Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1983

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 1,710 babies =
  2. 2 David 1,631 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 1,174 babies =
  4. 4 Stephen 1,116 babies 3
  5. 5 Patrick 1,110 babies 1
  6. 6 James 993 babies =
  7. 7 Paul 965 babies 2
  8. 8 Mark 865 babies 2
  9. 9 Brian 747 babies 1
  10. 10 Thomas 707 babies 1
  11. 11 Alan 687 babies =
  12. 12 Shane 662 babies 2
  13. 13 Kevin 637 babies =
  14. 14 Robert 615 babies 2
  15. 15 Sean 464 babies 8
  16. 16 Daniel 455 babies 10
  17. 17 William 455 babies =
  18. 18 Joseph 453 babies 3
  19. 19 Keith 452 babies 8
  20. 20 Anthony 449 babies 4
  21. 21 Martin 448 babies 6
  22. 22 Peter 440 babies 3
  23. 23 Christopher 430 babies 5
  24. 24 Barry 409 babies 2
  25. 25 Jonathan 395 babies 7
  26. 26 Gerard 386 babies 2
  27. 27 Niall 379 babies 2
  28. 28 Andrew 377 babies 8
  29. 29 Darren 362 babies 4
  30. 30 Richard 348 babies 1
  31. 31 Eoin 334 babies 1
  32. 32 Gary 325 babies 5
  33. 33 Brendan 322 babies 3
  34. 34 Conor 309 babies 2
  35. 35 Ciaran 307 babies 4
  36. 36 Derek 277 babies 1
  37. 37 Damien 276 babies 3
  38. 38 Philip 272 babies 2
  39. 39 Ronan 271 babies 2
  40. 40 Declan 269 babies 2
  41. 41 Ian 267 babies 2
  42. 42 Colm 265 babies 1
  43. 43 Jason 258 babies 1
  44. 44 Edward 248 babies =
  45. 45 Kieran 230 babies =
  46. 46 Aidan 229 babies =
  47. 47 Colin 220 babies 2
  48. 48 Raymond 196 babies 9
  49. 49 Liam 187 babies 1
  50. 50 Noel 183 babies 3
  51. 51 Francis 182 babies 3
  52. 52 Padraig 179 babies 13
  53. 53 Kenneth 178 babies 5
  54. 54 Denis 159 babies 1
  55. 55 Matthew 157 babies 12
  56. 56 Adrian 154 babies 3
  57. 57 Simon 152 babies 7
  58. 58 Trevor 148 babies 4
  59. 59 Graham 146 babies 4
  60. 60 Timothy 144 babies 2
  61. 61 Donal 141 babies 9
  62. 62 Gavin 140 babies 11
  63. 63 Ross 136 babies 5
  64. 64 Steven 128 babies 10
  65. 65 Cathal 123 babies 1
  66. 66 Neil 120 babies 10
  67. 67 Adam 117 babies 13
  68. 68 Vincent 116 babies 7
  69. 69 Dermot 115 babies 8
  70. 70 Seamus 110 babies 10
  71. 71 Karl 109 babies 2
  72. 72 Rory 106 babies 13
  73. 73 Wayne 100 babies =
  74. 74 Darragh 98 babies 2
  75. 75 Eamonn 97 babies 2
  76. 76 Enda 91 babies =
  77. 77 Owen 91 babies 7
  78. 78 Nicholas 88 babies 8
  79. 79 Damian 84 babies 1
  80. 80 Bernard 82 babies 9
  81. 81 Bryan 78 babies 19
  82. 82 Eric 76 babies 6
  83. 83 Diarmuid 74 babies 2
  84. 84 Fergal 74 babies 1
  85. 85 Maurice 74 babies 16
  86. 86 Eamon 73 babies 10
  87. 87 Garry 73 babies 3
  88. 88 Eoghan 72 babies 6
  89. 89 Cormac 70 babies 10
  90. 90 Hugh 66 babies 5
  91. 91 Gareth 64 babies 10
  92. 92 Aaron 63 babies 2
  93. 93 Cian 63 babies 4
  94. 94 Jeremiah 62 babies 12
  95. 95 Terence 60 babies 4
  96. 96 Desmond 59 babies 9
  97. 97 George 59 babies 12
  98. 98 Micheal 59 babies 6
  99. 99 Nigel 59 babies =
  100. 100 Glen 56 babies 14

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 829 babies 1
  2. 2 Mary 744 babies 1
  3. 3 Laura 714 babies 8
  4. 4 Michelle 684 babies 1
  5. 5 Jennifer 682 babies 1
  6. 6 Lisa 605 babies 1
  7. 7 Emma 560 babies 1
  8. 8 Sinead 541 babies 1
  9. 9 Karen 513 babies 7
  10. 10 Aoife 489 babies 4
  11. 11 Louise 489 babies 4
  12. 12 Catherine 484 babies 2
  13. 13 Elaine 447 babies 7
  14. 14 Niamh 426 babies 1
  15. 15 Claire 418 babies 3
  16. 16 Caroline 414 babies 2
  17. 17 Sharon 412 babies 6
  18. 18 Ciara 406 babies 1
  19. 19 Fiona 406 babies 2
  20. 20 Deirdre 387 babies 5
  21. 21 Lorraine 341 babies 5
  22. 22 Nicola 323 babies 2
  23. 23 Linda 312 babies 2
  24. 24 Margaret 309 babies 1
  25. 25 Elizabeth 293 babies 5
  26. 26 Rachel 289 babies 14
  27. 27 Anne 279 babies 5
  28. 28 Ann 267 babies 4
  29. 29 Siobhan 258 babies 1
  30. 30 Susan 258 babies 3
  31. 31 Aisling 256 babies =
  32. 32 Maria 255 babies 4
  33. 33 Patricia 247 babies 2
  34. 34 Marie 236 babies 2
  35. 35 Joanne 235 babies 1
  36. 36 Donna 231 babies 3
  37. 37 Denise 226 babies =
  38. 38 Orla 226 babies 9
  39. 39 Grace 211 babies 27
  40. 40 Amy 209 babies 11
  41. 41 Gillian 207 babies 2
  42. 42 Edel 205 babies 4
  43. 43 Emer 195 babies 11
  44. 44 Helen 195 babies 3
  45. 45 Amanda 191 babies 2
  46. 46 Martina 191 babies 9
  47. 47 Pamela 190 babies =
  48. 48 Sandra 183 babies 4
  49. 49 Aine 172 babies 4
  50. 50 Ruth 171 babies 10
  51. 51 Deborah 169 babies 9
  52. 52 Carol 168 babies 4
  53. 53 Yvonne 167 babies 3
  54. 54 Eimear 166 babies 5
  55. 55 Stephanie 165 babies 28
  56. 56 Grainne 163 babies 11
  57. 57 Clare 154 babies 5
  58. 58 Melissa 154 babies 41
  59. 59 Bridget 153 babies 2
  60. 60 Jacqueline 144 babies 4
  61. 61 Suzanne 142 babies 5
  62. 62 Kathleen 141 babies =
  63. 63 Mairead 139 babies 17
  64. 64 Julie 133 babies 5
  65. 65 Roisin 133 babies 6
  66. 66 Rebecca 130 babies 8
  67. 67 Geraldine 125 babies 1
  68. 68 Paula 125 babies 11
  69. 69 Catriona 123 babies 7
  70. 70 Tracey 123 babies 1
  71. 71 Tara 120 babies 2
  72. 72 Anna 117 babies 7
  73. 73 Alison 113 babies 3
  74. 74 Jessica 111 babies 4
  75. 75 Bernadette 109 babies 1
  76. 76 Jane 109 babies 1
  77. 77 Eileen 107 babies 14
  78. 78 Christina 104 babies 3
  79. 79 Gemma 104 babies 12
  80. 80 Teresa 103 babies 5
  81. 81 Aileen 101 babies 29
  82. 82 Kate 101 babies 29
  83. 83 Maeve 98 babies 9
  84. 84 Samantha 97 babies 17
  85. 85 Danielle 96 babies 19
  86. 86 Caitriona 94 babies 11
  87. 87 Ashling 92 babies 29
  88. 88 Christine 92 babies =
  89. 89 Tracy 92 babies 10
  90. 90 Angela 91 babies 8
  91. 91 Lorna 91 babies 19
  92. 92 Victoria 87 babies 1
  93. 93 Emily 85 babies 2
  94. 94 Andrea 82 babies 4
  95. 95 Kim 82 babies 3
  96. 96 Tanya 82 babies 18
  97. 97 Audrey 79 babies 17
  98. 98 Natalie 77 babies 9
  99. 99 Anita 76 babies 13
  100. 100 Hazel 76 babies 7

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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