Ireland: Most Popular Baby Names in 1989

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 1,186 babies =
  2. 2 John 1,062 babies =
  3. 3 Michael 899 babies =
  4. 4 James 854 babies 2
  5. 5 Patrick 739 babies 2
  6. 6 Stephen 735 babies 2
  7. 7 Shane 693 babies 2
  8. 8 Paul 610 babies 1
  9. 9 Sean 594 babies 2
  10. 10 Mark 583 babies 2
  11. 11 Daniel 575 babies 2
  12. 12 Thomas 499 babies 2
  13. 13 Kevin 498 babies 1
  14. 14 Brian 489 babies 1
  15. 15 Robert 485 babies 1
  16. 16 Christopher 475 babies =
  17. 17 Alan 438 babies =
  18. 18 Conor 437 babies 1
  19. 19 Jason 416 babies 1
  20. 20 Darren 350 babies 2
  21. 21 Joseph 333 babies 3
  22. 22 Keith 330 babies =
  23. 23 Andrew 326 babies 4
  24. 24 Eoin 318 babies 5
  25. 25 Martin 316 babies =
  26. 26 Niall 310 babies 5
  27. 27 Anthony 309 babies 4
  28. 28 Richard 298 babies 3
  29. 29 Ian 296 babies 4
  30. 30 Ciaran 291 babies 2
  31. 31 Jonathan 278 babies 1
  32. 32 Peter 260 babies 2
  33. 33 William 254 babies 7
  34. 34 Gary 250 babies 1
  35. 35 Gerard 232 babies 1
  36. 36 Philip 219 babies 5
  37. 37 Barry 200 babies 1
  38. 38 Colm 200 babies 1
  39. 39 Brendan 198 babies =
  40. 40 Kieran 191 babies 5
  41. 41 Dean 184 babies 1
  42. 42 Ronan 184 babies 1
  43. 43 Gavin 183 babies 5
  44. 44 Aaron 180 babies 9
  45. 45 Declan 172 babies 3
  46. 46 Liam 167 babies 2
  47. 47 Karl 164 babies 13
  48. 48 Darragh 161 babies 3
  49. 49 Damien 153 babies 2
  50. 50 Aidan 149 babies =
  51. 51 Cian 144 babies 11
  52. 52 Jamie 143 babies 26
  53. 53 Colin 141 babies 9
  54. 54 Craig 137 babies 13
  55. 55 Padraig 134 babies 3
  56. 56 Adam 130 babies 1
  57. 57 Edward 130 babies 5
  58. 58 Matthew 129 babies 9
  59. 59 Cathal 128 babies 2
  60. 60 Graham 127 babies 4
  61. 61 Noel 125 babies 8
  62. 62 Luke 124 babies 5
  63. 63 Simon 120 babies 17
  64. 64 Eoghan 111 babies 10
  65. 65 Ross 109 babies 11
  66. 66 Steven 107 babies 2
  67. 67 Timothy 99 babies 1
  68. 68 Donal 98 babies 3
  69. 69 Raymond 96 babies 4
  70. 70 Kenneth 95 babies 7
  71. 71 Neil 94 babies 5
  72. 72 Derek 91 babies 13
  73. 73 Wayne 89 babies 3
  74. 74 Adrian 88 babies 6
  75. 75 Francis 88 babies 3
  76. 76 Seamus 87 babies 4
  77. 77 Nicholas 85 babies =
  78. 78 Rory 85 babies 1
  79. 79 Denis 81 babies 8
  80. 80 Owen 81 babies 5
  81. 81 Lee 80 babies 6
  82. 82 Cormac 79 babies 1
  83. 83 Enda 70 babies 3
  84. 84 Bernard 69 babies 7
  85. 85 Killian 64 babies 13
  86. 86 Shaun 64 babies 2
  87. 87 Jack 63 babies 36
  88. 88 Gareth 61 babies 4
  89. 89 Dermot 60 babies 5
  90. 90 Vincent 60 babies 4
  91. 91 Hugh 58 babies 1
  92. 92 Micheal 58 babies 20
  93. 93 Bryan 56 babies 10
  94. 94 Eamonn 55 babies 7
  95. 95 Tomas 54 babies 19
  96. 96 Eric 53 babies 14
  97. 97 Carl 50 babies 23
  98. 98 Gregory 50 babies 20
  99. 99 Emmet 49 babies 6
  100. 100 Samuel 48 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Sarah 936 babies =
  2. 2 Laura 716 babies =
  3. 3 Emma 609 babies =
  4. 4 Ciara 547 babies 1
  5. 5 Lisa 511 babies 1
  6. 6 Niamh 499 babies =
  7. 7 Michelle 482 babies 1
  8. 8 Mary 460 babies 1
  9. 9 Sinead 450 babies 2
  10. 10 Aoife 437 babies =
  11. 11 Jennifer 437 babies 2
  12. 12 Amy 395 babies 2
  13. 13 Aisling 375 babies 3
  14. 14 Claire 365 babies 2
  15. 15 Catherine 352 babies 2
  16. 16 Louise 330 babies 3
  17. 17 Rachel 325 babies 2
  18. 18 Fiona 303 babies 2
  19. 19 Karen 280 babies =
  20. 20 Elaine 270 babies 2
  21. 21 Danielle 242 babies 4
  22. 22 Rebecca 233 babies 9
  23. 23 Nicola 222 babies 2
  24. 24 Elizabeth 201 babies 14
  25. 25 Amanda 198 babies 2
  26. 26 Siobhan 198 babies =
  27. 27 Orla 197 babies 3
  28. 28 Margaret 187 babies 6
  29. 29 Aine 173 babies 4
  30. 30 Grace 173 babies 1
  31. 31 Denise 172 babies 6
  32. 32 Roisin 168 babies 19
  33. 33 Alison 166 babies 25
  34. 34 Ann 166 babies 1
  35. 35 Stephanie 165 babies 8
  36. 36 Kate 160 babies 9
  37. 37 Grainne 156 babies 12
  38. 38 Maria 153 babies 10
  39. 39 Deirdre 151 babies 7
  40. 40 Katie 151 babies 20
  41. 41 Leanne 150 babies 14
  42. 42 Marie 146 babies =
  43. 43 Tara 146 babies 2
  44. 44 Caroline 144 babies 20
  45. 45 Gillian 144 babies 1
  46. 46 Jessica 144 babies =
  47. 47 Ruth 144 babies 8
  48. 48 Clare 143 babies 11
  49. 49 Donna 137 babies 4
  50. 50 Eimear 134 babies 2
  51. 51 Kelly 132 babies 3
  52. 52 Christine 130 babies 5
  53. 53 Sharon 130 babies 14
  54. 54 Susan 130 babies 7
  55. 55 Anne 129 babies 15
  56. 56 Edel 129 babies =
  57. 57 Linda 128 babies 23
  58. 58 Christina 125 babies 8
  59. 59 Anna 122 babies 10
  60. 60 Patricia 119 babies 5
  61. 61 Stacey 118 babies 26
  62. 62 Mairead 114 babies 2
  63. 63 Joanne 111 babies 2
  64. 64 Lorraine 110 babies 28
  65. 65 Samantha 110 babies 3
  66. 66 Tracey 105 babies 16
  67. 67 Helen 103 babies 17
  68. 68 Kathleen 103 babies 5
  69. 69 Melissa 103 babies 1
  70. 70 Kim 99 babies 5
  71. 71 Deborah 97 babies 1
  72. 72 Rachael 92 babies 37
  73. 73 Bridget 89 babies 3
  74. 74 Emer 89 babies 4
  75. 75 Lauren 87 babies 19
  76. 76 Martina 87 babies 4
  77. 77 Nicole 86 babies 7
  78. 78 Natalie 85 babies 26
  79. 79 Gemma 84 babies 8
  80. 80 Charlene 83 babies 28
  81. 81 Sandra 83 babies 8
  82. 82 Jane 82 babies 4
  83. 83 Julie 80 babies 9
  84. 84 Suzanne 80 babies 5
  85. 85 Yvonne 80 babies 8
  86. 86 Maeve 79 babies 15
  87. 87 Carol 78 babies 11
  88. 88 Jacqueline 78 babies 12
  89. 89 Megan 77 babies 22
  90. 90 Lorna 76 babies 7
  91. 91 Natasha 76 babies 10
  92. 92 Paula 75 babies 5
  93. 93 Ellen 74 babies 3
  94. 94 Hannah 74 babies 12
  95. 95 Caitriona 73 babies =
  96. 96 Caoimhe 73 babies 11
  97. 97 Chloe 72 babies 18
  98. 98 Hazel 72 babies 5
  99. 99 Eileen 71 babies 6
  100. 100 Emily 71 babies 8

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Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

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