Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1965

CSO figures for babies registered in 1965. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

3,229 babies

Number 1 boys

John

3,360 babies

New to the top 100

Michele, Regina, Emer, Janet, Niamh, Noeleen

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1964
1	Mary	3,229	·
2	Margaret	1,395	▲1
3	Catherine	1,351	▼1
4	Anne	840	▲1
5	Ann	807	▼1
6	Elizabeth	779	·
7	Geraldine	591	▲2
8	Patricia	581	▲2
9	Bridget	555	▼1
10	Caroline	501	▼3
11	Deirdre	470	▲3
12	Helen	453	▲1
13	Jacqueline	431	▼2
14	Sandra	417	▲2
15	Bernadette	389	·
16	Martina	369	▲2
17	Eileen	367	·
18	Kathleen	319	▲5
18	Susan	319	▲4
20	Teresa	318	▼1
21	Angela	314	▲3
22	Nora	310	▲8
23	Linda	309	▲5
24	Pauline	300	▼12
25	Carmel	294	▼4
26	Brigid	293	▲3
27	Fiona	290	▲5
28	Karen	289	▲13
29	Marie	286	▼3
30	Anna	285	▲4
31	Ellen	281	▼4
32	Sharon	266	▲7
33	Joan	262	▼2
34	Josephine	247	▼9
34	Siobhan	247	▲1
36	Maria	243	▼3
37	Carol	217	▼1
38	Paula	215	▼18
39	Orla	186	▲13
40	Lorraine	173	▲7
41	Sarah	172	▲5
42	Yvonne	167	▲3
43	Frances	163	▼5
44	Sheila	161	▼7
45	Barbara	153	▼2
45	Julia	153	▼3
47	Christina	148	▼7
48	Colette	144	▼1
49	Valerie	141	▲1
50	Rose	137	▼1
51	Denise	134	▲5
52	Grainne	133	▲10
53	Clare	132	▲2
54	Veronica	130	▼3
55	Brenda	120	▲8
56	Elaine	117	▲2
57	Louise	116	▼3
58	Christine	108	▲7
59	Suzanne	107	▲8
60	Alice	102	▼3
61	Jean	101	▲17
61	Michele	101	New
63	Claire	99	▲12
63	Miriam	99	▼10
65	Annette	97	▲3
66	Ruth	96	▲21
67	Jane	94	▼8
68	Monica	93	▲2
69	Helena	92	▼6
69	Rosemary	92	▲2
71	Katherine	91	▲6
71	Nuala	91	▲19
73	Audrey	90	▲12
74	Noreen	89	▼9
75	Deborah	87	▲1
76	Rita	85	▼17
77	Theresa	83	▼16
78	Evelyn	82	▲5
79	Adrienne	81	▼5
80	Imelda	80	▲7
80	Johanna	80	▼36
80	Marian	80	▼2
80	Regina	80	New
84	Majella	79	▲11
85	Emer	78	New
86	Dolores	77	▼6
87	Janet	75	New
87	Jennifer	75	▼19
89	Jacinta	73	▲4
89	Niamh	73	New
89	Una	73	▼2
92	Edel	71	▼9
93	Antoinette	70	▲2
93	Maeve	70	▼13
93	Noeleen	70	New
96	Michelle	69	New
96	Olive	69	▼24
98	Therese	67	New
99	Irene	66	▼14
100	Philomena	65	▼28

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1964
1	John	3,360	·
2	Patrick	2,281	·
3	Michael	2,057	·
4	James	1,464	▲1
5	Thomas	1,367	▲1
6	Paul	1,323	▼2
7	David	1,102	·
8	William	1,000	·
9	Martin	843	·
10	Gerard	837	·
11	Joseph	705	·
12	Anthony	663	·
13	Brian	585	▲1
14	Peter	578	▼1
15	Kevin	469	·
16	Brendan	436	▲1
17	Edward	423	▲1
18	Declan	412	▲5
19	Francis	393	▼3
20	Stephen	379	▲5
21	Noel	374	▼1
22	Richard	354	▲2
23	Robert	353	▼1
24	Denis	350	▼3
25	Daniel	344	▼6
26	Mark	318	▲2
27	Alan	316	▲2
28	Christopher	270	▼1
29	Timothy	263	▼3
30	Derek	255	·
31	Kieran	252	▲1
32	Andrew	236	▲2
33	Aidan	233	▲4
34	Bernard	211	▼1
35	Dermot	207	▼1
36	Raymond	205	▼6
37	Philip	202	▼1
38	Donal	189	▲7
39	Niall	184	▲8
40	Kenneth	182	▲1
41	Sean	163	▼3
42	Jeremiah	162	▼3
43	Cornelius	158	▼4
44	Vincent	154	▼2
45	Desmond	148	▼2
46	Charles	145	▼3
47	Eugene	135	▲3
48	Colm	133	▼3
49	Matthew	129	▲10
50	Maurice	128	▲1
51	Ciaran	124	▼2
52	Laurence	123	▼4
53	Hugh	118	·
54	Ian	110	▲8
55	Terence	108	·
56	Conor	107	·
56	George	107	▼4
58	Seamus	105	▲2
59	Liam	103	▼5
60	Eamonn	95	▲4
61	Damian	86	▲12
62	Adrian	82	▲3
63	Ronan	81	▲4
64	Gerald	78	▼7
65	Eamon	75	▼3
65	Nicholas	75	▼7
65	Shane	75	▲10
68	Henry	72	▼8
69	Oliver	68	▼1
70	Enda	66	▲5
70	Fergus	66	▼4
72	Owen	65	▼1
73	Damien	63	▲2
73	Garrett	63	▲5
75	Finbarr	60	▼5
75	Simon	60	▲16
77	Barry	59	▼8
77	Edmond	59	▲3
77	Eoin	59	▲6
80	Gregory	55	▼2
81	Gabriel	54	▼9
82	Padraig	52	▲6
83	Gary	51	▲1
83	Keith	51	▲13
85	Fintan	49	▲15
86	Colin	48	▲3
87	Fergal	46	▲6
88	Karl	45	▼2
88	Neil	45	▼6
90	Rory	43	▼17
91	Arthur	42	▲7
92	Cormac	41	▼5
92	Cyril	41	New
94	Diarmuid	39	New
95	Bartholomew	38	▼14
96	Dominic	37	▼12
96	Donald	37	New
98	Eric	36	▼4
99	Leo	35	New
99	Nigel	35	▼1

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Ranks are the CSO's own, which count each spelling separately (for example Fiadh and Fíadh). Tied names share a rank. Figures before 1998 come from the CSO back series, which is not directly comparable with later years.