Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1969

CSO figures for babies registered in 1969. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

2,182 babies

Number 1 boys

John

2,811 babies

New to the top 100

Nicola, Pamela, Majella, Shirley, Tara, Neil

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	Mary	2,182	·
2	Catherine	1,007	·
3	Margaret	904	·
4	Ann	645	·
5	Elizabeth	597	▲1
6	Anne	577	▼1
7	Sharon	541	▲6
8	Deirdre	528	▼1
9	Patricia	484	▼1
10	Fiona	454	▲7
11	Caroline	431	▼2
12	Bernadette	415	▲9
13	Bridget	397	▼3
14	Helen	386	▲2
15	Martina	379	▼4
16	Karen	367	▲4
17	Susan	366	▼3
18	Linda	353	·
19	Sandra	347	▼4
20	Geraldine	334	▼8
21	Michelle	302	▲5
22	Siobhan	295	▲7
23	Elaine	291	▲4
24	Marie	280	▼5
25	Kathleen	275	·
26	Eileen	245	▼4
27	Carmel	238	▲4
28	Lorraine	232	▲8
29	Teresa	229	▼1
30	Orla	224	▲16
31	Jacqueline	220	▼8
32	Paula	216	·
33	Jennifer	215	▲7
34	Maria	207	▼10
35	Carol	205	▼1
36	Angela	204	▼6
36	Yvonne	204	▲3
38	Nora	199	▼1
39	Denise	198	▲5
40	Joan	196	▼8
41	Sinead	192	▲16
42	Pauline	190	▼7
43	Niamh	188	▲7
44	Louise	186	▲1
45	Josephine	185	▼2
46	Suzanne	182	▲2
47	Brigid	179	▲6
48	Anna	177	▼6
49	Sarah	176	▲5
50	Valerie	174	▼12
51	Ellen	173	▼10
52	Deborah	163	▼1
53	Audrey	161	▼5
53	Sheila	161	▲3
55	Colette	157	·
56	Barbara	151	▼9
57	Christina	140	▼5
58	Amanda	136	▲5
59	Michele	129	▲21
60	Lisa	126	▲1
61	Grainne	120	▼1
62	Claire	119	▼3
63	Annette	118	▲8
63	Edel	118	▲14
63	Rachel	118	▲29
66	Brenda	114	▼4
67	Christine	113	▼3
68	Ciara	111	▲27
68	Julia	111	▼3
70	Helena	110	▲2
71	Alison	108	▲12
72	Nicola	106	New
73	Gillian	105	▼6
74	Frances	104	▼16
74	Pamela	104	New
74	Veronica	104	▼4
77	Noreen	103	▲3
77	Ruth	103	▼4
79	Johanna	102	▲18
80	Clare	101	▼6
81	Miriam	98	▼16
82	Jane	94	▼6
82	Laura	94	▲16
84	Jean	88	▲6
84	Majella	88	New
84	Una	88	▼5
87	Irene	87	▼7
88	Aileen	86	▲7
88	Antoinette	86	▼1
88	Emer	86	▼20
91	Rose	84	▼23
92	Regina	81	▲6
93	Shirley	80	New
94	Adrienne	79	▼9
94	Aisling	79	▼7
96	Marian	77	▼2
96	Tara	77	New
98	Janet	76	▲2
99	Theresa	75	▼25
100	Maeve	74	▼17

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	John	2,811	·
2	Patrick	1,797	·
3	Michael	1,753	·
4	James	1,186	·
5	Thomas	1,139	▲1
6	David	1,127	▼1
7	Paul	1,075	·
8	William	730	·
9	Martin	680	·
10	Brian	678	·
11	Mark	626	▲1
12	Gerard	555	▼1
13	Anthony	551	▲1
14	Joseph	536	▼1
15	Alan	517	▲3
16	Peter	490	▼1
17	Kevin	473	·
18	Stephen	466	▲2
19	Robert	420	▼3
20	Declan	413	▲1
21	Brendan	390	▼2
22	Edward	377	·
23	Noel	332	·
24	Derek	331	▲2
25	Daniel	298	·
26	Richard	297	▲2
27	Francis	272	▼3
28	Kenneth	269	▲2
29	Denis	261	▼2
29	Raymond	261	▲4
31	Kieran	260	▲7
32	Niall	252	▲3
33	Christopher	243	▼4
34	Timothy	237	▼3
35	Sean	232	▲2
36	Andrew	226	▼4
37	Philip	212	▼4
38	Bernard	195	▲3
39	Colm	191	▲1
39	Dermot	191	·
41	Aidan	185	▼5
42	Damien	169	▲4
43	Ciaran	161	▲12
44	Donal	160	▼2
45	Ian	140	▼1
46	Damian	139	▲19
47	Ronan	137	▼2
48	Adrian	135	▲11
48	Barry	135	▲13
50	Conor	133	▼7
51	Vincent	132	▼2
52	Desmond	128	·
53	Cornelius	127	▼3
54	Eugene	126	▼7
55	Shane	123	▼2
56	Maurice	119	▼2
57	Liam	118	▼6
58	Laurence	117	▼11
59	Seamus	114	▲1
60	Enda	110	▲6
60	Jeremiah	110	▼4
62	Terence	108	▲2
63	Colin	106	▼2
64	Keith	105	▲8
65	Fergal	103	▲5
66	Charles	96	▲3
67	Gary	95	▼11
67	Matthew	95	▼9
69	Eamonn	92	▼1
69	Owen	92	▲8
71	Garrett	91	▲8
72	George	88	▼11
73	Hugh	87	▼2
74	Neil	83	New
75	Fergus	78	▼3
75	Nicholas	78	▼8
75	Rory	78	▲4
78	Eoin	77	▼3
78	Gregory	77	▲5
80	Karl	74	▼1
80	Oliver	74	▲2
82	Cathal	73	▲4
83	Eamon	68	▼11
84	Henry	67	▲5
84	Trevor	67	▲8
86	Finbarr	65	▼3
87	Cormac	64	·
88	Darren	63	New
88	Jason	63	New
90	Padraig	61	▼12
91	Ivan	59	New
91	Simon	59	▼4
93	Nigel	58	▼8
94	Gerald	55	▼19
95	Fintan	52	▼5
95	Jonathan	52	▲3
97	Justin	50	▼5
98	Edmond	48	▼2
98	Garry	48	·
100	Aiden	44	▼8

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.