Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1980
CSO figures for babies registered in 1980. See the latest list for 2025.
Number 1 girls
Mary
964 babies
Number 1 boys
John
2,510 babies
New to the top 100
Amy, Ellen, Miriam, Melissa, Leona, Stephanie
Girls
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1979 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 964 | · | |
| 2 | Sarah | 653 | ▲5 | |
| 3 | Michelle | 649 | ▼1 | |
| 4 | Catherine | 633 | · | |
| 5 | Louise | 598 | ▲11 | |
| 6 | Lisa | 586 | · | |
| 7 | Caroline | 573 | ▼4 | |
| 8 | Sinead | 561 | ▼3 | |
| 9 | Jennifer | 553 | ▲1 | |
| 10 | Karen | 549 | ▼1 | |
| 11 | Emma | 525 | · | |
| 12 | Elaine | 507 | ▲5 | |
| 13 | Fiona | 499 | ▼1 | |
| 14 | Niamh | 492 | ▼2 | |
| 15 | Deirdre | 464 | ▼7 | |
| 16 | Claire | 458 | ▲8 | |
| 17 | Laura | 446 | ▲1 | |
| 18 | Lorraine | 440 | ▼4 | |
| 19 | Margaret | 420 | ▲3 | |
| 20 | Sharon | 381 | ▲5 | |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 364 | ▲2 | |
| 22 | Orla | 361 | ▲8 | |
| 23 | Anne | 356 | ▲3 | |
| 24 | Ann | 355 | ▼4 | |
| 25 | Ciara | 352 | ▲7 | |
| 25 | Nicola | 352 | ▲2 | |
| 27 | Linda | 347 | ▼8 | |
| 28 | Aoife | 344 | ▼7 | |
| 29 | Susan | 335 | ▼1 | |
| 30 | Pamela | 330 | ▲11 | |
| 31 | Patricia | 327 | ▲5 | |
| 32 | Joanne | 319 | ▼3 | |
| 33 | Siobhan | 314 | ▲2 | |
| 34 | Paula | 300 | ▼19 | |
| 35 | Sandra | 283 | ▼1 | |
| 36 | Denise | 279 | ▲3 | |
| 37 | Amanda | 275 | ▲6 | |
| 38 | Marie | 272 | ▼5 | |
| 39 | Yvonne | 263 | ▲1 | |
| 40 | Aisling | 258 | ▼3 | |
| 41 | Gillian | 257 | ▼10 | |
| 42 | Maria | 248 | ▲2 | |
| 43 | Helen | 243 | ▼1 | |
| 44 | Martina | 242 | ▲2 | |
| 45 | Carol | 229 | ▼7 | |
| 46 | Edel | 225 | ▲1 | |
| 47 | Aine | 213 | ▲6 | |
| 48 | Deborah | 211 | ▲2 | |
| 49 | Rachel | 201 | · | |
| 50 | Grainne | 195 | ▲6 | |
| 51 | Bridget | 184 | ▲3 | |
| 51 | Donna | 184 | ▲25 | |
| 53 | Eimear | 181 | ▲21 | |
| 54 | Ruth | 180 | ▼3 | |
| 55 | Bernadette | 176 | ▲5 | |
| 56 | Geraldine | 174 | ▲3 | |
| 57 | Suzanne | 172 | ▼9 | |
| 58 | Clare | 171 | ▼1 | |
| 59 | Jacqueline | 170 | ▼8 | |
| 60 | Mairead | 162 | ▲3 | |
| 61 | Tracey | 156 | ▲6 | |
| 62 | Kathleen | 150 | ▼2 | |
| 63 | Emer | 147 | ▼1 | |
| 64 | Julie | 145 | ▼9 | |
| 65 | Pauline | 144 | ▼20 | |
| 66 | Eileen | 140 | ▲9 | |
| 67 | Alison | 137 | ▼4 | |
| 67 | Audrey | 137 | ▲1 | |
| 69 | Tracy | 132 | ▲7 | |
| 70 | Anna | 131 | ▼4 | |
| 71 | Roisin | 127 | ▲10 | |
| 72 | Angela | 124 | ▲4 | |
| 72 | Catriona | 124 | ▼14 | |
| 74 | Rebecca | 121 | ▲26 | |
| 75 | Amy | 120 | New | |
| 75 | Lorna | 120 | ▲16 | |
| 77 | Sabrina | 117 | ▼6 | |
| 78 | Tara | 116 | ▼6 | |
| 78 | Teresa | 116 | ▼13 | |
| 80 | Christina | 114 | ▼11 | |
| 81 | Valerie | 113 | ▲5 | |
| 82 | Caitriona | 112 | ▼3 | |
| 83 | Jane | 106 | ▼14 | |
| 84 | Christine | 105 | ▲1 | |
| 84 | Ellen | 105 | New | |
| 84 | Gemma | 105 | ▼2 | |
| 87 | Emily | 104 | ▲6 | |
| 88 | Andrea | 103 | ▲2 | |
| 89 | Carmel | 102 | ▼6 | |
| 89 | Olivia | 102 | ▼16 | |
| 91 | Jean | 98 | ▼11 | |
| 92 | Colette | 96 | ▲6 | |
| 93 | Miriam | 94 | New | |
| 94 | Melissa | 93 | New | |
| 95 | Aileen | 92 | ▼9 | |
| 95 | Barbara | 92 | ▼11 | |
| 97 | Leona | 90 | New | |
| 97 | Stephanie | 90 | New | |
| 97 | Victoria | 90 | · | |
| 100 | Helena | 88 | ▼2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies | vs 1979 | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,510 | · | |
| 2 | David | 1,740 | · | |
| 3 | Michael | 1,426 | ▲1 | |
| 4 | Paul | 1,262 | ▼1 | |
| 5 | Patrick | 1,218 | · | |
| 6 | James | 1,087 | · | |
| 7 | Brian | 944 | · | |
| 8 | Thomas | 844 | ▲1 | |
| 9 | Alan | 815 | ▲1 | |
| 10 | Mark | 814 | ▼2 | |
| 11 | Stephen | 773 | · | |
| 12 | Robert | 670 | · | |
| 13 | Kevin | 568 | · | |
| 14 | William | 541 | ▲2 | |
| 15 | Shane | 540 | ▲3 | |
| 16 | Martin | 506 | ▼2 | |
| 17 | Peter | 489 | · | |
| 18 | Anthony | 483 | ▼3 | |
| 19 | Keith | 453 | ▲1 | |
| 20 | Joseph | 446 | ▼1 | |
| 21 | Gerard | 429 | ▲1 | |
| 22 | Barry | 423 | ▲4 | |
| 23 | Jonathan | 401 | ▲9 | |
| 24 | Niall | 393 | ▲1 | |
| 25 | Daniel | 373 | ▲2 | |
| 26 | Brendan | 372 | ▼3 | |
| 26 | Darren | 372 | ▲9 | |
| 28 | Sean | 370 | · | |
| 29 | Richard | 365 | ▼5 | |
| 30 | Andrew | 359 | ▼9 | |
| 31 | Ronan | 356 | ▲5 | |
| 32 | Declan | 348 | ▼2 | |
| 32 | Derek | 348 | ▼1 | |
| 34 | Eoin | 346 | ▼1 | |
| 35 | Damien | 339 | ▲4 | |
| 36 | Philip | 336 | ▼3 | |
| 37 | Jason | 319 | ▼8 | |
| 38 | Conor | 299 | ▲2 | |
| 39 | Gary | 298 | ▲10 | |
| 40 | Ciaran | 297 | ▲2 | |
| 41 | Kenneth | 290 | ▲5 | |
| 42 | Gareth | 282 | ▲15 | |
| 42 | Noel | 282 | ▲1 | |
| 44 | Edward | 272 | ▼3 | |
| 45 | Ian | 271 | ▼8 | |
| 46 | Kieran | 263 | ▼8 | |
| 47 | Colin | 260 | ▼2 | |
| 48 | Christopher | 255 | ▼4 | |
| 49 | Colm | 253 | ▼1 | |
| 50 | Aidan | 243 | ▼3 | |
| 51 | Liam | 231 | ▲2 | |
| 52 | Gavin | 230 | · | |
| 53 | Trevor | 203 | ▲2 | |
| 54 | Raymond | 199 | ▲2 | |
| 55 | Francis | 192 | ▼6 | |
| 55 | Karl | 192 | ▲3 | |
| 57 | Donal | 186 | ▲10 | |
| 58 | Denis | 182 | ▼5 | |
| 59 | Timothy | 173 | ▲2 | |
| 60 | Adrian | 169 | ▼9 | |
| 61 | Dermot | 166 | ▲7 | |
| 62 | Simon | 163 | · | |
| 63 | Graham | 162 | ▼4 | |
| 64 | Padraig | 157 | · | |
| 65 | Neil | 137 | ▼3 | |
| 66 | Damian | 136 | ▲6 | |
| 67 | Cathal | 135 | ▼7 | |
| 68 | Vincent | 132 | ▲1 | |
| 68 | Wayne | 132 | ▼2 | |
| 70 | Ross | 130 | ▲12 | |
| 71 | Seamus | 128 | ▼6 | |
| 72 | Enda | 122 | ▼2 | |
| 73 | Eamonn | 116 | ▼2 | |
| 74 | Rory | 115 | ▼2 | |
| 75 | Bernard | 113 | ▲2 | |
| 76 | Matthew | 110 | ▲3 | |
| 77 | Cormac | 104 | ▼3 | |
| 78 | Owen | 102 | ▼2 | |
| 79 | Garry | 98 | New | |
| 80 | Charles | 87 | ▲18 | |
| 81 | Fergal | 85 | ▲2 | |
| 81 | Hugh | 85 | ▲3 | |
| 83 | Nicholas | 84 | ▼2 | |
| 84 | Laurence | 82 | ▲4 | |
| 84 | Maurice | 82 | ▲10 | |
| 86 | Desmond | 81 | ▼1 | |
| 87 | Cornelius | 76 | ▲3 | |
| 87 | Darragh | 76 | ▼8 | |
| 89 | Eoghan | 75 | New | |
| 90 | Eric | 73 | ▼3 | |
| 90 | Jeremiah | 73 | ▲10 | |
| 92 | Nigel | 72 | ▼14 | |
| 93 | Bryan | 71 | · | |
| 94 | Oliver | 70 | ▲2 | |
| 95 | Diarmuid | 69 | New | |
| 96 | George | 68 | ▲2 | |
| 97 | Eugene | 67 | New | |
| 98 | Steven | 64 | ▼7 | |
| 99 | Terence | 63 | ▼5 | |
| 100 | Gregory | 62 | ▼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.