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Baby names of the 1970s

The names given most often in Ireland from 1970 to 1979, adding up every year of the decade with spellings combined. Figures before 1998 come from the CSO back series.

Girls

  1. 1Mary13,567
  2. 2Catherine7,508
  3. 3Sinéad6,128
  4. 4Margaret6,099
  5. 5Caroline5,469
  6. 6Michelle5,240
  7. 7Fiona5,158
  8. 8Deirdre5,073
  9. 9Sharon4,754
  10. 10Elizabeth4,729
  11. 11Ann4,640
  12. 12Karen4,486
  13. 13Anne4,394
  14. 14Elaine4,006
  15. 15Jennifer3,919
  16. 16Linda3,838
  17. 17Patricia3,720
  18. 18Lisa3,592
  19. 19Susan3,450
  20. 20Niamh3,406
  21. 21Sandra3,363
  22. 22Lorraine3,358
  23. 23Sarah3,319
  24. 24Louise3,243
  25. 25Siobhán3,187
  26. 26Martina3,082
  27. 27Helen2,857
  28. 28Yvonne2,683
  29. 29Marie2,658
  30. 30Nicola2,634
  31. 31Bridget2,626
  32. 32Claire2,554
  33. 33Orla2,509
  34. 34Gillian2,480
  35. 35Maria2,477
  36. 36Geraldine2,428
  37. 37Denise2,368
  38. 38Emma2,218
  39. 39Amanda2,092
  40. 40Paula2,086
  41. 41Bernadette2,023
  42. 42Jacqueline2,013
  43. 43Carol2,005
  44. 44Joanne1,986
  45. 45Suzanne1,947
  46. 46Deborah1,941
  47. 47Rachel1,915
  48. 48Aisling1,903
  49. 49Laura1,897
  50. 50Ciara1,890

Boys

  1. 1John23,817
  2. 2Michael15,038
  3. 3Patrick14,023
  4. 4David13,948
  5. 5Paul11,528
  6. 6James10,451
  7. 7Thomas8,995
  8. 8Mark8,588
  9. 9Brian7,606
  10. 10Alan6,596
  11. 11Stephen6,441
  12. 12William5,826
  13. 13Martin5,639
  14. 14Anthony5,288
  15. 15Kevin4,910
  16. 16Robert4,815
  17. 17Gerard4,704
  18. 18Declan4,423
  19. 19Peter4,397
  20. 20Joseph4,376
  21. 21Brendan3,804
  22. 22Shane3,585
  23. 23Keith3,491
  24. 24Richard3,401
  25. 25Niall3,374
  26. 26Derek3,335
  27. 27Jason3,182
  28. 28Edward3,108
  29. 29Daniel3,029
  30. 30Noel3,020
  31. 31Seán2,987
  32. 32Andrew2,951
  33. 33Barry2,912
  34. 34Kenneth2,833
  35. 35Darren2,750
  36. 36Kieran2,596
  37. 37Philip2,584
  38. 38Francis2,527
  39. 39Raymond2,443
  40. 40Christopher2,355
  41. 41Colm2,350
  42. 42Ian2,336
  43. 43Aidan2,289
  44. 44Denis2,254
  45. 45Damien2,175
  46. 46Ronan2,146
  47. 47Conor2,117
  48. 48Adrian2,054
  49. 49Dermot2,005
  50. 50Ciarán1,974

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined.