Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1976
CSO figures for babies registered in 1976. See the latest list for 2025.
Number 1 girls
Mary
1,131 babies
Number 1 boys
John
2,106 babies
New to the top 100
Georgina, Aileen, Andrea, Ashling, Annette, Frances
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1975 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,131 | · | |
| 2 | Sinead | 688 | · | |
| 3 | Catherine | 645 | · | |
| 4 | Michelle | 571 | ▲2 | |
| 5 | Caroline | 564 | ▲2 | |
| 6 | Margaret | 520 | ▼1 | |
| 7 | Karen | 514 | ▲7 | |
| 8 | Jennifer | 494 | ▲5 | |
| 9 | Deirdre | 483 | ▲1 | |
| 10 | Fiona | 452 | ▲2 | |
| 11 | Ann | 434 | ▲4 | |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 423 | ▼3 | |
| 12 | Sharon | 423 | ▼4 | |
| 14 | Elaine | 419 | ▼3 | |
| 15 | Linda | 401 | ▲2 | |
| 16 | Niamh | 390 | ▲7 | |
| 17 | Sarah | 383 | ▲8 | |
| 18 | Lisa | 382 | ▲1 | |
| 19 | Anne | 380 | ▼3 | |
| 20 | Susan | 371 | · | |
| 21 | Louise | 359 | ▲3 | |
| 22 | Patricia | 345 | ▼4 | |
| 23 | Lorraine | 343 | ▲2 | |
| 24 | Nicola | 329 | ▲3 | |
| 24 | Olivia | 329 | ▼20 | |
| 26 | Siobhan | 314 | ▼5 | |
| 27 | Sandra | 311 | ▼5 | |
| 28 | Claire | 307 | ▲4 | |
| 29 | Marie | 305 | ▲7 | |
| 30 | Yvonne | 288 | ▼1 | |
| 31 | Martina | 278 | ▼1 | |
| 32 | Helen | 271 | ▼4 | |
| 33 | Gillian | 267 | ▲3 | |
| 34 | Joanne | 258 | ▲14 | |
| 35 | Orla | 250 | ▼2 | |
| 36 | Emma | 248 | ▲2 | |
| 37 | Denise | 244 | ▼2 | |
| 38 | Maria | 238 | ▼7 | |
| 39 | Bridget | 226 | ▲2 | |
| 40 | Rachel | 214 | ▲2 | |
| 41 | Ciara | 211 | ▲8 | |
| 42 | Laura | 209 | ▲2 | |
| 43 | Amanda | 208 | ▼4 | |
| 44 | Geraldine | 206 | ▼4 | |
| 45 | Deborah | 198 | ▲8 | |
| 46 | Aoife | 186 | ▲10 | |
| 46 | Suzanne | 186 | ▲4 | |
| 48 | Edel | 185 | ▲14 | |
| 49 | Aisling | 182 | ▼6 | |
| 49 | Carol | 182 | ▼2 | |
| 51 | Jacqueline | 173 | ▼6 | |
| 52 | Audrey | 170 | ▲13 | |
| 52 | Eileen | 170 | ▼2 | |
| 54 | Ruth | 169 | ▼2 | |
| 55 | Angela | 168 | ▲3 | |
| 56 | Bernadette | 163 | ▼1 | |
| 57 | Grainne | 158 | ▲4 | |
| 58 | Kathleen | 151 | ▼12 | |
| 59 | Paula | 147 | ▼5 | |
| 60 | Julie | 144 | ▲18 | |
| 61 | Carmel | 142 | ▲1 | |
| 62 | Tara | 140 | · | |
| 63 | Georgina | 139 | New | |
| 64 | Aine | 138 | ▲15 | |
| 64 | Clare | 138 | ▼7 | |
| 66 | Colette | 137 | ▼1 | |
| 67 | Barbara | 133 | ▲4 | |
| 68 | Mairead | 132 | ▼9 | |
| 69 | Anna | 128 | ▼2 | |
| 69 | Valerie | 128 | ▲1 | |
| 71 | Jane | 126 | ▲1 | |
| 71 | Teresa | 126 | ▼2 | |
| 73 | Alison | 120 | ▼13 | |
| 74 | Anita | 118 | ▲7 | |
| 75 | Josephine | 112 | ▲1 | |
| 75 | Tracey | 112 | ▼1 | |
| 77 | Pauline | 111 | ▲17 | |
| 78 | Nora | 109 | ▲2 | |
| 79 | Roisin | 108 | ▲6 | |
| 80 | Emer | 107 | ▼12 | |
| 81 | Christina | 104 | ▼9 | |
| 81 | Sheila | 104 | ▼6 | |
| 83 | Aileen | 103 | New | |
| 83 | Andrea | 103 | New | |
| 85 | Brenda | 102 | · | |
| 86 | Joan | 101 | ▼3 | |
| 86 | Shirley | 101 | ▼3 | |
| 88 | Olive | 100 | ▼54 | |
| 89 | Catriona | 99 | · | |
| 90 | Jean | 96 | ▲1 | |
| 91 | Ashling | 93 | New | |
| 92 | Annette | 88 | New | |
| 92 | Ellen | 88 | ▼3 | |
| 92 | Frances | 88 | New | |
| 95 | Hazel | 87 | ▲1 | |
| 96 | Samantha | 86 | ▼4 | |
| 96 | Tanya | 86 | ▲2 | |
| 98 | Eimear | 85 | New | |
| 99 | Victoria | 84 | New | |
| 100 | Helena | 83 | ▼15 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1975 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,106 | · | |
| 2 | David | 1,478 | ▲1 | |
| 3 | Michael | 1,413 | ▼1 | |
| 4 | Patrick | 1,264 | · | |
| 5 | Paul | 1,098 | · | |
| 6 | James | 1,010 | · | |
| 7 | Mark | 916 | · | |
| 8 | Thomas | 826 | · | |
| 9 | Brian | 812 | ▲1 | |
| 10 | Stephen | 779 | ▲1 | |
| 11 | Alan | 718 | ▼2 | |
| 12 | William | 543 | ▲1 | |
| 13 | Martin | 520 | ▼1 | |
| 14 | Anthony | 504 | ▲1 | |
| 15 | Shane | 478 | ▲7 | |
| 16 | Kevin | 474 | · | |
| 17 | Robert | 457 | ▲2 | |
| 18 | Keith | 453 | ▼1 | |
| 19 | Brendan | 432 | ▲5 | |
| 20 | Gerard | 422 | ▼2 | |
| 21 | Declan | 413 | · | |
| 22 | Joseph | 396 | ▲1 | |
| 23 | Peter | 392 | ▼3 | |
| 24 | Barry | 381 | ▲12 | |
| 25 | Niall | 359 | ▲1 | |
| 26 | Derek | 355 | ▲2 | |
| 27 | Jason | 352 | ▼2 | |
| 27 | Richard | 352 | · | |
| 29 | Noel | 317 | ▲3 | |
| 30 | Daniel | 309 | ▼1 | |
| 31 | Kenneth | 303 | ▼1 | |
| 32 | Edward | 302 | ▼1 | |
| 33 | Ian | 287 | ▲6 | |
| 34 | Sean | 282 | · | |
| 35 | Raymond | 272 | ▲3 | |
| 36 | Darren | 271 | ▼1 | |
| 37 | Andrew | 267 | ▼4 | |
| 38 | Aidan | 257 | ▲16 | |
| 39 | Oliver | 255 | ▼25 | |
| 40 | Philip | 252 | ▼3 | |
| 41 | Kieran | 241 | ▲1 | |
| 42 | Francis | 235 | ▼2 | |
| 42 | Jonathan | 235 | ▲13 | |
| 44 | Colm | 233 | ▲1 | |
| 45 | Damien | 228 | ▲1 | |
| 46 | Adrian | 222 | ▼5 | |
| 47 | Christopher | 215 | ▼1 | |
| 48 | Ronan | 212 | ▼5 | |
| 49 | Conor | 210 | ▼5 | |
| 50 | Denis | 197 | ▼2 | |
| 51 | Colin | 186 | ▼1 | |
| 52 | Trevor | 182 | ▼1 | |
| 53 | Ciaran | 181 | ▼1 | |
| 54 | Timothy | 180 | ▼1 | |
| 55 | Donal | 178 | ▲1 | |
| 56 | Liam | 172 | ▲7 | |
| 57 | Dermot | 170 | ▼8 | |
| 57 | Gavin | 170 | ▲12 | |
| 59 | Damian | 153 | ▼2 | |
| 60 | Vincent | 151 | ▲5 | |
| 61 | Gary | 148 | ▼3 | |
| 62 | Simon | 147 | ▼3 | |
| 63 | Fergal | 146 | ▼4 | |
| 64 | Graham | 139 | · | |
| 65 | Seamus | 138 | ▼4 | |
| 66 | Eoin | 136 | ▼4 | |
| 67 | Enda | 130 | ▲3 | |
| 68 | Eamonn | 129 | ▲7 | |
| 69 | Owen | 111 | ▲18 | |
| 70 | Wayne | 110 | ▲1 | |
| 71 | Matthew | 106 | ▲14 | |
| 71 | Padraig | 106 | ▲1 | |
| 73 | Bernard | 105 | ▼7 | |
| 74 | Cathal | 103 | ▼6 | |
| 74 | Rory | 103 | · | |
| 76 | Nigel | 102 | ▼9 | |
| 77 | Neil | 100 | · | |
| 78 | Karl | 97 | · | |
| 79 | Terence | 96 | ▲9 | |
| 80 | Desmond | 95 | ▼1 | |
| 81 | Eugene | 92 | ▼6 | |
| 82 | Eric | 86 | ▲16 | |
| 83 | Gordon | 84 | ▲13 | |
| 83 | Maurice | 84 | ▼10 | |
| 83 | Stuart | 84 | ▲5 | |
| 86 | Cormac | 83 | ▼4 | |
| 87 | Darragh | 82 | New | |
| 88 | Nicholas | 81 | ▼5 | |
| 89 | Jeremiah | 78 | ▼8 | |
| 89 | Ross | 78 | New | |
| 91 | Hugh | 76 | ▲3 | |
| 92 | George | 75 | ▲4 | |
| 93 | Charles | 73 | ▼3 | |
| 93 | Cornelius | 73 | ▼10 | |
| 93 | Gregory | 73 | New | |
| 93 | Laurence | 73 | ▲1 | |
| 97 | Eamon | 70 | ▼17 | |
| 98 | Garry | 66 | · | |
| 99 | Fergus | 65 | ▼13 | |
| 100 | Justin | 64 | ▼9 |
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.