Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1967

CSO figures for babies registered in 1967. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

2,591 babies

Number 1 boys

John

2,981 babies

New to the top 100

Gillian, Antoinette, Emer, Irene, Olive, Maeve

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1966
1	Mary	2,591	·
2	Margaret	1,108	▲1
3	Catherine	1,086	▼1
4	Ann	715	·
5	Anne	681	·
6	Elizabeth	670	·
7	Bridget	545	▲1
8	Patricia	525	▲1
9	Deirdre	504	▼2
10	Geraldine	482	·
11	Martina	402	▲1
12	Caroline	396	▲1
13	Helen	381	▼2
14	Fiona	371	▲10
15	Susan	368	▲6
16	Sandra	359	▼1
17	Bernadette	337	▼3
18	Jacqueline	335	▼2
19	Sharon	334	▲2
20	Linda	309	▼3
21	Eileen	308	▼3
22	Marie	290	▲1
23	Kathleen	273	▼4
23	Maria	273	▲7
25	Paula	269	▲9
26	Carmel	267	▼1
27	Pauline	257	▲1
28	Karen	255	▼1
29	Teresa	254	▼9
30	Angela	252	▲2
31	Siobhan	242	·
32	Joan	226	▲1
33	Nora	218	▼4
34	Josephine	217	▲3
35	Anna	197	▲1
36	Michelle	192	▲15
37	Elaine	187	▲12
38	Orla	186	▲1
39	Ellen	184	▼4
40	Yvonne	183	▲1
41	Carol	169	▼3
42	Brigid	162	▼16
43	Denise	160	▼1
44	Audrey	152	▲19
45	Barbara	151	▲3
45	Frances	151	▲7
45	Sheila	151	·
48	Louise	147	▼2
48	Valerie	147	▼6
50	Jennifer	146	▲14
50	Lorraine	146	▼6
52	Christina	142	▼5
53	Jacinta	141	▲35
54	Deborah	131	▲15
54	Suzanne	131	▲10
56	Niamh	129	·
56	Sarah	129	▼16
58	Grainne	122	▼1
58	Julia	122	▲1
60	Sinead	121	▲16
61	Colette	115	▼9
62	Edel	113	▲24
63	Annette	110	▼5
63	Clare	110	▼11
65	Theresa	109	▲1
66	Ruth	108	▲17
67	Brenda	107	▼7
67	Helena	107	▲1
69	Veronica	105	▼17
70	Noreen	103	▼10
71	Rose	102	▼21
72	Johanna	98	▼5
73	Miriam	97	▲5
74	Claire	94	▼4
75	Alice	93	▼2
76	Jean	91	▼4
76	Rosemary	91	▲7
78	Christine	90	▼3
78	Majella	90	▲15
78	Michele	90	▼18
81	Jane	86	▼11
82	Una	84	▼8
83	Katherine	83	▼5
83	Pamela	83	▲7
85	Adrienne	82	▼8
85	Gillian	82	New
87	Rita	80	▼7
88	Alison	79	▲10
88	Laura	79	▼7
90	Antoinette	75	New
90	Evelyn	75	·
90	Marian	75	▼5
93	Emer	74	New
94	Dolores	72	▼4
94	Irene	72	New
96	Olive	71	New
97	Amanda	70	·
98	Maeve	69	New
99	Rosaleen	68	New
100	Nuala	66	▼7

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1966
1	John	2,981	·
2	Michael	1,958	·
3	Patrick	1,915	·
4	James	1,349	·
5	Paul	1,275	·
6	Thomas	1,175	·
7	David	1,125	·
8	William	849	·
9	Martin	798	·
10	Gerard	684	·
11	Brian	616	▲3
12	Joseph	612	▼1
13	Anthony	592	▼1
14	Peter	531	▼1
15	Mark	457	▲6
16	Brendan	405	·
17	Edward	397	·
18	Kevin	379	▼3
18	Stephen	379	▼1
20	Alan	376	▲3
21	Declan	366	▲1
22	Noel	356	▼3
23	Francis	336	▼3
24	Robert	332	▲1
25	Richard	314	▲2
26	Daniel	304	▼2
27	Denis	303	▼1
28	Kieran	275	▲4
29	Derek	273	▼1
30	Christopher	269	▼2
31	Raymond	252	▲4
32	Timothy	238	▼2
33	Andrew	234	▼2
34	Kenneth	225	▲5
35	Philip	222	▼1
36	Sean	221	▼3
37	Dermot	215	·
38	Aidan	198	▲3
39	Colm	191	▼1
40	Niall	184	·
41	Bernard	164	▼5
42	Vincent	156	·
43	Donal	155	▲1
44	Cornelius	144	▼1
45	Jeremiah	140	·
46	Maurice	139	▲8
47	Ian	138	▲1
48	Conor	129	▼1
49	Ciaran	120	▲1
49	Liam	120	▲8
51	Desmond	119	▼5
52	Damian	116	▲16
52	Eugene	116	▼1
54	Terence	112	▲4
55	Seamus	110	·
56	Charles	104	▼3
56	Hugh	104	▲6
58	Laurence	100	▼9
59	Matthew	99	▼7
60	Eamon	98	▼1
60	Ronan	98	▲1
62	Eamonn	96	▼2
63	Enda	93	▲2
64	George	91	▼9
65	Adrian	90	▲15
66	Gary	86	▲2
67	Barry	82	·
68	Damien	81	▲8
69	Colin	79	▼1
70	Simon	77	▲8
71	Shane	76	·
72	Gregory	74	▲1
73	Gerald	73	▼9
73	Oliver	73	▲6
75	Fergus	72	▼4
76	Eoin	69	·
77	Nicholas	67	▼14
78	Garrett	66	▼12
78	Padraig	66	▼5
80	Owen	64	▼5
81	Keith	60	▲7
82	Cathal	58	▲3
82	Henry	58	▲1
82	Rory	58	▲1
85	Edmond	51	▲3
86	Cormac	50	▲9
86	Neil	50	▼5
88	Fergal	49	▼3
89	Fintan	48	New
90	Finbar	45	▲4
91	Karl	44	▼3
92	Finbarr	43	▼10
93	Diarmuid	42	▼2
94	Leo	41	▲3
94	Nigel	41	New
96	Eric	40	▼1
96	Garry	40	New
98	Gabriel	39	New
98	Justin	39	New
100	Donald	37	New

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.