Top 100 baby names in Ireland 1975

CSO figures for babies registered in 1975. See the latest list for 2025.

Number 1 girls

Mary

1,227 babies

Number 1 boys

John

2,088 babies

New to the top 100

Olive, Aine, Helena, Evelyn, Hazel, Tanya

Girls

#	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	Mary	1,227	·
2	Sinead	825	▲3
3	Catherine	682	▼1
4	Olivia	618	▲69
5	Margaret	569	▼2
6	Michelle	562	·
7	Caroline	517	▼3
8	Sharon	501	▼1
9	Elizabeth	468	·
10	Deirdre	464	▼2
11	Elaine	460	▲3
12	Fiona	451	▼1
13	Jennifer	442	▲7
14	Karen	435	▼2
15	Ann	424	▼5
16	Anne	413	▼3
17	Linda	385	▼1
18	Patricia	376	▼3
19	Lisa	361	▼2
20	Susan	359	▼2
21	Siobhan	340	▲5
22	Sandra	330	·
23	Niamh	327	▼2
24	Louise	320	▼5
25	Lorraine	314	·
25	Sarah	314	▼2
27	Nicola	296	·
28	Helen	288	·
29	Yvonne	279	▲5
30	Martina	268	▼6
31	Maria	253	▲4
32	Claire	251	▲7
33	Orla	247	▲5
34	Olive	239	New
35	Denise	233	▲1
36	Gillian	227	·
36	Marie	227	▼6
38	Emma	226	▲3
39	Amanda	225	▼8
40	Geraldine	216	▼8
41	Bridget	213	▼12
42	Rachel	210	▲4
43	Aisling	209	▲9
44	Laura	195	▲35
45	Jacqueline	187	▼12
46	Kathleen	186	▼2
47	Carol	185	▲2
48	Joanne	182	▲3
49	Ciara	181	▼2
50	Eileen	175	▼5
50	Suzanne	175	▼7
52	Ruth	173	▼4
53	Deborah	170	▼13
54	Paula	168	▼4
55	Bernadette	162	▼13
56	Aoife	157	▲2
57	Clare	152	▲2
58	Angela	151	▼2
59	Mairead	150	▲11
60	Alison	145	▲5
61	Grainne	144	▲4
62	Carmel	142	▼7
62	Edel	142	▼10
62	Tara	142	▼1
65	Audrey	140	▼11
65	Colette	140	▲3
67	Anna	135	▼4
68	Emer	134	▼6
69	Teresa	130	▼12
70	Valerie	129	▼10
71	Barbara	128	▼8
72	Christina	121	▲2
72	Jane	121	▼1
74	Tracey	117	▼6
75	Sheila	114	▼3
76	Josephine	113	▲2
77	Tracy	110	▼3
78	Julie	109	▲3
79	Aine	107	New
80	Nora	105	▼6
81	Anita	102	▲8
82	Clodagh	98	▲3
83	Joan	97	▲1
83	Shirley	97	▼16
85	Brenda	96	▲7
85	Helena	96	New
85	Lorna	96	▲13
85	Roisin	96	▲2
89	Catriona	95	▼4
89	Ellen	95	▼8
91	Jean	92	▼8
92	Samantha	90	▲7
93	Noreen	89	▼13
94	Evelyn	88	New
94	Pauline	88	▼17
96	Christine	85	▼3
96	Hazel	85	New
98	Tanya	84	New
98	Una	84	New
100	Brigid	83	▼1

Boys

#	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	John	2,088	·
2	Michael	1,389	·
3	David	1,360	▲1
4	Patrick	1,310	▼1
5	Paul	1,108	·
6	James	1,033	·
7	Mark	863	·
8	Thomas	823	·
9	Alan	747	▲1
10	Brian	726	▼1
11	Stephen	692	▲1
12	Martin	548	▲1
13	William	538	▼2
14	Oliver	537	▲78
15	Anthony	521	▼1
16	Kevin	465	▼1
17	Keith	459	▲2
18	Gerard	456	▲4
19	Robert	437	▼2
20	Peter	432	·
21	Declan	408	·
22	Shane	401	▲1
23	Joseph	389	▼7
24	Brendan	381	▲3
25	Jason	370	▼7
26	Niall	368	▼2
27	Richard	345	▲2
28	Derek	318	·
29	Daniel	304	▲8
30	Kenneth	299	▼4
31	Edward	287	▼6
32	Noel	280	▲2
33	Andrew	279	▲3
34	Sean	278	▼4
35	Darren	267	▼4
36	Barry	263	▼4
37	Philip	259	▲5
38	Raymond	246	▼6
39	Ian	245	▲4
40	Francis	243	▲1
41	Adrian	237	▲5
42	Kieran	236	▼7
43	Ronan	232	▲6
44	Conor	231	▲6
45	Colm	224	·
46	Christopher	223	▼9
46	Damien	223	▼6
48	Denis	210	▼4
49	Dermot	204	▼2
50	Colin	203	▲1
51	Trevor	198	▲2
52	Ciaran	193	▲5
53	Timothy	192	▲1
54	Aidan	189	▼15
55	Jonathan	188	▼4
56	Donal	164	▼8
57	Damian	157	▲2
58	Gary	149	▼3
59	Fergal	147	▼1
59	Simon	147	▲21
61	Seamus	146	▲2
62	Eoin	145	▼1
63	Liam	142	▼7
64	Graham	134	▼2
65	Vincent	133	▼5
66	Bernard	131	▼1
67	Nigel	128	▲7
68	Cathal	123	▲1
69	Gavin	122	▼6
70	Enda	120	·
71	Wayne	115	▲21
72	Padraig	114	▼6
73	Maurice	108	▼5
74	Rory	102	▲16
75	Eamonn	99	▼3
75	Eugene	99	▲14
77	Neil	98	▼4
78	Karl	97	▼11
79	Desmond	96	▼1
80	Eamon	93	▲19
81	Jeremiah	92	▼5
82	Cormac	90	▲8
83	Cornelius	88	▲2
83	Nicholas	88	▲3
85	Matthew	87	▼14
86	Fergus	86	▲2
87	Owen	84	▼11
88	Stuart	79	New
88	Terence	79	▼9
90	Charles	78	▲4
91	Justin	74	▼11
92	Gerald	72	New
93	Steven	69	New
94	Hugh	68	▼14
94	Laurence	68	▼11
96	George	66	▼10
96	Gordon	66	▲1
98	Eric	65	▼2
98	Garry	65	New
100	Glen	64	New

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.