Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1974

CSO figures for babies registered in 1974. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

1,375 babies

Number 1 boys

John

2,330 babies

New to the top 100

Irene, Natasha, Regina, Rose, Andrea, Glenn

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1973
1	Mary	1,375	·
2	Catherine	751	·
3	Margaret	605	·
4	Caroline	581	▲1
5	Sinead	569	▼1
6	Michelle	533	▲4
7	Sharon	518	▲4
8	Deirdre	495	▼1
9	Elizabeth	488	▼1
10	Ann	465	▲2
11	Fiona	464	▼5
12	Karen	461	▲2
13	Anne	450	▼4
14	Elaine	427	▲2
15	Patricia	408	▲3
16	Linda	406	▼3
17	Lisa	402	▲3
18	Susan	383	▲6
19	Louise	376	▲4
20	Jennifer	366	▼1
21	Niamh	355	▲5
22	Sandra	350	▼5
23	Sarah	319	▲10
24	Martina	315	▼9
25	Lorraine	311	▼3
26	Siobhan	301	▼5
27	Nicola	293	▲8
28	Helen	278	▼1
29	Bridget	267	▼4
30	Marie	260	▼1
31	Amanda	258	▲6
32	Geraldine	250	·
33	Jacqueline	249	▲3
34	Yvonne	245	▼6
35	Maria	244	▼5
36	Denise	241	▼2
36	Gillian	241	▼5
38	Orla	226	·
39	Claire	225	·
40	Deborah	222	▲2
41	Emma	220	▲9
42	Bernadette	210	▼3
43	Suzanne	209	▲5
44	Kathleen	195	▼1
45	Eileen	187	▲1
46	Rachel	186	▲3
47	Ciara	185	▲9
48	Ruth	179	▲8
49	Carol	178	▲5
50	Paula	176	▲4
51	Joanne	173	▲10
52	Aisling	171	▼8
52	Edel	171	·
54	Audrey	170	▼7
55	Carmel	168	▼10
56	Angela	166	▼3
57	Teresa	164	▼18
58	Aoife	162	▲9
59	Clare	161	▼1
60	Valerie	157	▲3
61	Tara	151	▼11
62	Emer	145	▼3
63	Anna	142	▲1
63	Barbara	142	▲4
65	Alison	141	▲6
65	Grainne	141	▼5
67	Shirley	140	▲2
68	Colette	134	▲5
68	Tracey	134	▼6
70	Mairead	133	▲10
71	Jane	132	▲3
72	Sheila	131	▼7
73	Olivia	130	▲15
74	Christina	121	▲1
74	Nora	121	▼5
74	Tracy	121	▲5
77	Pauline	120	▼5
78	Josephine	119	▼13
79	Laura	117	▼2
80	Noreen	115	▲4
81	Ellen	111	▼4
81	Julie	111	▲15
83	Jean	108	▲16
84	Joan	107	▼8
85	Catriona	99	▲1
85	Clodagh	99	·
87	Irene	98	New
87	Roisin	98	▲5
89	Anita	95	▼7
90	Annette	93	▼7
90	Sonya	93	▼10
92	Brenda	92	▲2
93	Christine	91	▲6
93	Natasha	91	New
93	Regina	91	New
96	Frances	90	▼7
96	Rose	90	New
98	Lorna	89	▼9
99	Andrea	87	New
99	Brigid	87	▼7

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1973
1	John	2,330	·
2	Michael	1,536	·
3	Patrick	1,443	·
4	David	1,263	·
5	Paul	1,139	·
6	James	1,059	·
7	Mark	979	▲1
8	Thomas	884	▼1
9	Brian	688	·
10	Alan	656	·
11	William	637	▲2
12	Stephen	606	·
13	Martin	579	▼3
14	Anthony	547	▲1
15	Kevin	523	▲2
16	Joseph	462	▲4
17	Robert	450	▲2
18	Jason	442	▲3
19	Keith	440	▲5
20	Peter	437	▼2
21	Declan	434	▼7
22	Gerard	421	▼6
23	Shane	369	▲2
24	Niall	350	▲4
25	Edward	347	▲4
26	Kenneth	346	▲5
27	Brendan	343	▼5
28	Derek	335	▼1
29	Richard	333	▼3
30	Sean	327	▼1
31	Darren	309	▲1
32	Barry	287	▲5
32	Raymond	287	▲4
34	Noel	284	▼11
35	Kieran	277	▼1
36	Andrew	274	▲2
37	Christopher	268	▲2
37	Daniel	268	▼4
39	Aidan	258	▲2
40	Damien	250	▲9
41	Francis	245	▼6
42	Philip	242	▼2
43	Ian	239	▲2
44	Denis	238	▼2
45	Colm	228	▼1
46	Adrian	219	▼3
47	Dermot	217	▲1
48	Donal	214	▲5
49	Ronan	203	·
50	Conor	199	▼3
51	Colin	193	▼2
51	Jonathan	193	▲7
53	Trevor	189	▲1
54	Timothy	188	▼2
55	Gary	187	▲5
56	Liam	182	·
57	Ciaran	180	▼12
58	Fergal	168	▲2
59	Damian	154	▼2
60	Vincent	151	▲5
61	Eoin	149	▲2
62	Graham	138	▲1
63	Gavin	134	▼9
63	Seamus	134	▼3
65	Bernard	118	▼6
66	Padraig	116	▲20
67	Karl	112	▼1
68	Maurice	111	·
69	Cathal	108	▲1
70	Enda	106	▼3
71	Matthew	102	▲6
72	Eamonn	100	▲8
73	Neil	98	▲6
74	Nigel	94	▲19
75	Garrett	93	▼4
76	Jeremiah	92	▲14
76	Owen	92	▼4
78	Desmond	91	▲3
79	Terence	90	▼3
80	Hugh	88	▲1
80	Justin	88	▲8
80	Simon	88	▼7
83	Laurence	87	▼8
84	Gregory	86	▲10
85	Cornelius	85	▼16
86	George	84	▲1
86	Nicholas	84	▲2
88	Fergus	82	▼11
89	Eugene	81	▼15
90	Cormac	79	▼7
90	Rory	79	▼5
92	Oliver	78	▲7
92	Wayne	78	▲5
94	Charles	74	▼4
95	Glenn	73	New
96	Eric	70	▼6
97	Gordon	68	▼3
98	Gareth	65	▼4
99	Eamon	63	·
99	Finbarr	63	▼1

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.