Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1982

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 1,965 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,683 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,254 babies =
  4. 4 Patrick 1,107 babies =
  5. 5 Paul 1,107 babies =
  6. 6 James 1,034 babies =
  7. 7 Stephen 1,017 babies 1
  8. 8 Brian 835 babies 1
  9. 9 Thomas 828 babies =
  10. 10 Mark 784 babies =
  11. 11 Alan 733 babies =
  12. 12 Robert 661 babies =
  13. 13 Kevin 596 babies =
  14. 14 Shane 558 babies =
  15. 15 Martin 524 babies =
  16. 16 Anthony 493 babies 1
  17. 17 William 478 babies 1
  18. 18 Jonathan 475 babies =
  19. 19 Peter 458 babies =
  20. 20 Andrew 456 babies 6
  21. 21 Joseph 449 babies 1
  22. 22 Barry 443 babies 5
  23. 23 Sean 443 babies 3
  24. 24 Gerard 408 babies 1
  25. 25 Niall 403 babies 1
  26. 26 Daniel 395 babies 5
  27. 27 Keith 383 babies 4
  28. 28 Christopher 376 babies 12
  29. 29 Richard 372 babies 1
  30. 30 Brendan 365 babies 1
  31. 31 Ciaran 359 babies 8
  32. 32 Eoin 342 babies 3
  33. 33 Darren 334 babies 3
  34. 34 Damien 323 babies 3
  35. 35 Derek 321 babies 4
  36. 36 Conor 315 babies 2
  37. 37 Gary 308 babies 4
  38. 38 Declan 305 babies 8
  39. 39 Ian 289 babies 8
  40. 40 Philip 289 babies 2
  41. 41 Ronan 281 babies 9
  42. 42 Jason 267 babies 3
  43. 43 Colm 260 babies 2
  44. 44 Edward 252 babies 2
  45. 45 Kieran 245 babies 2
  46. 46 Aidan 240 babies =
  47. 47 Noel 237 babies 1
  48. 48 Kenneth 216 babies 4
  49. 49 Colin 198 babies 4
  50. 50 Liam 192 babies 1
  51. 51 Gavin 184 babies 2
  52. 52 Donal 178 babies 8
  53. 53 Adrian 174 babies 9
  54. 54 Francis 173 babies 4
  55. 55 Denis 165 babies 1
  56. 56 Neil 162 babies 8
  57. 57 Raymond 160 babies =
  58. 58 Timothy 157 babies 4
  59. 59 Rory 155 babies 13
  60. 60 Seamus 152 babies 6
  61. 61 Dermot 151 babies 2
  62. 62 Trevor 151 babies 4
  63. 63 Graham 144 babies 2
  64. 64 Simon 141 babies 1
  65. 65 Padraig 137 babies 13
  66. 66 Cathal 134 babies 8
  67. 67 Matthew 133 babies 8
  68. 68 Ross 132 babies 1
  69. 69 Karl 118 babies 1
  70. 70 Owen 117 babies 8
  71. 71 Bernard 116 babies 5
  72. 72 Darragh 116 babies 5
  73. 73 Wayne 116 babies 4
  74. 74 Steven 113 babies 5
  75. 75 Vincent 113 babies 12
  76. 76 Enda 107 babies 3
  77. 77 Eamonn 101 babies 6
  78. 78 Damian 100 babies 10
  79. 79 Cormac 99 babies 3
  80. 80 Adam 98 babies 8
  81. 81 Gareth 89 babies 26
  82. 82 Eoghan 84 babies 13
  83. 83 Fergal 84 babies =
  84. 84 Garry 84 babies 1
  85. 85 Diarmuid 75 babies 14
  86. 86 Nicholas 75 babies 6
  87. 87 Desmond 73 babies 4
  88. 88 Eric 73 babies 6
  89. 89 Cian 72 babies =
  90. 90 Aaron 71 babies 8
  91. 91 Terence 69 babies 14
  92. 92 Micheal 68 babies 5
  93. 93 Charles 66 babies 1
  94. 94 Eugene 66 babies 8
  95. 95 Hugh 64 babies 11
  96. 96 Eamon 62 babies 22
  97. 97 Stuart 62 babies 22
  98. 98 Luke 61 babies 12
  99. 99 Nigel 61 babies 5
  100. 100 Bryan 60 babies 10

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 822 babies =
  2. 2 Sarah 789 babies 1
  3. 3 Michelle 732 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 650 babies =
  5. 5 Lisa 649 babies =
  6. 6 Elaine 607 babies 7
  7. 7 Louise 601 babies 3
  8. 8 Emma 570 babies 1
  9. 9 Sinead 538 babies 3
  10. 10 Catherine 535 babies 2
  11. 11 Laura 531 babies 3
  12. 12 Claire 499 babies 4
  13. 13 Niamh 481 babies 2
  14. 14 Aoife 466 babies 1
  15. 15 Deirdre 463 babies 2
  16. 16 Karen 461 babies 7
  17. 17 Fiona 447 babies 1
  18. 18 Caroline 444 babies 6
  19. 19 Ciara 391 babies 3
  20. 20 Nicola 387 babies 3
  21. 21 Linda 364 babies 4
  22. 22 Anne 355 babies 4
  23. 23 Sharon 345 babies 5
  24. 24 Ann 342 babies 4
  25. 25 Margaret 338 babies 6
  26. 26 Lorraine 335 babies 5
  27. 27 Susan 307 babies 3
  28. 28 Siobhan 302 babies 1
  29. 29 Orla 298 babies 7
  30. 30 Elizabeth 295 babies 6
  31. 31 Aisling 281 babies 1
  32. 32 Marie 281 babies 1
  33. 33 Donna 272 babies 10
  34. 34 Joanne 269 babies 1
  35. 35 Patricia 262 babies 6
  36. 36 Maria 251 babies 2
  37. 37 Denise 236 babies 6
  38. 38 Edel 236 babies 11
  39. 39 Gillian 232 babies 1
  40. 40 Rachel 230 babies 1
  41. 41 Helen 228 babies =
  42. 42 Deborah 220 babies 4
  43. 43 Amanda 215 babies 2
  44. 44 Sandra 211 babies 2
  45. 45 Grainne 202 babies 9
  46. 46 Mairead 200 babies 7
  47. 47 Pamela 197 babies 10
  48. 48 Carol 195 babies 4
  49. 49 Eimear 184 babies 16
  50. 50 Yvonne 183 babies 6
  51. 51 Amy 181 babies 21
  52. 52 Clare 173 babies 6
  53. 53 Aine 169 babies 2
  54. 54 Emer 167 babies 8
  55. 55 Martina 167 babies 9
  56. 56 Suzanne 166 babies 1
  57. 57 Paula 161 babies 10
  58. 58 Rebecca 161 babies 10
  59. 59 Roisin 161 babies 2
  60. 60 Ruth 159 babies 12
  61. 61 Bridget 156 babies 11
  62. 62 Kathleen 146 babies 2
  63. 63 Eileen 144 babies 14
  64. 64 Jacqueline 143 babies 7
  65. 65 Anna 142 babies 1
  66. 66 Grace 142 babies 28
  67. 67 Gemma 139 babies 4
  68. 68 Geraldine 134 babies 2
  69. 69 Julie 134 babies 13
  70. 70 Alison 130 babies 7
  71. 71 Tracey 130 babies 4
  72. 72 Lorna 124 babies 11
  73. 73 Tara 124 babies 8
  74. 74 Bernadette 123 babies 15
  75. 75 Caitriona 121 babies =
  76. 76 Catriona 119 babies 6
  77. 77 Jane 117 babies 8
  78. 78 Jessica 114 babies 33
  79. 79 Tracy 113 babies 6
  80. 80 Audrey 102 babies 2
  81. 81 Christina 102 babies 5
  82. 82 Angela 101 babies 2
  83. 83 Stephanie 99 babies 10
  84. 84 Olivia 98 babies 6
  85. 85 Teresa 98 babies 11
  86. 86 Anita 97 babies 3
  87. 87 Ellen 97 babies 2
  88. 88 Christine 95 babies 4
  89. 89 Natalie 94 babies 48
  90. 90 Andrea 93 babies 5
  91. 91 Emily 93 babies 4
  92. 92 Maeve 91 babies 10
  93. 93 Victoria 91 babies 10
  94. 94 Valerie 90 babies 8
  95. 95 Noreen 89 babies 19
  96. 96 Katherine 87 babies 17
  97. 97 Pauline 85 babies 1
  98. 98 Kim 84 babies 29
  99. 99 Melissa 83 babies 8
  100. 100 Carmel 81 babies 4

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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