Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1981

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 2,071 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,633 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,320 babies =
  4. 4 Patrick 1,217 babies 1
  5. 5 Paul 1,110 babies 1
  6. 6 James 1,098 babies =
  7. 7 Brian 907 babies =
  8. 8 Stephen 826 babies 3
  9. 9 Thomas 823 babies 1
  10. 10 Mark 789 babies =
  11. 11 Alan 785 babies 2
  12. 12 Robert 658 babies =
  13. 13 Kevin 590 babies =
  14. 14 Shane 538 babies 1
  15. 15 Martin 501 babies 1
  16. 16 William 487 babies 2
  17. 17 Anthony 486 babies 1
  18. 18 Jonathan 476 babies 5
  19. 19 Peter 467 babies 2
  20. 20 Sean 445 babies 8
  21. 21 Daniel 431 babies 4
  22. 22 Joseph 426 babies 2
  23. 23 Keith 411 babies 4
  24. 24 Niall 410 babies =
  25. 25 Gerard 408 babies 4
  26. 26 Andrew 394 babies 4
  27. 27 Barry 384 babies 5
  28. 28 Richard 360 babies 1
  29. 29 Brendan 343 babies 3
  30. 30 Declan 343 babies 2
  31. 31 Derek 332 babies 2
  32. 32 Ronan 331 babies 1
  33. 33 Gary 322 babies 6
  34. 34 Conor 319 babies 4
  35. 35 Eoin 312 babies 1
  36. 36 Darren 307 babies 9
  37. 37 Damien 306 babies 2
  38. 38 Philip 291 babies 2
  39. 39 Ciaran 288 babies 1
  40. 40 Christopher 276 babies 8
  41. 41 Colm 275 babies 8
  42. 42 Edward 260 babies 2
  43. 43 Kieran 260 babies 3
  44. 44 Kenneth 255 babies 3
  45. 45 Jason 253 babies 8
  46. 46 Aidan 240 babies 4
  47. 47 Ian 239 babies 2
  48. 48 Noel 235 babies 5
  49. 49 Gavin 205 babies 3
  50. 50 Francis 204 babies 5
  51. 51 Liam 197 babies =
  52. 52 Padraig 193 babies 12
  53. 53 Colin 190 babies 6
  54. 54 Timothy 190 babies 5
  55. 55 Gareth 179 babies 13
  56. 56 Denis 174 babies 2
  57. 57 Raymond 169 babies 3
  58. 58 Trevor 166 babies 5
  59. 59 Dermot 164 babies 2
  60. 60 Donal 161 babies 3
  61. 61 Graham 156 babies 2
  62. 62 Adrian 151 babies 2
  63. 63 Vincent 145 babies 5
  64. 64 Neil 144 babies 1
  65. 65 Simon 144 babies 3
  66. 66 Seamus 143 babies 5
  67. 67 Ross 137 babies 3
  68. 68 Damian 133 babies 2
  69. 69 Wayne 133 babies =
  70. 70 Karl 132 babies 14
  71. 71 Eamonn 129 babies 2
  72. 72 Rory 124 babies 2
  73. 73 Enda 116 babies 1
  74. 74 Cathal 115 babies 7
  75. 75 Matthew 114 babies 1
  76. 76 Bernard 111 babies 1
  77. 77 Darragh 108 babies 11
  78. 78 Owen 102 babies =
  79. 79 Steven 100 babies 19
  80. 80 Nicholas 89 babies 3
  81. 81 Maurice 85 babies 4
  82. 82 Cormac 83 babies 5
  83. 83 Fergal 82 babies 2
  84. 84 Hugh 82 babies 2
  85. 85 Garry 81 babies 6
  86. 86 Eugene 80 babies 11
  87. 87 Emmet 75 babies 23
  88. 88 Adam 74 babies 13
  89. 89 Cian 71 babies 14
  90. 90 Bryan 70 babies 3
  91. 91 Desmond 69 babies 5
  92. 92 Charles 67 babies 12
  93. 93 Justin 67 babies 9
  94. 94 Eric 66 babies 4
  95. 95 Eoghan 63 babies 6
  96. 96 Jeremiah 63 babies 5
  97. 97 Micheal 63 babies 44
  98. 98 Aaron 62 babies 6
  99. 99 Diarmuid 61 babies 4
  100. 100 Oliver 61 babies 6

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 882 babies =
  2. 2 Michelle 702 babies 1
  3. 3 Sarah 696 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 635 babies 5
  5. 5 Lisa 629 babies 1
  6. 6 Sinead 610 babies 2
  7. 7 Emma 568 babies 4
  8. 8 Catherine 535 babies 4
  9. 9 Karen 530 babies 1
  10. 10 Louise 528 babies 5
  11. 11 Niamh 501 babies 3
  12. 12 Caroline 491 babies 5
  13. 13 Elaine 489 babies 1
  14. 14 Laura 488 babies 3
  15. 15 Aoife 471 babies 13
  16. 16 Claire 457 babies =
  17. 17 Deirdre 456 babies 2
  18. 18 Fiona 442 babies 5
  19. 19 Margaret 399 babies =
  20. 20 Ann 379 babies 4
  21. 21 Lorraine 376 babies 3
  22. 22 Ciara 363 babies 3
  23. 23 Nicola 359 babies 3
  24. 24 Elizabeth 332 babies 3
  25. 25 Linda 332 babies 2
  26. 26 Anne 318 babies 3
  27. 27 Siobhan 318 babies 6
  28. 28 Sharon 308 babies 8
  29. 29 Patricia 306 babies 2
  30. 30 Susan 304 babies 1
  31. 31 Denise 303 babies 5
  32. 32 Aisling 285 babies 8
  33. 33 Marie 274 babies 5
  34. 34 Maria 265 babies 8
  35. 35 Joanne 263 babies 3
  36. 36 Orla 261 babies 14
  37. 37 Pamela 256 babies 7
  38. 38 Deborah 248 babies 10
  39. 39 Rachel 229 babies 10
  40. 40 Gillian 227 babies 1
  41. 41 Helen 227 babies 2
  42. 42 Sandra 225 babies 7
  43. 43 Donna 224 babies 9
  44. 44 Yvonne 219 babies 5
  45. 45 Amanda 207 babies 8
  46. 46 Martina 203 babies 2
  47. 47 Paula 199 babies 13
  48. 48 Ruth 199 babies 6
  49. 49 Edel 195 babies 3
  50. 50 Bridget 192 babies 1
  51. 51 Aine 184 babies 4
  52. 52 Carol 183 babies 7
  53. 53 Mairead 180 babies 7
  54. 54 Grainne 176 babies 4
  55. 55 Suzanne 168 babies 2
  56. 56 Julie 166 babies 8
  57. 57 Jacqueline 165 babies 2
  58. 58 Clare 159 babies =
  59. 59 Bernadette 158 babies 4
  60. 60 Kathleen 150 babies 2
  61. 61 Roisin 150 babies 10
  62. 62 Emer 147 babies 1
  63. 63 Alison 144 babies 4
  64. 64 Anna 138 babies 6
  65. 65 Eimear 136 babies 12
  66. 66 Geraldine 136 babies 10
  67. 67 Tracey 135 babies 6
  68. 68 Rebecca 133 babies 6
  69. 69 Jane 125 babies 14
  70. 70 Catriona 123 babies 3
  71. 71 Gemma 123 babies 15
  72. 72 Amy 122 babies 3
  73. 73 Tracy 118 babies 4
  74. 74 Teresa 116 babies 5
  75. 75 Caitriona 115 babies 7
  76. 76 Christina 112 babies 4
  77. 77 Eileen 112 babies 11
  78. 78 Audrey 111 babies 10
  79. 79 Barbara 111 babies 17
  80. 80 Angela 110 babies 8
  81. 81 Tara 108 babies 3
  82. 82 Maeve 106 babies 20
  83. 83 Lorna 103 babies 7
  84. 84 Tanya 102 babies 20
  85. 85 Ellen 101 babies =
  86. 86 Valerie 99 babies 5
  87. 87 Emily 94 babies =
  88. 88 Aileen 93 babies 7
  89. 89 Anita 93 babies 17
  90. 90 Olivia 92 babies =
  91. 91 Melissa 89 babies 3
  92. 92 Christine 87 babies 8
  93. 93 Stephanie 87 babies 5
  94. 94 Grace 86 babies 23
  95. 95 Andrea 83 babies 7
  96. 96 Carmel 83 babies 7
  97. 97 Sheila 83 babies 4
  98. 98 Pauline 82 babies 33
  99. 99 Miriam 81 babies 6
  100. 100 Helena 79 babies =

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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