Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1980

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 2,510 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,740 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,426 babies 1
  4. 4 Paul 1,262 babies 1
  5. 5 Patrick 1,218 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,087 babies =
  7. 7 Brian 944 babies =
  8. 8 Thomas 844 babies 1
  9. 9 Alan 815 babies 1
  10. 10 Mark 814 babies 2
  11. 11 Stephen 773 babies =
  12. 12 Robert 670 babies =
  13. 13 Kevin 568 babies =
  14. 14 William 541 babies 2
  15. 15 Shane 540 babies 3
  16. 16 Martin 506 babies 2
  17. 17 Peter 489 babies =
  18. 18 Anthony 483 babies 3
  19. 19 Keith 453 babies 1
  20. 20 Joseph 446 babies 1
  21. 21 Gerard 429 babies 1
  22. 22 Barry 423 babies 4
  23. 23 Jonathan 401 babies 9
  24. 24 Niall 393 babies 1
  25. 25 Daniel 373 babies 2
  26. 26 Brendan 372 babies 3
  27. 27 Darren 372 babies 8
  28. 28 Sean 370 babies =
  29. 29 Richard 365 babies 5
  30. 30 Andrew 359 babies 9
  31. 31 Ronan 356 babies 5
  32. 32 Declan 348 babies 2
  33. 33 Derek 348 babies 2
  34. 34 Eoin 346 babies 1
  35. 35 Damien 339 babies 4
  36. 36 Philip 336 babies 2
  37. 37 Jason 319 babies 8
  38. 38 Conor 299 babies 2
  39. 39 Gary 298 babies 11
  40. 40 Ciaran 297 babies 2
  41. 41 Kenneth 290 babies 5
  42. 42 Gareth 282 babies 15
  43. 43 Noel 282 babies =
  44. 44 Edward 272 babies 3
  45. 45 Ian 271 babies 8
  46. 46 Kieran 263 babies 8
  47. 47 Colin 260 babies 2
  48. 48 Christopher 255 babies 4
  49. 49 Colm 253 babies 1
  50. 50 Aidan 243 babies 3
  51. 51 Liam 231 babies 3
  52. 52 Gavin 230 babies =
  53. 53 Trevor 203 babies 2
  54. 54 Raymond 199 babies 2
  55. 55 Francis 192 babies 6
  56. 56 Karl 192 babies 2
  57. 57 Donal 186 babies 10
  58. 58 Denis 182 babies 5
  59. 59 Timothy 173 babies 2
  60. 60 Adrian 169 babies 9
  61. 61 Dermot 166 babies 7
  62. 62 Simon 163 babies 1
  63. 63 Graham 162 babies 4
  64. 64 Padraig 157 babies =
  65. 65 Neil 137 babies 3
  66. 66 Damian 136 babies 6
  67. 67 Cathal 135 babies 7
  68. 68 Vincent 132 babies 1
  69. 69 Wayne 132 babies 3
  70. 70 Ross 130 babies 12
  71. 71 Seamus 128 babies 6
  72. 72 Enda 122 babies 2
  73. 73 Eamonn 116 babies 2
  74. 74 Rory 115 babies 1
  75. 75 Bernard 113 babies 2
  76. 76 Matthew 110 babies 4
  77. 77 Cormac 104 babies 3
  78. 78 Owen 102 babies 2
  79. 79 Garry 98 babies 23
  80. 80 Charles 87 babies 18
  81. 81 Fergal 85 babies 2
  82. 82 Hugh 85 babies 2
  83. 83 Nicholas 84 babies 2
  84. 84 Laurence 82 babies 4
  85. 85 Maurice 82 babies 9
  86. 86 Desmond 81 babies 1
  87. 87 Cornelius 76 babies 3
  88. 88 Darragh 76 babies 9
  89. 89 Eoghan 75 babies 16
  90. 90 Eric 73 babies 3
  91. 91 Jeremiah 73 babies 9
  92. 92 Nigel 72 babies 14
  93. 93 Bryan 71 babies =
  94. 94 Oliver 70 babies 2
  95. 95 Diarmuid 69 babies 15
  96. 96 George 68 babies 3
  97. 97 Eugene 67 babies 12
  98. 98 Steven 64 babies 7
  99. 99 Terence 63 babies 4
  100. 100 Gregory 62 babies 8

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 964 babies =
  2. 2 Sarah 653 babies 5
  3. 3 Michelle 649 babies 1
  4. 4 Catherine 633 babies =
  5. 5 Louise 598 babies 11
  6. 6 Lisa 586 babies =
  7. 7 Caroline 573 babies 4
  8. 8 Sinead 561 babies 3
  9. 9 Jennifer 553 babies 1
  10. 10 Karen 549 babies 1
  11. 11 Emma 525 babies =
  12. 12 Elaine 507 babies 5
  13. 13 Fiona 499 babies 1
  14. 14 Niamh 492 babies 1
  15. 15 Deirdre 464 babies 7
  16. 16 Claire 458 babies 8
  17. 17 Laura 446 babies 1
  18. 18 Lorraine 440 babies 4
  19. 19 Margaret 420 babies 3
  20. 20 Sharon 381 babies 5
  21. 21 Elizabeth 364 babies 2
  22. 22 Orla 361 babies 8
  23. 23 Anne 356 babies 3
  24. 24 Ann 355 babies 4
  25. 25 Ciara 352 babies 7
  26. 26 Nicola 352 babies 1
  27. 27 Linda 347 babies 8
  28. 28 Aoife 344 babies 7
  29. 29 Susan 335 babies 1
  30. 30 Pamela 330 babies 11
  31. 31 Patricia 327 babies 5
  32. 32 Joanne 319 babies 3
  33. 33 Siobhan 314 babies 2
  34. 34 Paula 300 babies 19
  35. 35 Sandra 283 babies 1
  36. 36 Denise 279 babies 3
  37. 37 Amanda 275 babies 6
  38. 38 Marie 272 babies 5
  39. 39 Yvonne 263 babies 1
  40. 40 Aisling 258 babies 3
  41. 41 Gillian 257 babies 10
  42. 42 Maria 248 babies 2
  43. 43 Helen 243 babies 1
  44. 44 Martina 242 babies 2
  45. 45 Carol 229 babies 7
  46. 46 Edel 225 babies 1
  47. 47 Aine 213 babies 6
  48. 48 Deborah 211 babies 2
  49. 49 Rachel 201 babies =
  50. 50 Grainne 195 babies 6
  51. 51 Bridget 184 babies 3
  52. 52 Donna 184 babies 25
  53. 53 Eimear 181 babies 21
  54. 54 Ruth 180 babies 2
  55. 55 Bernadette 176 babies 5
  56. 56 Geraldine 174 babies 3
  57. 57 Suzanne 172 babies 9
  58. 58 Clare 171 babies 1
  59. 59 Jacqueline 170 babies 8
  60. 60 Mairead 162 babies 4
  61. 61 Tracey 156 babies 6
  62. 62 Kathleen 150 babies 1
  63. 63 Emer 147 babies 1
  64. 64 Julie 145 babies 9
  65. 65 Pauline 144 babies 20
  66. 66 Eileen 140 babies 9
  67. 67 Alison 137 babies 4
  68. 68 Audrey 137 babies =
  69. 69 Tracy 132 babies 9
  70. 70 Anna 131 babies 4
  71. 71 Roisin 127 babies 10
  72. 72 Angela 124 babies 4
  73. 73 Catriona 124 babies 15
  74. 74 Rebecca 121 babies 26
  75. 75 Amy 120 babies 28
  76. 76 Lorna 120 babies 15
  77. 77 Sabrina 117 babies 6
  78. 78 Tara 116 babies 6
  79. 79 Teresa 116 babies 14
  80. 80 Christina 114 babies 11
  81. 81 Valerie 113 babies 6
  82. 82 Caitriona 112 babies 3
  83. 83 Jane 106 babies 13
  84. 84 Christine 105 babies 1
  85. 85 Ellen 105 babies 23
  86. 86 Gemma 105 babies 4
  87. 87 Emily 104 babies 6
  88. 88 Andrea 103 babies 2
  89. 89 Carmel 102 babies 6
  90. 90 Olivia 102 babies 17
  91. 91 Jean 98 babies 11
  92. 92 Colette 96 babies 6
  93. 93 Miriam 94 babies 13
  94. 94 Melissa 93 babies 15
  95. 95 Aileen 92 babies 9
  96. 96 Barbara 92 babies 12
  97. 97 Leona 90 babies 29
  98. 98 Stephanie 90 babies 19
  99. 99 Victoria 90 babies 2
  100. 100 Helena 88 babies 1

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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