Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1986

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 1,330 babies 1
  2. 2 David 1,244 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 1,065 babies =
  4. 4 James 982 babies 1
  5. 5 Patrick 926 babies 1
  6. 6 Stephen 921 babies 2
  7. 7 Mark 831 babies 1
  8. 8 Paul 824 babies 1
  9. 9 Shane 685 babies 2
  10. 10 Brian 668 babies 1
  11. 11 Thomas 658 babies 1
  12. 12 Kevin 639 babies 1
  13. 13 Alan 579 babies 1
  14. 14 Daniel 557 babies =
  15. 15 Robert 522 babies =
  16. 16 Sean 519 babies =
  17. 17 Christopher 442 babies 1
  18. 18 Joseph 409 babies 5
  19. 19 Andrew 398 babies =
  20. 20 Richard 386 babies 12
  21. 21 William 383 babies =
  22. 22 Anthony 381 babies 2
  23. 23 Jason 381 babies 13
  24. 24 Conor 370 babies 1
  25. 25 Martin 365 babies 3
  26. 26 Niall 362 babies =
  27. 27 Darren 357 babies 2
  28. 28 Peter 356 babies 4
  29. 29 Gerard 343 babies 2
  30. 30 Ian 341 babies 5
  31. 31 Barry 339 babies 14
  32. 32 Keith 335 babies 2
  33. 33 Eoin 329 babies 2
  34. 34 Gary 325 babies =
  35. 35 Jonathan 308 babies 2
  36. 36 Ciaran 295 babies 8
  37. 37 Colm 261 babies 5
  38. 38 Brendan 256 babies 1
  39. 39 Philip 247 babies =
  40. 40 Declan 245 babies 4
  41. 41 Colin 232 babies 3
  42. 42 Damien 216 babies 2
  43. 43 Kieran 214 babies 2
  44. 44 Ronan 213 babies 1
  45. 45 Derek 212 babies 4
  46. 46 Gavin 205 babies 4
  47. 47 Aidan 191 babies 1
  48. 48 Edward 191 babies 1
  49. 49 Liam 187 babies =
  50. 50 Simon 174 babies 2
  51. 51 Padraig 157 babies 5
  52. 52 Noel 156 babies 4
  53. 53 Adrian 141 babies =
  54. 54 Graham 139 babies 9
  55. 55 Timothy 136 babies 5
  56. 56 Denis 135 babies 1
  57. 57 Adam 130 babies 9
  58. 58 Francis 128 babies 4
  59. 59 Cian 127 babies 14
  60. 60 Matthew 127 babies 4
  61. 61 Steven 126 babies 1
  62. 62 Donal 120 babies 4
  63. 63 Karl 119 babies 2
  64. 64 Dean 118 babies 15
  65. 65 Kenneth 117 babies 14
  66. 66 Cathal 116 babies 7
  67. 67 Ross 114 babies 7
  68. 68 Aaron 111 babies 8
  69. 69 Enda 110 babies 1
  70. 70 Raymond 108 babies 13
  71. 71 Darragh 106 babies 4
  72. 72 Seamus 105 babies 3
  73. 73 Wayne 105 babies 12
  74. 74 Rory 104 babies 6
  75. 75 Neil 102 babies 8
  76. 76 Eoghan 90 babies 7
  77. 77 Owen 90 babies 6
  78. 78 Cormac 88 babies 8
  79. 79 Dermot 87 babies 7
  80. 80 Vincent 84 babies 1
  81. 81 Eamonn 83 babies 1
  82. 82 Eric 83 babies 10
  83. 83 Luke 80 babies 16
  84. 84 Lee 75 babies 3
  85. 85 Bryan 73 babies 7
  86. 86 Damian 70 babies 1
  87. 87 Diarmuid 69 babies 8
  88. 88 Bernard 67 babies 4
  89. 89 Nigel 67 babies 19
  90. 90 Hugh 65 babies =
  91. 91 Craig 64 babies =
  92. 92 Emmet 64 babies 10
  93. 93 Nicholas 62 babies 11
  94. 94 Trevor 62 babies 17
  95. 95 Micheal 61 babies 2
  96. 96 Gregory 60 babies =
  97. 97 Jamie 60 babies 9
  98. 98 Shaun 57 babies 4
  99. 99 Eamon 56 babies 10
  100. 100 Garry 56 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 953 babies =
  2. 2 Laura 783 babies =
  3. 3 Michelle 626 babies =
  4. 4 Jennifer 609 babies 2
  5. 5 Emma 605 babies =
  6. 6 Ciara 570 babies 2
  7. 7 Mary 570 babies 3
  8. 8 Lisa 542 babies 1
  9. 9 Niamh 494 babies 2
  10. 10 Claire 476 babies =
  11. 11 Sinead 474 babies 5
  12. 12 Aoife 465 babies 3
  13. 13 Louise 414 babies =
  14. 14 Catherine 394 babies =
  15. 15 Amanda 371 babies 2
  16. 16 Elaine 354 babies 4
  17. 17 Nicola 342 babies 8
  18. 18 Aisling 337 babies =
  19. 19 Karen 335 babies 4
  20. 20 Amy 330 babies =
  21. 21 Rachel 327 babies 1
  22. 22 Fiona 309 babies 3
  23. 23 Caroline 304 babies 2
  24. 24 Deirdre 276 babies 1
  25. 25 Orla 238 babies 3
  26. 26 Linda 234 babies 2
  27. 27 Lorraine 230 babies 1
  28. 28 Ann 228 babies 4
  29. 29 Maria 225 babies =
  30. 30 Siobhan 225 babies 4
  31. 31 Edel 219 babies 5
  32. 32 Sharon 207 babies 1
  33. 33 Samantha 206 babies 21
  34. 34 Susan 206 babies 3
  35. 35 Elizabeth 202 babies 5
  36. 36 Anne 201 babies 1
  37. 37 Margaret 201 babies 10
  38. 38 Tara 201 babies 6
  39. 39 Patricia 192 babies =
  40. 40 Aine 189 babies 1
  41. 41 Marie 189 babies 8
  42. 42 Stephanie 185 babies 14
  43. 43 Gillian 180 babies 6
  44. 44 Rebecca 179 babies 6
  45. 45 Sandra 179 babies 5
  46. 46 Danielle 172 babies 18
  47. 47 Donna 169 babies 9
  48. 48 Eimear 165 babies 3
  49. 49 Denise 162 babies 3
  50. 50 Grace 159 babies 3
  51. 51 Clare 156 babies 6
  52. 52 Helen 155 babies 5
  53. 53 Ruth 153 babies 11
  54. 54 Emer 148 babies 11
  55. 55 Roisin 147 babies 2
  56. 56 Christina 142 babies 8
  57. 57 Jessica 140 babies 20
  58. 58 Julie 140 babies 13
  59. 59 Yvonne 138 babies 2
  60. 60 Kate 134 babies 5
  61. 61 Anna 130 babies 11
  62. 62 Joanne 129 babies 1
  63. 63 Andrea 128 babies 1
  64. 64 Bridget 126 babies 19
  65. 65 Mairead 125 babies 7
  66. 66 Tracey 124 babies 15
  67. 67 Martina 123 babies 2
  68. 68 Christine 122 babies 10
  69. 69 Melissa 122 babies 9
  70. 70 Caitriona 120 babies 20
  71. 71 Carol 119 babies 12
  72. 72 Grainne 118 babies 5
  73. 73 Jacqueline 113 babies 4
  74. 74 Alison 107 babies =
  75. 75 Gemma 107 babies 5
  76. 76 Deborah 105 babies 30
  77. 77 Paula 100 babies 2
  78. 78 Leanne 98 babies 4
  79. 79 Suzanne 94 babies 11
  80. 80 Kelly 93 babies 6
  81. 81 Geraldine 92 babies 4
  82. 82 Catriona 88 babies 6
  83. 83 Natasha 87 babies 18
  84. 84 Pamela 87 babies 18
  85. 85 Anita 84 babies 2
  86. 86 Tracy 84 babies 17
  87. 87 Kathleen 81 babies 14
  88. 88 Kim 81 babies 1
  89. 89 Lorna 81 babies 9
  90. 90 Bernadette 78 babies 2
  91. 91 Victoria 78 babies 20
  92. 92 Teresa 77 babies 7
  93. 93 Maeve 76 babies 2
  94. 94 Ashling 75 babies 3
  95. 95 Eileen 73 babies 11
  96. 96 Stacey 73 babies 9
  97. 97 Jane 72 babies 18
  98. 98 Natalie 70 babies 2
  99. 99 Ellen 69 babies 3
  100. 100 Sara 69 babies 7

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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