Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1984

CSO figures for babies registered in 1984. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Sarah

830 babies

Number 1 boys

John

1,608 babies

New to the top 100

Kelly, Natasha, Barbara, Dean, Craig, Luke

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1983
1	Sarah	830	·
2	Mary	669	·
3	Lisa	666	▲3
4	Laura	665	▼1
5	Jennifer	661	·
6	Michelle	608	▼2
7	Catherine	498	▲5
8	Emma	493	▼1
9	Karen	461	·
10	Claire	455	▲5
11	Sinead	453	▼3
12	Niamh	444	▲2
13	Ciara	438	▲5
14	Elaine	434	▼1
15	Louise	429	▼5
16	Aoife	420	▼6
17	Fiona	370	▲1
18	Caroline	351	▼2
19	Aisling	311	▲12
20	Deirdre	309	·
21	Sharon	300	▼4
22	Rachel	299	▲4
23	Nicola	296	▼1
24	Linda	287	▼1
25	Lorraine	285	▼4
26	Margaret	282	▼2
27	Elizabeth	279	▼2
28	Amy	247	▲12
28	Anne	247	▼1
30	Siobhan	244	▼1
30	Susan	244	▼1
32	Ann	240	▼4
32	Maria	240	·
34	Orla	236	▲3
35	Joanne	230	·
36	Marie	228	▼2
37	Patricia	224	▼4
38	Edel	211	▲4
39	Gillian	204	▲2
40	Denise	199	▼3
41	Aine	195	▲8
42	Sandra	190	▲6
43	Carol	184	▲9
44	Donna	181	▼8
45	Helen	179	▼2
46	Yvonne	171	▲7
47	Amanda	164	▼2
48	Melissa	162	▲9
49	Emer	159	▼6
50	Gemma	157	▲28
51	Stephanie	154	▲4
52	Martina	153	▼7
53	Mairead	152	▲10
54	Ruth	151	▼4
55	Deborah	148	▼4
56	Bridget	147	▲3
56	Grace	147	▼17
58	Tara	145	▲13
59	Rebecca	142	▲7
60	Roisin	141	▲4
61	Pamela	140	▼14
61	Suzanne	140	·
63	Tracey	139	▲6
64	Clare	136	▼7
65	Anna	135	▲7
66	Jacqueline	134	▼6
67	Alison	124	▲6
68	Kathleen	123	▼6
69	Grainne	122	▼13
69	Julie	122	▼5
71	Bernadette	121	▲4
72	Samantha	115	▲12
73	Eimear	112	▼19
74	Jane	110	▲1
75	Caitriona	105	▲11
75	Catriona	105	▼6
77	Geraldine	104	▼10
78	Danielle	102	▲7
78	Jessica	102	▼4
80	Lorna	100	▲10
81	Paula	99	▼14
81	Teresa	99	▼1
83	Christina	98	▼5
84	Andrea	94	▲10
85	Christine	93	▲2
85	Kim	93	▲9
85	Tanya	93	▲9
88	Kate	89	▼7
89	Kelly	87	New
89	Tracy	87	▼2
91	Ashling	86	▼4
92	Eileen	81	▼15
92	Maeve	81	▼9
92	Victoria	81	·
95	Emily	79	▼2
96	Natasha	76	New
97	Angela	75	▼7
98	Audrey	74	▼1
98	Natalie	74	·
100	Barbara	73	New

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1983
1	John	1,608	·
2	David	1,556	·
3	Michael	1,214	·
4	Patrick	1,074	▲1
5	Stephen	1,024	▼1
6	James	955	·
7	Paul	912	·
8	Mark	858	·
9	Thomas	730	▲1
10	Brian	728	▼1
11	Alan	647	·
12	Kevin	630	▲1
13	Shane	612	▼1
14	Robert	573	·
15	Sean	476	·
16	Daniel	462	·
17	Christopher	434	▲6
18	William	428	▼2
19	Anthony	420	▲1
20	Martin	416	▲1
21	Joseph	411	▼3
22	Peter	400	·
23	Barry	396	▲1
24	Andrew	381	▲4
25	Keith	372	▼6
26	Jonathan	366	▼1
27	Darren	351	▲2
28	Gerard	341	▼2
29	Gary	340	▲3
30	Conor	337	▲4
31	Niall	327	▼4
32	Brendan	315	▲1
33	Eoin	314	▼2
33	Richard	314	▼3
35	Ciaran	285	·
36	Ian	283	▲5
37	Jason	281	▲6
38	Colm	280	▲4
39	Damien	275	▼2
40	Derek	273	▼4
41	Colin	269	▲6
42	Declan	253	▼2
43	Philip	250	▼5
44	Ronan	239	▼5
45	Aidan	225	▲1
46	Kieran	224	▼1
47	Edward	212	▼3
48	Gavin	195	▲14
49	Liam	189	·
50	Kenneth	184	▲3
51	Noel	173	▼1
52	Graham	156	▲7
53	Padraig	153	▼1
54	Denis	152	·
55	Simon	151	▲2
56	Donal	150	▲5
57	Adrian	147	▼1
58	Neil	146	▲8
59	Francis	143	▼8
59	Matthew	143	▼4
59	Raymond	143	▼11
62	Timothy	142	▼2
63	Cathal	134	▲2
64	Steven	133	·
65	Trevor	118	▼7
65	Wayne	118	▲8
67	Rory	117	▲5
68	Karl	114	▲3
69	Owen	106	▲7
70	Dermot	103	▼1
71	Seamus	101	▼1
72	Darragh	100	▲2
73	Ross	95	▼10
74	Adam	92	▼7
75	Cormac	86	▲14
76	Enda	85	·
77	Cian	84	▲15
77	Damian	84	▲2
79	Nicholas	83	▼1
79	Vincent	83	▼11
81	Eamonn	82	▼6
82	Bernard	79	▼2
82	Bryan	79	▼1
84	Aaron	74	▲8
85	Dean	72	New
86	Eoghan	70	▲2
87	Craig	66	New
87	Hugh	66	▲3
89	Garry	65	▼3
89	Luke	65	New
91	Diarmuid	63	▼8
91	Eric	63	▼9
93	Gareth	60	▼2
94	Fergal	59	▼11
94	Micheal	59	▲2
96	Gregory	56	New
97	Eamon	55	▼11
97	Maurice	55	▼14
99	Cornelius	54	New
99	Jeremiah	54	▼5

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.