 1
  5. 5 Caroline 578 babies 1
  6. 6 Jennifer 535 babies 4
  7. 7 Fiona 507 babies 2
  8. 8 Deirdre 499 babies 1
  9. 9 Karen 482 babies 4
  10. 10 Lisa 466 babies 5
  11. 11 Sarah 463 babies 1
  12. 12 Margaret 449 babies 4
  13. 13 Louise 434 babies 11
  14. 14 Niamh 431 babies =
  15. 15 Elaine 426 babies 4
  16. 16 Lorraine 418 babies 5
  17. 17 Elizabeth 410 babies 1
  18. 18 Claire 404 babies 5
  19. 19 Sharon 394 babies 6
  20. 20 Ann 386 babies 2
  21. 21 Linda 371 babies 4
  22. 22 Anne 364 babies 2
  23. 23 Nicola 362 babies 2
  24. 24 Emma 348 babies 6
  25. 25 Susan 343 babies 6
  26. 26 Patricia 323 babies 4
  27. 27 Laura 311 babies 8
  28. 28 Gillian 306 babies 1
  29. 29 Orla 305 babies 4
  30. 30 Siobhan 304 babies 1
  31. 31 Aoife 290 babies 5
  32. 32 Yvonne 278 babies 6
  33. 33 Sandra 277 babies 4
  34. 34 Marie 269 babies 3
  35. 35 Denise 263 babies 7
  36. 36 Amanda 259 babies 7
  37. 37 Martina 251 babies 9
  38. 38 Ciara 249 babies 2
  39. 39 Joanne 242 babies 7
  40. 40 Paula 240 babies 15
  41. 41 Helen 227 babies 7
  42. 42 Maria 227 babies 4
  43. 43 Suzanne 224 babies 3
  44. 44 Aisling 222 babies 3
  45. 45 Carol 210 babies 4
  46. 46 Bridget 197 babies 1
  47. 47 Sabrina 194 babies 8
  48. 48 Geraldine 188 babies 7
  49. 49 Deborah 187 babies 1
  50. 50 Edel 187 babies 6
  51. 51 Jacqueline 185 babies 2
  52. 52 Julie 182 babies 1
  53. 53 Rachel 181 babies 1
  54. 54 Ruth 172 babies 10
  55. 55 Angela 167 babies 6
  56. 56 Grainne 167 babies 1
  57. 57 Aine 161 babies 3
  58. 58 Kathleen 160 babies 7
  59. 59 Emer 159 babies 3
  60. 60 Olivia 154 babies 8
  61. 61 Mairead 150 babies 3
  62. 62 Eileen 148 babies 1
  63. 63 Bernadette 144 babies 13
  64. 64 Clare 143 babies 5
  65. 65 Alison 140 babies 1
  66. 66 Valerie 131 babies 4
  67. 67 Anna 129 babies 5
  68. 68 Audrey 128 babies 4
  69. 69 Jane 127 babies 5
  70. 70 Tracey 126 babies 2
  71. 71 Roisin 125 babies 20
  72. 72 Tracy 124 babies 3
  73. 73 Pauline 123 babies 17
  74. 74 Barbara 122 babies 3
  75. 75 Teresa 119 babies 2
  76. 76 Tara 117 babies 9
  77. 77 Donna 114 babies 39
  78. 78 Christina 112 babies 3
  79. 79 Brenda 107 babies 16
  80. 80 Sheila 104 babies 2
  81. 81 Caitriona 102 babies 17
  82. 82 Annette 97 babies 20
  83. 83 Christine 96 babies 39
  84. 84 Carmel 95 babies 8
  85. 85 Evelyn 92 babies 29
  86. 86 Gemma 91 babies 4
  87. 87 Jean 91 babies 19
  88. 88 Helena 89 babies 9
  89. 89 Georgina 88 babies 14
  90. 90 Colette 87 babies 15
  91. 91 Rebecca 87 babies 3
  92. 92 Ashling 85 babies 5
  93. 93 Andrea 84 babies =
  94. 94 Ellen 84 babies 6
  95. 95 Lynn 84 babies 34
  96. 96 Nora 84 babies 15
  97. 97 Pamela 84 babies 12
  98. 98 Eimear 83 babies 2
  99. 99 Josephine 83 babies 15
  100. 100 Lorna 83 babies 8

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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