Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1987

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 1,282 babies 1
  2. 2 John 1,250 babies 1
  3. 3 Michael 956 babies =
  4. 4 James 940 babies =
  5. 5 Stephen 875 babies 1
  6. 6 Patrick 870 babies 1
  7. 7 Paul 814 babies 1
  8. 8 Shane 779 babies 1
  9. 9 Mark 744 babies 2
  10. 10 Thomas 634 babies 1
  11. 11 Kevin 583 babies 1
  12. 12 Brian 545 babies 2
  13. 13 Alan 535 babies =
  14. 14 Sean 533 babies 2
  15. 15 Robert 510 babies =
  16. 16 Daniel 495 babies 2
  17. 17 Christopher 457 babies =
  18. 18 Conor 444 babies 6
  19. 19 Darren 397 babies 8
  20. 20 Joseph 395 babies 2
  21. 21 Andrew 384 babies 2
  22. 22 Anthony 383 babies =
  23. 23 William 369 babies 2
  24. 24 Martin 360 babies 1
  25. 25 Ciaran 347 babies 11
  26. 26 Eoin 347 babies 7
  27. 27 Jason 347 babies 4
  28. 28 Ian 340 babies 2
  29. 29 Gary 337 babies 5
  30. 30 Niall 327 babies 4
  31. 31 Keith 325 babies 1
  32. 32 Peter 306 babies 4
  33. 33 Jonathan 303 babies 2
  34. 34 Richard 303 babies 14
  35. 35 Gerard 299 babies 6
  36. 36 Brendan 291 babies 2
  37. 37 Barry 267 babies 6
  38. 38 Philip 244 babies 1
  39. 39 Kieran 235 babies 4
  40. 40 Colm 234 babies 3
  41. 41 Declan 234 babies 1
  42. 42 Ronan 220 babies 2
  43. 43 Gavin 216 babies 3
  44. 44 Colin 196 babies 3
  45. 45 Damien 192 babies 3
  46. 46 Simon 186 babies 4
  47. 47 Aidan 185 babies =
  48. 48 Liam 175 babies 1
  49. 49 Edward 172 babies 1
  50. 50 Padraig 156 babies 1
  51. 51 Noel 152 babies 1
  52. 52 Graham 147 babies 2
  53. 53 Dean 146 babies 11
  54. 54 Cathal 145 babies 12
  55. 55 Matthew 138 babies 5
  56. 56 Derek 135 babies 11
  57. 57 Aaron 131 babies 11
  58. 58 Darragh 127 babies 13
  59. 59 Timothy 127 babies 4
  60. 60 Kenneth 123 babies 5
  61. 61 Adrian 122 babies 8
  62. 62 Ross 121 babies 5
  63. 63 Francis 117 babies 5
  64. 64 Karl 117 babies 1
  65. 65 Cian 115 babies 6
  66. 66 Donal 113 babies 4
  67. 67 Wayne 109 babies 6
  68. 68 Adam 106 babies 11
  69. 69 Neil 106 babies 6
  70. 70 Denis 104 babies 14
  71. 71 Steven 102 babies 10
  72. 72 Luke 101 babies 11
  73. 73 Raymond 97 babies 3
  74. 74 Rory 96 babies =
  75. 75 Owen 94 babies 2
  76. 76 Eoghan 89 babies =
  77. 77 Seamus 87 babies 5
  78. 78 Vincent 85 babies 2
  79. 79 Bryan 84 babies 6
  80. 80 Enda 81 babies 11
  81. 81 Bernard 80 babies 7
  82. 82 Jamie 80 babies 15
  83. 83 Craig 70 babies 8
  84. 84 Diarmuid 68 babies 3
  85. 85 Lee 68 babies 1
  86. 86 Trevor 68 babies 8
  87. 87 Shaun 67 babies 11
  88. 88 Eric 66 babies 6
  89. 89 Eamon 65 babies 10
  90. 90 Cormac 64 babies 12
  91. 91 Dermot 64 babies 12
  92. 92 Fergal 63 babies 10
  93. 93 Nicholas 63 babies =
  94. 94 Eamonn 62 babies 13
  95. 95 Hugh 62 babies 5
  96. 96 Gareth 60 babies 27
  97. 97 Emmet 54 babies 5
  98. 98 Charles 52 babies 8
  99. 99 Scott 50 babies 65
  100. 100 Glenn 49 babies 38

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 1,024 babies =
  2. 2 Laura 752 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 636 babies 2
  4. 4 Mary 603 babies 3
  5. 5 Lisa 593 babies 3
  6. 6 Ciara 556 babies =
  7. 7 Michelle 548 babies 4
  8. 8 Jennifer 544 babies 4
  9. 9 Aoife 492 babies 3
  10. 10 Claire 451 babies =
  11. 11 Niamh 443 babies 2
  12. 12 Sinead 429 babies 1
  13. 13 Louise 423 babies =
  14. 14 Aisling 371 babies 4
  15. 15 Amy 357 babies 5
  16. 16 Catherine 346 babies 2
  17. 17 Rachel 342 babies 4
  18. 18 Nicola 337 babies 1
  19. 19 Fiona 334 babies 3
  20. 20 Elaine 322 babies 4
  21. 21 Amanda 318 babies 6
  22. 22 Karen 316 babies 3
  23. 23 Siobhan 271 babies 7
  24. 24 Margaret 265 babies 13
  25. 25 Deirdre 261 babies 1
  26. 26 Orla 241 babies 1
  27. 27 Tara 235 babies 11
  28. 28 Elizabeth 231 babies 7
  29. 29 Maria 223 babies =
  30. 30 Caroline 222 babies 7
  31. 31 Stephanie 218 babies 11
  32. 32 Linda 216 babies 6
  33. 33 Marie 204 babies 8
  34. 34 Anne 201 babies 2
  35. 35 Lorraine 201 babies 8
  36. 36 Aine 197 babies 4
  37. 37 Sharon 193 babies 5
  38. 38 Grace 185 babies 12
  39. 39 Ann 177 babies 11
  40. 40 Rebecca 170 babies 4
  41. 41 Susan 169 babies 7
  42. 42 Danielle 166 babies 4
  43. 43 Gillian 164 babies =
  44. 44 Edel 158 babies 13
  45. 45 Patricia 156 babies 6
  46. 46 Christina 152 babies 10
  47. 47 Denise 152 babies 2
  48. 48 Kate 150 babies 12
  49. 49 Donna 148 babies 2
  50. 50 Joanne 148 babies 12
  51. 51 Roisin 148 babies 4
  52. 52 Sandra 148 babies 7
  53. 53 Ruth 147 babies =
  54. 54 Jessica 144 babies 3
  55. 55 Christine 137 babies 13
  56. 56 Samantha 137 babies 23
  57. 57 Marian 134 babies 151
  58. 58 Alison 132 babies 16
  59. 59 Clare 131 babies 8
  60. 60 Helen 131 babies 8
  61. 61 Melissa 130 babies 8
  62. 62 Deborah 128 babies 14
  63. 63 Grainne 128 babies 9
  64. 64 Yvonne 126 babies 5
  65. 65 Martina 124 babies 2
  66. 66 Leanne 123 babies 12
  67. 67 Emer 122 babies 13
  68. 68 Kelly 118 babies 12
  69. 69 Eimear 117 babies 21
  70. 70 Mairead 112 babies 5
  71. 71 Anna 109 babies 10
  72. 72 Carol 109 babies 1
  73. 73 Kim 109 babies 15
  74. 74 Lorna 106 babies 15
  75. 75 Paula 101 babies 2
  76. 76 Natasha 99 babies 7
  77. 77 Suzanne 98 babies 2
  78. 78 Kathleen 95 babies 9
  79. 79 Stacey 93 babies 17
  80. 80 Jane 92 babies 17
  81. 81 Caitriona 90 babies 11
  82. 82 Tracey 90 babies 16
  83. 83 Sara 89 babies 17
  84. 84 Andrea 87 babies 21
  85. 85 Bridget 87 babies 21
  86. 86 Gemma 87 babies 11
  87. 87 Catriona 85 babies 5
  88. 88 Julie 85 babies 30
  89. 89 Ashling 84 babies 5
  90. 90 Katie 83 babies 16
  91. 91 Victoria 82 babies =
  92. 92 Maeve 81 babies 1
  93. 93 Ellen 80 babies 6
  94. 94 Pamela 79 babies 10
  95. 95 Jacqueline 78 babies 22
  96. 96 Eileen 77 babies 1
  97. 97 Bernadette 74 babies 7
  98. 98 Charlene 73 babies 4
  99. 99 Tanya 73 babies 10
  100. 100 Tracy 73 babies 14

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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