Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1977
CSO figures for babies registered in 1977. See the latest list for 2025.
Number 1 girls
Mary
972 babies
Number 1 boys
John
2,086 babies
New to the top 100
Sabrina, Tracy, Maeve, Gemma, Clodagh, Noreen
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1976 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 972 | · | |
| 2 | Sinead | 694 | · | |
| 3 | Catherine | 693 | · | |
| 4 | Michelle | 594 | · | |
| 5 | Karen | 570 | ▲2 | |
| 6 | Caroline | 563 | ▼1 | |
| 7 | Deirdre | 540 | ▲2 | |
| 8 | Margaret | 463 | ▼2 | |
| 9 | Fiona | 460 | ▲1 | |
| 10 | Jennifer | 451 | ▼2 | |
| 11 | Elaine | 430 | ▲3 | |
| 12 | Sarah | 413 | ▲5 | |
| 13 | Sharon | 394 | ▼1 | |
| 14 | Niamh | 390 | ▲2 | |
| 15 | Lisa | 382 | ▲3 | |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 381 | ▼4 | |
| 17 | Linda | 372 | ▼2 | |
| 18 | Ann | 364 | ▼7 | |
| 19 | Susan | 360 | ▲1 | |
| 20 | Anne | 356 | ▼1 | |
| 21 | Lorraine | 341 | ▲2 | |
| 22 | Patricia | 339 | · | |
| 23 | Claire | 330 | ▲5 | |
| 23 | Louise | 330 | ▼2 | |
| 25 | Nicola | 320 | ▼1 | |
| 26 | Yvonne | 306 | ▲4 | |
| 27 | Gillian | 297 | ▲6 | |
| 28 | Martina | 287 | ▲3 | |
| 29 | Sandra | 285 | ▼2 | |
| 30 | Emma | 283 | ▲6 | |
| 30 | Siobhan | 283 | ▼4 | |
| 32 | Joanne | 282 | ▲2 | |
| 33 | Orla | 279 | ▲2 | |
| 34 | Helen | 264 | ▼2 | |
| 35 | Laura | 263 | ▲7 | |
| 36 | Aoife | 252 | ▲10 | |
| 37 | Marie | 243 | ▼8 | |
| 38 | Maria | 237 | · | |
| 39 | Sabrina | 229 | New | |
| 40 | Ciara | 222 | ▲1 | |
| 41 | Geraldine | 211 | ▲3 | |
| 42 | Denise | 208 | ▼5 | |
| 43 | Amanda | 205 | · | |
| 44 | Ruth | 201 | ▲10 | |
| 45 | Bridget | 200 | ▼6 | |
| 46 | Suzanne | 198 | · | |
| 47 | Aisling | 197 | ▲2 | |
| 48 | Deborah | 187 | ▼3 | |
| 49 | Carol | 184 | · | |
| 50 | Bernadette | 179 | ▲6 | |
| 51 | Julie | 178 | ▲9 | |
| 52 | Olivia | 175 | ▼28 | |
| 53 | Jacqueline | 169 | ▼2 | |
| 54 | Rachel | 166 | ▼14 | |
| 55 | Paula | 164 | ▲4 | |
| 56 | Edel | 161 | ▼8 | |
| 56 | Grainne | 161 | ▲1 | |
| 58 | Mairead | 154 | ▲10 | |
| 59 | Clare | 150 | ▲5 | |
| 60 | Aine | 149 | ▲4 | |
| 60 | Angela | 149 | ▼5 | |
| 62 | Emer | 146 | ▲18 | |
| 63 | Eileen | 145 | ▼11 | |
| 64 | Audrey | 143 | ▼12 | |
| 65 | Kathleen | 142 | ▼7 | |
| 66 | Alison | 140 | ▲7 | |
| 67 | Tara | 139 | ▼5 | |
| 68 | Tracey | 131 | ▲7 | |
| 68 | Tracy | 131 | New | |
| 68 | Valerie | 131 | ▲1 | |
| 71 | Barbara | 126 | ▼4 | |
| 72 | Anna | 125 | ▼3 | |
| 72 | Teresa | 125 | ▼1 | |
| 74 | Jane | 124 | ▼3 | |
| 75 | Colette | 114 | ▼9 | |
| 76 | Carmel | 110 | ▼15 | |
| 77 | Catriona | 109 | ▲12 | |
| 78 | Sheila | 108 | ▲3 | |
| 79 | Helena | 104 | ▲21 | |
| 79 | Maeve | 104 | New | |
| 81 | Christina | 101 | · | |
| 81 | Gemma | 101 | New | |
| 83 | Anita | 99 | ▼9 | |
| 84 | Josephine | 97 | ▼9 | |
| 85 | Clodagh | 96 | New | |
| 85 | Tanya | 96 | ▲11 | |
| 87 | Ashling | 95 | ▲4 | |
| 87 | Ellen | 95 | ▲5 | |
| 89 | Noreen | 94 | New | |
| 90 | Pauline | 93 | ▼13 | |
| 90 | Roisin | 93 | ▼11 | |
| 92 | Lorna | 91 | New | |
| 93 | Andrea | 90 | ▼10 | |
| 93 | Rebecca | 90 | New | |
| 95 | Brenda | 89 | ▼10 | |
| 96 | Eimear | 87 | ▲2 | |
| 97 | Aileen | 81 | ▼14 | |
| 97 | Caitriona | 81 | New | |
| 99 | Irene | 80 | New | |
| 100 | Joan | 79 | ▼14 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1976 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,086 | · | |
| 2 | David | 1,571 | · | |
| 3 | Michael | 1,349 | · | |
| 4 | Patrick | 1,227 | · | |
| 5 | Paul | 1,114 | · | |
| 6 | James | 927 | · | |
| 7 | Brian | 865 | ▲2 | |
| 8 | Mark | 864 | ▼1 | |
| 9 | Thomas | 770 | ▼1 | |
| 10 | Stephen | 704 | · | |
| 11 | Alan | 679 | · | |
| 12 | Anthony | 542 | ▲2 | |
| 13 | Martin | 535 | · | |
| 14 | Kevin | 522 | ▲2 | |
| 15 | William | 497 | ▼3 | |
| 16 | Robert | 470 | ▲1 | |
| 17 | Shane | 468 | ▼2 | |
| 18 | Gerard | 443 | ▲2 | |
| 19 | Peter | 415 | ▲4 | |
| 20 | Joseph | 411 | ▲2 | |
| 21 | Keith | 389 | ▼3 | |
| 22 | Brendan | 384 | ▼3 | |
| 23 | Niall | 370 | ▲2 | |
| 24 | Declan | 362 | ▼3 | |
| 25 | Barry | 348 | ▼1 | |
| 25 | Richard | 348 | ▲2 | |
| 27 | Derek | 338 | ▼1 | |
| 27 | Sean | 338 | ▲7 | |
| 29 | Andrew | 318 | ▲8 | |
| 30 | Jason | 317 | ▼3 | |
| 31 | Daniel | 316 | ▼1 | |
| 32 | Ian | 314 | ▲1 | |
| 33 | Gavin | 299 | ▲24 | |
| 34 | Darren | 294 | ▲2 | |
| 35 | Edward | 270 | ▼3 | |
| 36 | Kieran | 266 | ▲5 | |
| 36 | Philip | 266 | ▲4 | |
| 38 | Kenneth | 260 | ▼7 | |
| 39 | Noel | 256 | ▼10 | |
| 40 | Ronan | 244 | ▲8 | |
| 41 | Raymond | 241 | ▼6 | |
| 42 | Damien | 239 | ▲3 | |
| 43 | Conor | 232 | ▲6 | |
| 44 | Aidan | 227 | ▼6 | |
| 45 | Francis | 226 | ▼3 | |
| 46 | Christopher | 225 | ▲1 | |
| 47 | Colin | 224 | ▲4 | |
| 48 | Jonathan | 222 | ▼6 | |
| 49 | Adrian | 219 | ▼3 | |
| 49 | Colm | 219 | ▼5 | |
| 51 | Ciaran | 207 | ▲2 | |
| 52 | Trevor | 200 | · | |
| 53 | Timothy | 190 | ▲1 | |
| 54 | Denis | 183 | ▼4 | |
| 55 | Donal | 178 | · | |
| 56 | Liam | 175 | · | |
| 57 | Dermot | 170 | · | |
| 58 | Graham | 160 | ▲6 | |
| 59 | Eoin | 157 | ▲7 | |
| 59 | Neil | 157 | ▲18 | |
| 59 | Seamus | 157 | ▲6 | |
| 62 | Wesley | 155 | New | |
| 63 | Damian | 146 | ▼4 | |
| 64 | Gary | 143 | ▼3 | |
| 65 | Bernard | 139 | ▲8 | |
| 66 | Enda | 136 | ▲1 | |
| 67 | Simon | 135 | ▼5 | |
| 68 | Rory | 130 | ▲6 | |
| 69 | Padraig | 123 | ▲2 | |
| 70 | Fergal | 122 | ▼7 | |
| 70 | Vincent | 122 | ▼10 | |
| 72 | Cathal | 119 | ▲2 | |
| 73 | Owen | 104 | ▼4 | |
| 74 | Oliver | 102 | ▼35 | |
| 75 | Eamonn | 101 | ▼7 | |
| 76 | Desmond | 100 | ▲4 | |
| 77 | Nicholas | 99 | ▲11 | |
| 78 | Wayne | 95 | ▼8 | |
| 79 | Cornelius | 92 | ▲14 | |
| 79 | Matthew | 92 | ▼8 | |
| 81 | Karl | 91 | ▼3 | |
| 82 | Maurice | 86 | ▲1 | |
| 83 | Eugene | 85 | ▼2 | |
| 84 | Gareth | 83 | New | |
| 84 | Laurence | 83 | ▲9 | |
| 84 | Nigel | 83 | ▼8 | |
| 87 | Garrett | 76 | New | |
| 88 | Charles | 75 | ▲5 | |
| 88 | Ross | 75 | ▲1 | |
| 90 | Gordon | 73 | ▼7 | |
| 91 | Darragh | 72 | ▼4 | |
| 91 | Diarmuid | 72 | New | |
| 93 | Gregory | 71 | · | |
| 93 | Jeremiah | 71 | ▼4 | |
| 95 | Cormac | 70 | ▼9 | |
| 95 | Hugh | 70 | ▼4 | |
| 97 | Garry | 69 | ▲1 | |
| 98 | Bryan | 68 | New | |
| 98 | Eamon | 68 | ▼1 | |
| 98 | Stuart | 68 | ▼15 |
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.