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Baby names of the 1980s

The names given most often in Ireland from 1980 to 1989, adding up every year of the decade with spellings combined. Figures before 1998 come from the CSO back series.

Girls

  1. 1Sarah8,455
  2. 2Mary6,863
  3. 3Laura6,648
  4. 4Michelle6,182
  5. 5Lisa5,914
  6. 6Jennifer5,866
  7. 7Emma5,813
  8. 8Sinéad4,897
  9. 9Niamh4,762
  10. 10Ciara4,727
  11. 11Louise4,650
  12. 12Aoife4,581
  13. 13Catherine4,551
  14. 14Claire4,481
  15. 15Elaine4,176
  16. 16Karen4,135
  17. 17Fiona3,740
  18. 18Caroline3,452
  19. 19Deirdre3,263
  20. 20Nicola3,162
  21. 21Aisling3,161
  22. 22Rachel2,894
  23. 23Margaret2,890
  24. 24Lorraine2,764
  25. 25Sharon2,695
  26. 26Linda2,694
  27. 27Elizabeth2,623
  28. 28Amy2,620
  29. 29Ann2,569
  30. 30Siobhán2,557
  31. 31Amanda2,515
  32. 32Orla2,514
  33. 33Anne2,465
  34. 34Maria2,315
  35. 35Susan2,307
  36. 36Marie2,214
  37. 37Patricia2,130
  38. 38Denise2,049
  39. 39Joanne1,953
  40. 40Gillian1,917
  41. 41Edel1,915
  42. 42Donna1,878
  43. 43Áine1,854
  44. 44Sandra1,780
  45. 45Helen1,757
  46. 46Rebecca1,612
  47. 47Ruth1,606
  48. 48Deborah1,585
  49. 49Yvonne1,554
  50. 50Gráinne1,519

Boys

  1. 1John16,053
  2. 2David14,737
  3. 3Michael11,289
  4. 4Patrick10,009
  5. 5James9,711
  6. 6Paul9,193
  7. 7Stephen9,138
  8. 8Mark7,822
  9. 9Brian7,044
  10. 10Thomas7,002
  11. 11Shane6,507
  12. 12Alan6,250
  13. 13Kevin5,873
  14. 14Robert5,698
  15. 15Seán4,901
  16. 16Daniel4,807
  17. 17Anthony4,159
  18. 18Martin4,148
  19. 19William4,115
  20. 20Joseph4,039
  21. 21Christopher4,026
  22. 22Peter3,841
  23. 23Andrew3,818
  24. 24Keith3,739
  25. 25Jonathan3,612
  26. 26Niall3,607
  27. 27Conor3,606
  28. 28Darren3,597
  29. 29Barry3,573
  30. 30Gerard3,467
  31. 31Richard3,368
  32. 32Eoin3,291
  33. 33Jason3,154
  34. 34Ciarán3,130
  35. 35Gary3,090
  36. 36Brendan2,930
  37. 37Ian2,883
  38. 38Declan2,587
  39. 39Philip2,585
  40. 40Ronan2,512
  41. 41Colm2,496
  42. 42Damien2,491
  43. 43Derek2,347
  44. 44Kieran2,261
  45. 45Colin2,134
  46. 46Edward2,085
  47. 47Aidan2,050
  48. 48Gavin1,933
  49. 49Liam1,870
  50. 50Noel1,823

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