Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1968

CSO figures for babies registered in 1968. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

2,364 babies

Number 1 boys

John

2,863 babies

New to the top 100

Lisa, Aisling, Rachel, Eleanor, Aileen, Ciara

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1967
1	Mary	2,364	·
2	Catherine	1,082	▲1
3	Margaret	1,029	▼1
4	Ann	749	·
5	Anne	656	·
6	Elizabeth	625	·
7	Deirdre	468	▲2
8	Patricia	461	·
9	Caroline	457	▲3
10	Bridget	418	▼3
11	Martina	411	·
12	Geraldine	410	▼2
13	Sharon	400	▲6
14	Susan	393	▲1
15	Sandra	371	▲1
16	Helen	358	▼3
17	Fiona	357	▼3
18	Linda	355	▲2
19	Marie	294	▲3
20	Karen	289	▲8
21	Bernadette	282	▼4
22	Eileen	276	▼1
23	Jacqueline	274	▼5
24	Maria	270	▼1
25	Kathleen	261	▼2
26	Michelle	244	▲10
27	Elaine	242	▲10
28	Teresa	234	▲1
29	Siobhan	226	▲2
30	Angela	224	·
31	Carmel	216	▼5
32	Joan	206	·
32	Paula	206	▼7
34	Carol	203	▲7
35	Pauline	200	▼8
36	Lorraine	196	▲14
37	Nora	193	▼4
38	Valerie	192	▲10
39	Yvonne	190	▲1
40	Jennifer	189	▲10
41	Ellen	177	▼2
42	Anna	172	▼7
43	Josephine	171	▼9
44	Denise	168	▼1
45	Louise	165	▲3
46	Orla	164	▼8
47	Barbara	163	▼2
48	Audrey	160	▼4
48	Suzanne	160	▲6
50	Niamh	157	▲6
51	Deborah	152	▲3
52	Christina	148	·
53	Brigid	146	▼11
54	Sarah	145	▲2
55	Colette	142	▲6
56	Sheila	136	▼11
57	Sinead	133	▲3
58	Frances	130	▼13
59	Claire	128	▲15
60	Grainne	123	▼2
61	Lisa	119	New
62	Brenda	117	▲5
63	Amanda	116	▲34
64	Christine	114	▲14
65	Julia	111	▼7
65	Miriam	111	▲8
67	Gillian	107	▲18
68	Emer	106	▲25
68	Rose	106	▲3
70	Veronica	104	▼1
71	Annette	103	▼8
72	Helena	101	▼5
73	Ruth	100	▼7
74	Clare	98	▼11
74	Theresa	98	▼9
76	Jane	95	▲5
77	Edel	91	▼15
78	Nuala	90	▲22
79	Una	87	▲3
80	Irene	84	▲14
80	Michele	84	▼2
80	Noreen	84	▼10
83	Alison	83	▲5
83	Maeve	83	▲15
85	Adrienne	79	·
85	Evelyn	79	▲5
87	Aisling	78	New
87	Alice	78	▼12
87	Antoinette	78	▲3
90	Jacinta	77	▼37
90	Jean	77	▼14
92	Rachel	75	New
93	Eleanor	74	New
94	Marian	73	▼4
95	Aileen	72	New
95	Ciara	72	New
97	Johanna	71	▼25
98	Laura	70	▼10
98	Regina	70	New
100	Janet	69	New

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1967
1	John	2,863	·
2	Patrick	1,850	▲1
3	Michael	1,825	▼1
4	James	1,275	·
5	David	1,149	▲2
6	Thomas	1,119	·
7	Paul	1,086	▼2
8	William	752	·
9	Martin	742	·
10	Brian	631	▲1
11	Gerard	607	▼1
12	Mark	601	▲3
13	Joseph	599	▼1
14	Anthony	588	▼1
15	Peter	526	▼1
16	Robert	479	▲8
17	Kevin	476	▲1
18	Alan	444	▲2
19	Brendan	409	▼3
20	Stephen	402	▼2
21	Declan	399	·
22	Edward	374	▼5
23	Noel	366	▼1
24	Francis	332	▼1
25	Daniel	324	▲1
26	Derek	317	▲3
27	Denis	301	·
28	Richard	293	▼3
29	Christopher	266	▲1
30	Kenneth	254	▲4
31	Timothy	251	▲1
32	Andrew	250	▲1
33	Philip	248	▲2
33	Raymond	248	▼2
35	Niall	225	▲5
36	Aidan	215	▲2
37	Sean	211	▼1
38	Kieran	196	▼10
39	Dermot	190	▼2
40	Colm	178	▼1
41	Bernard	173	·
42	Donal	156	▲1
43	Conor	150	▲5
44	Ian	145	▲3
45	Ronan	132	▲15
46	Damien	127	▲22
47	Eugene	126	▲5
47	Laurence	126	▲11
49	Vincent	125	▼7
50	Cornelius	124	▼6
51	Liam	122	▼2
52	Desmond	121	▼1
53	Shane	115	▲18
54	Maurice	114	▼8
55	Ciaran	111	▼6
56	Gary	107	▲10
56	Jeremiah	107	▼11
58	Matthew	104	▲1
59	Adrian	103	▲6
60	Seamus	101	▼5
61	Barry	96	▲6
61	Colin	96	▲8
61	George	96	▲3
64	Terence	95	▼10
65	Damian	93	▼13
66	Enda	90	▼3
67	Nicholas	89	▲10
68	Eamonn	87	▼6
69	Charles	83	▼13
70	Fergal	82	▲18
71	Hugh	81	▼15
72	Eamon	72	▼12
72	Fergus	72	▲3
72	Keith	72	▲9
75	Eoin	69	▲1
75	Gerald	69	▼2
77	Owen	67	▲3
78	Padraig	66	·
79	Garrett	65	▼1
79	Karl	65	▲12
79	Rory	65	▲3
82	Oliver	62	▼9
83	Finbarr	57	▲9
83	Gregory	57	▼11
85	Nigel	55	▲9
86	Cathal	54	▼4
87	Cormac	53	▼1
87	Simon	53	▼17
89	Henry	51	▼7
90	Fintan	50	▼1
91	Diarmuid	49	▲2
92	Aiden	43	New
92	Eric	43	▲4
92	Justin	43	▲6
92	Trevor	43	New
96	Edmond	40	▼11
96	Ronald	40	New
98	Garry	39	▼2
98	Jonathan	39	New
100	Donald	36	·

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.