Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1979

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 2,707 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,695 babies =
  3. 3 Paul 1,492 babies =
  4. 4 Michael 1,332 babies =
  5. 5 Patrick 1,227 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,023 babies =
  7. 7 Brian 895 babies 1
  8. 8 Mark 878 babies 1
  9. 9 Thomas 794 babies =
  10. 10 Alan 735 babies 1
  11. 11 Stephen 720 babies 1
  12. 12 Robert 579 babies =
  13. 13 Kevin 529 babies 1
  14. 14 Martin 502 babies 1
  15. 15 Anthony 482 babies =
  16. 16 William 457 babies =
  17. 17 Peter 447 babies 2
  18. 18 Shane 438 babies =
  19. 19 Joseph 421 babies 4
  20. 20 Keith 418 babies 2
  21. 21 Andrew 411 babies 3
  22. 22 Gerard 397 babies 5
  23. 23 Brendan 389 babies 2
  24. 24 Richard 385 babies 3
  25. 25 Niall 373 babies =
  26. 26 Barry 359 babies 6
  27. 27 Daniel 350 babies 2
  28. 28 Sean 346 babies 6
  29. 29 Jason 315 babies 8
  30. 30 Declan 310 babies 4
  31. 31 Derek 301 babies 3
  32. 32 Jonathan 290 babies 1
  33. 33 Eoin 289 babies 17
  34. 34 Philip 289 babies 4
  35. 35 Darren 283 babies 4
  36. 36 Ronan 277 babies 3
  37. 37 Ian 273 babies 1
  38. 38 Kieran 268 babies 3
  39. 39 Damien 262 babies 10
  40. 40 Conor 259 babies 4
  41. 41 Edward 254 babies 9
  42. 42 Ciaran 253 babies 4
  43. 43 Noel 250 babies 1
  44. 44 Christopher 249 babies 8
  45. 45 Colin 245 babies =
  46. 46 Kenneth 236 babies 8
  47. 47 Aidan 230 babies =
  48. 48 Colm 227 babies 13
  49. 49 Francis 214 babies 1
  50. 50 Gary 214 babies 9
  51. 51 Adrian 205 babies 8
  52. 52 Gavin 202 babies 12
  53. 53 Denis 187 babies 4
  54. 54 Liam 187 babies 2
  55. 55 Trevor 180 babies 2
  56. 56 Raymond 178 babies 5
  57. 57 Gareth 177 babies 17
  58. 58 Karl 175 babies 8
  59. 59 Graham 165 babies 5
  60. 60 Cathal 156 babies 11
  61. 61 Timothy 155 babies 1
  62. 62 Neil 153 babies 7
  63. 63 Simon 153 babies 4
  64. 64 Padraig 150 babies 1
  65. 65 Seamus 148 babies 3
  66. 66 Wayne 145 babies 7
  67. 67 Donal 144 babies 6
  68. 68 Dermot 135 babies 10
  69. 69 Vincent 133 babies 4
  70. 70 Enda 123 babies =
  71. 71 Eamonn 122 babies 5
  72. 72 Damian 117 babies 8
  73. 73 Rory 117 babies 4
  74. 74 Cormac 111 babies 8
  75. 75 Karol 110 babies
  76. 76 Owen 107 babies 8
  77. 77 Bernard 105 babies =
  78. 78 Nigel 101 babies 6
  79. 79 Darragh 98 babies 6
  80. 80 Matthew 98 babies 8
  81. 81 Nicholas 95 babies 8
  82. 82 Ross 94 babies 1
  83. 83 Fergal 91 babies 8
  84. 84 Hugh 88 babies 8
  85. 85 Desmond 84 babies 6
  86. 86 Stuart 81 babies 6
  87. 87 Eric 80 babies 10
  88. 88 Laurence 77 babies 2
  89. 89 Fergus 76 babies 16
  90. 90 Cornelius 75 babies 4
  91. 91 Steven 74 babies 19
  92. 92 Gregory 73 babies 4
  93. 93 Bryan 72 babies 6
  94. 94 Maurice 71 babies 16
  95. 95 Terence 71 babies 5
  96. 96 Oliver 68 babies 15
  97. 97 Justin 67 babies 5
  98. 98 Charles 64 babies 7
  99. 99 George 64 babies 1
  100. 100 Jeremiah 61 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 944 babies =
  2. 2 Michelle 650 babies =
  3. 3 Caroline 647 babies 2
  4. 4 Catherine 618 babies =
  5. 5 Sinead 594 babies 2
  6. 6 Lisa 536 babies 4
  7. 7 Sarah 506 babies 4
  8. 8 Deirdre 498 babies =
  9. 9 Karen 494 babies =
  10. 10 Jennifer 486 babies 4
  11. 11 Emma 480 babies 13
  12. 12 Fiona 469 babies 5
  13. 13 Niamh 469 babies 1
  14. 14 Lorraine 460 babies 2
  15. 15 Paula 453 babies 25
  16. 16 Louise 447 babies 3
  17. 17 Elaine 446 babies 2
  18. 18 Laura 395 babies 9
  19. 19 Linda 390 babies 2
  20. 20 Ann 380 babies =
  21. 21 Aoife 379 babies 10
  22. 22 Margaret 374 babies 10
  23. 23 Elizabeth 370 babies 6
  24. 24 Claire 369 babies 6
  25. 25 Sharon 368 babies 6
  26. 26 Anne 363 babies 4
  27. 27 Nicola 343 babies 4
  28. 28 Susan 332 babies 3
  29. 29 Joanne 319 babies 10
  30. 30 Orla 313 babies 1
  31. 31 Gillian 293 babies 3
  32. 32 Ciara 289 babies 6
  33. 33 Marie 287 babies 1
  34. 34 Sandra 282 babies 1
  35. 35 Siobhan 281 babies 5
  36. 36 Patricia 273 babies 10
  37. 37 Aisling 270 babies 7
  38. 38 Carol 268 babies 7
  39. 39 Denise 261 babies 4
  40. 40 Yvonne 244 babies 8
  41. 41 Pamela 242 babies 56
  42. 42 Helen 226 babies 1
  43. 43 Amanda 222 babies 7
  44. 44 Maria 218 babies 2
  45. 45 Pauline 216 babies 28
  46. 46 Martina 207 babies 9
  47. 47 Edel 198 babies 3
  48. 48 Suzanne 189 babies 5
  49. 49 Rachel 187 babies 4
  50. 50 Deborah 186 babies 1
  51. 51 Jacqueline 176 babies =
  52. 52 Ruth 176 babies 2
  53. 53 Aine 171 babies 4
  54. 54 Bridget 170 babies 8
  55. 55 Julie 168 babies 3
  56. 56 Grainne 163 babies =
  57. 57 Clare 162 babies 7
  58. 58 Catriona 158 babies 48
  59. 59 Geraldine 155 babies 11
  60. 60 Bernadette 152 babies 3
  61. 61 Kathleen 152 babies 3
  62. 62 Emer 149 babies 3
  63. 63 Alison 147 babies 2
  64. 64 Mairead 147 babies 3
  65. 65 Teresa 145 babies 10
  66. 66 Anna 140 babies 1
  67. 67 Tracey 139 babies 3
  68. 68 Audrey 137 babies =
  69. 69 Christina 132 babies 9
  70. 70 Jane 132 babies 1
  71. 71 Sabrina 130 babies 24
  72. 72 Tara 127 babies 4
  73. 73 Olivia 125 babies 13
  74. 74 Eimear 124 babies 24
  75. 75 Eileen 123 babies 13
  76. 76 Angela 120 babies 21
  77. 77 Donna 120 babies =
  78. 78 Tracy 120 babies 6
  79. 79 Caitriona 114 babies 2
  80. 80 Jean 111 babies 7
  81. 81 Roisin 107 babies 10
  82. 82 Gemma 106 babies 4
  83. 83 Carmel 104 babies 1
  84. 84 Barbara 103 babies 10
  85. 85 Christine 97 babies 2
  86. 86 Aileen 95 babies 17
  87. 87 Valerie 95 babies 21
  88. 88 Anita 94 babies 17
  89. 89 Jessica 94 babies 41
  90. 90 Andrea 93 babies 3
  91. 91 Lorna 92 babies 9
  92. 92 Maeve 92 babies 12
  93. 93 Emily 90 babies 40
  94. 94 Sheila 90 babies 14
  95. 95 Annette 86 babies 13
  96. 96 Ashling 84 babies 4
  97. 97 Victoria 83 babies 12
  98. 98 Colette 82 babies 8
  99. 99 Helena 82 babies 11
  100. 100 Rebecca 79 babies 9

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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