Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1985

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 David 1,464 babies 1
  2. 2 John 1,437 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 1,078 babies =
  4. 4 Stephen 1,000 babies 1
  5. 5 James 944 babies 1
  6. 6 Patrick 938 babies 2
  7. 7 Paul 873 babies =
  8. 8 Mark 825 babies =
  9. 9 Brian 689 babies 1
  10. 10 Thomas 687 babies 1
  11. 11 Shane 610 babies 2
  12. 12 Alan 603 babies 1
  13. 13 Kevin 577 babies 1
  14. 14 Daniel 547 babies 2
  15. 15 Robert 500 babies 1
  16. 16 Sean 497 babies 1
  17. 17 Barry 471 babies 6
  18. 18 Christopher 424 babies 1
  19. 19 Andrew 422 babies 5
  20. 20 Anthony 420 babies 1
  21. 21 William 398 babies 3
  22. 22 Martin 388 babies 2
  23. 23 Joseph 386 babies 2
  24. 24 Peter 366 babies 2
  25. 25 Conor 356 babies 5
  26. 26 Niall 346 babies 5
  27. 27 Gerard 345 babies 1
  28. 28 Ciaran 344 babies 7
  29. 29 Darren 342 babies 2
  30. 30 Keith 341 babies 5
  31. 31 Eoin 333 babies 2
  32. 32 Richard 329 babies 2
  33. 33 Jonathan 328 babies 7
  34. 34 Gary 321 babies 5
  35. 35 Ian 279 babies 1
  36. 36 Jason 273 babies 1
  37. 37 Brendan 260 babies 5
  38. 38 Colin 249 babies 3
  39. 39 Philip 244 babies 4
  40. 40 Damien 240 babies 1
  41. 41 Derek 234 babies 1
  42. 42 Colm 232 babies 4
  43. 43 Ronan 232 babies 1
  44. 44 Declan 229 babies 2
  45. 45 Kieran 221 babies 1
  46. 46 Aidan 201 babies 1
  47. 47 Edward 201 babies =
  48. 48 Noel 181 babies 3
  49. 49 Liam 175 babies =
  50. 50 Gavin 166 babies 2
  51. 51 Kenneth 159 babies 1
  52. 52 Simon 146 babies 3
  53. 53 Adrian 136 babies 4
  54. 54 Francis 136 babies 5
  55. 55 Denis 135 babies 1
  56. 56 Padraig 135 babies 3
  57. 57 Raymond 132 babies 4
  58. 58 Donal 127 babies 2
  59. 59 Cathal 126 babies 4
  60. 60 Timothy 126 babies 2
  61. 61 Wayne 126 babies 5
  62. 62 Steven 124 babies 2
  63. 63 Graham 123 babies 11
  64. 64 Matthew 121 babies 4
  65. 65 Karl 115 babies 3
  66. 66 Adam 112 babies 8
  67. 67 Neil 112 babies 9
  68. 68 Rory 110 babies 1
  69. 69 Seamus 106 babies 2
  70. 70 Enda 104 babies 6
  71. 71 Owen 103 babies 2
  72. 72 Dermot 101 babies 2
  73. 73 Cian 99 babies 4
  74. 74 Ross 98 babies 1
  75. 75 Darragh 97 babies 3
  76. 76 Aaron 96 babies 8
  77. 77 Trevor 96 babies 12
  78. 78 Bryan 92 babies 5
  79. 79 Dean 91 babies 6
  80. 80 Eamonn 85 babies 1
  81. 81 Vincent 85 babies 1
  82. 82 Nicholas 83 babies 3
  83. 83 Eoghan 79 babies 3
  84. 84 Bernard 77 babies 2
  85. 85 Damian 75 babies 7
  86. 86 Cormac 74 babies 11
  87. 87 Lee 74 babies 29
  88. 88 Jamie 73 babies 18
  89. 89 Eamon 68 babies 8
  90. 90 Hugh 64 babies 2
  91. 91 Craig 63 babies 4
  92. 92 Eric 62 babies =
  93. 93 Fergal 62 babies 1
  94. 94 Shaun 62 babies 21
  95. 95 Diarmuid 59 babies 4
  96. 96 Gregory 59 babies =
  97. 97 Micheal 58 babies 2
  98. 98 Garry 56 babies 9
  99. 99 Luke 56 babies 9
  100. 100 Maurice 54 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 824 babies =
  2. 2 Laura 782 babies 2
  3. 3 Michelle 650 babies 3
  4. 4 Mary 644 babies 2
  5. 5 Emma 634 babies 3
  6. 6 Jennifer 599 babies 1
  7. 7 Lisa 552 babies 4
  8. 8 Ciara 540 babies 5
  9. 9 Aoife 526 babies 7
  10. 10 Claire 475 babies =
  11. 11 Niamh 468 babies 1
  12. 12 Elaine 437 babies 2
  13. 13 Louise 437 babies 2
  14. 14 Catherine 435 babies 7
  15. 15 Karen 381 babies 6
  16. 16 Sinead 381 babies 5
  17. 17 Amanda 360 babies 30
  18. 18 Aisling 347 babies 1
  19. 19 Fiona 341 babies 2
  20. 20 Amy 312 babies 8
  21. 21 Caroline 307 babies 3
  22. 22 Rachel 306 babies =
  23. 23 Deirdre 305 babies 3
  24. 24 Linda 291 babies =
  25. 25 Nicola 277 babies 2
  26. 26 Lorraine 268 babies 1
  27. 27 Margaret 262 babies 1
  28. 28 Orla 262 babies 6
  29. 29 Maria 257 babies 4
  30. 30 Elizabeth 249 babies 3
  31. 31 Sharon 243 babies 10
  32. 32 Ann 235 babies =
  33. 33 Marie 229 babies 3
  34. 34 Siobhan 228 babies 4
  35. 35 Anne 214 babies 6
  36. 36 Edel 210 babies 2
  37. 37 Susan 205 babies 6
  38. 38 Donna 196 babies 6
  39. 39 Patricia 184 babies 2
  40. 40 Sandra 178 babies 2
  41. 41 Aine 174 babies =
  42. 42 Ruth 171 babies 12
  43. 43 Emer 162 babies 6
  44. 44 Tara 158 babies 14
  45. 45 Clare 157 babies 19
  46. 46 Deborah 157 babies 9
  47. 47 Helen 155 babies 2
  48. 48 Christina 152 babies 35
  49. 49 Gillian 150 babies 10
  50. 50 Rebecca 149 babies 9
  51. 51 Eimear 148 babies 22
  52. 52 Denise 143 babies 12
  53. 53 Grace 141 babies 4
  54. 54 Samantha 141 babies 18
  55. 55 Kate 140 babies 33
  56. 56 Stephanie 140 babies 5
  57. 57 Roisin 138 babies 3
  58. 58 Mairead 136 babies 5
  59. 59 Carol 135 babies 16
  60. 60 Melissa 133 babies 12
  61. 61 Yvonne 133 babies 15
  62. 62 Andrea 132 babies 22
  63. 63 Joanne 132 babies 28
  64. 64 Danielle 131 babies 14
  65. 65 Martina 129 babies 13
  66. 66 Pamela 126 babies 5
  67. 67 Grainne 116 babies 2
  68. 68 Suzanne 115 babies 6
  69. 69 Jacqueline 113 babies 3
  70. 70 Gemma 111 babies 20
  71. 71 Julie 111 babies 1
  72. 72 Anna 110 babies 7
  73. 73 Kathleen 110 babies 5
  74. 74 Alison 105 babies 7
  75. 75 Paula 104 babies 6
  76. 76 Catriona 103 babies =
  77. 77 Jessica 103 babies 2
  78. 78 Christine 100 babies 7
  79. 79 Jane 95 babies 5
  80. 80 Lorna 93 babies =
  81. 81 Tracey 93 babies 18
  82. 82 Leanne 92 babies 30
  83. 83 Bridget 91 babies 27
  84. 84 Eileen 91 babies 8
  85. 85 Geraldine 91 babies 8
  86. 86 Kelly 86 babies 3
  87. 87 Anita 83 babies 20
  88. 88 Katherine 83 babies 37
  89. 89 Kim 83 babies 3
  90. 90 Caitriona 80 babies 15
  91. 91 Ashling 78 babies =
  92. 92 Bernadette 78 babies 21
  93. 93 Charlene 77 babies 13
  94. 94 Aileen 76 babies 9
  95. 95 Maeve 75 babies 2
  96. 96 Ellen 74 babies 8
  97. 97 Emily 73 babies 2
  98. 98 Jean 73 babies 15
  99. 99 Teresa 73 babies 17
  100. 100 Natalie 72 babies 1

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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