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Baby names of the 1960s

The names given most often in Ireland from 1964 to 1969 (so far), adding up every year of the decade with spellings combined. Figures before 1998 come from the CSO back series.

Girls

  1. 1Mary16,698
  2. 2Catherine7,217
  3. 3Margaret7,044
  4. 4Ann4,619
  5. 5Anne4,374
  6. 6Elizabeth4,065
  7. 7Patricia3,124
  8. 8Bridget3,064
  9. 9Deirdre2,991
  10. 10Geraldine2,895
  11. 11Caroline2,802
  12. 12Helen2,439
  13. 13Martina2,320
  14. 14Sandra2,218
  15. 15Bernadette2,189
  16. 16Jacqueline2,133
  17. 17Susan2,051
  18. 18Sharon2,015
  19. 19Fiona2,008
  20. 20Linda1,930
  21. 21Eileen1,853
  22. 22Kathleen1,741
  23. 23Marie1,732
  24. 24Pauline1,677
  25. 25Teresa1,671
  26. 26Karen1,641
  27. 27Carmel1,600
  28. 28Angela1,511
  29. 29Maria1,486
  30. 30Siobhán1,459
  31. 31Nora1,445
  32. 32Paula1,435
  33. 33Joan1,371
  34. 34Brigid1,330
  35. 35Josephine1,306
  36. 36Ellen1,300
  37. 37Anna1,247
  38. 38Carol1,176
  39. 39Elaine1,086
  40. 40Orla1,051
  41. 41Yvonne1,047
  42. 42Lorraine1,041
  43. 43Michelle990
  44. 44Valerie944
  45. 45Sheila938
  46. 46Denise934
  47. 47Sarah925
  48. 48Barbara921
  49. 49Christina895
  50. 50Louise880

Boys

  1. 1John18,871
  2. 2Patrick12,041
  3. 3Michael11,762
  4. 4James8,274
  5. 5Paul7,876
  6. 6Thomas7,414
  7. 7David6,431
  8. 8William5,026
  9. 9Martin4,726
  10. 10Gerard4,247
  11. 11Joseph3,869
  12. 12Anthony3,635
  13. 13Brian3,571
  14. 14Peter3,253
  15. 15Kevin2,698
  16. 16Mark2,667
  17. 17Brendan2,506
  18. 18Edward2,419
  19. 19Stephen2,345
  20. 20Declan2,295
  21. 21Robert2,243
  22. 22Alan2,236
  23. 23Noel2,219
  24. 24Francis2,152
  25. 25Daniel2,002
  26. 26Denis1,865
  27. 27Richard1,857
  28. 28Derek1,693
  29. 29Christopher1,617
  30. 30Timothy1,535
  31. 31Kieran1,450
  32. 32Raymond1,423
  33. 33Andrew1,391
  34. 34Philip1,293
  35. 35Kenneth1,258
  36. 36Seán1,233
  37. 37Dermot1,198
  38. 38Aidan1,182
  39. 39Niall1,163
  40. 40Bernard1,153
  41. 41Colm1,036
  42. 42Donal961
  43. 43Vincent880
  44. 44Cornelius875
  45. 45Jeremiah828
  46. 46Desmond800
  47. 47Ciarán765
  48. 48Conor754
  49. 49Ian750
  50. 50Eugene748

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined.