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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1964)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1964. Republic of Irelandpublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.

This source has published 62 complete rankings, from 1964 to 2025. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Girls' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1964

  1. 1Mary
  2. 2Catherine
  3. 3Margaret
  4. 4Ann
  5. 5Anne
  6. 6Elizabeth
  7. 7Caroline
  8. 8Bridget
  9. 9Geraldine
  10. 10Patricia
  11. 11Jacqueline
  12. 12Pauline
  13. 13Helen
  14. 14Deirdre
  15. 15Bernadette
  16. 16Sandra
  17. 17Eileen
  18. 18Martina
  19. 19Teresa
  20. 20Paula
  21. 21Carmel
  22. 22Susan
  23. 23Kathleen
  24. 24Angela
  25. 25Josephine
  26. 26Marie
  27. 27Ellen
  28. 28Linda
  29. 29Brigid
  30. 30Nora
  31. 31Joan
  32. 32Fiona
  33. 33Maria
  34. 34Anna
  35. 35Siobhán
  36. 36Carol
  37. 37Sheila
  38. 38Frances
  39. 39Sharon
  40. 40Christina
  41. 41Karen
  42. 42Julia
  43. 43Barbara
  44. 44Johanna
  45. 45Yvonne
  46. 46Sarah
  47. 47Colette
  48. 47Lorraine
  49. 49Rose
  50. 50Valerie
  51. 51Veronica
  52. 52Orla
  53. 53Miriam
  54. 54Louise
  55. 55Clare
  56. 56Denise
  57. 57Alice
  58. 58Elaine
  59. 59Jane
  60. 59Rita
  61. 61Theresa
  62. 62Grainne
  63. 63Brenda
  64. 63Helena
  65. 65Christine
  66. 65Noreen
  67. 67Suzanne
  68. 68Annette
  69. 68Jennifer
  70. 70Monica
  71. 71Rosemary
  72. 72Olive
  73. 72Philomena
  74. 74Adrienne
  75. 75Claire
  76. 76Deborah
  77. 77Katherine
  78. 78Jean
  79. 78Marian
  80. 80Dolores
  81. 80Maeve
  82. 80Rosaleen
  83. 83Edel
  84. 83Evelyn
  85. 85Audrey
  86. 85Irene
  87. 87Imelda
  88. 87Ruth
  89. 87Una
  90. 90Nuala
  91. 91Hannah
  92. 91Maureen
  93. 93Jacinta
  94. 93Winifred
  95. 95Antoinette
  96. 95Dorothy
  97. 95Majella
  98. 98Eleanor
  99. 98Ursula
  100. 100Aileen

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1964

  1. 1John
  2. 2Patrick
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Paul
  5. 5James
  6. 6Thomas
  7. 7David
  8. 8William
  9. 9Martin
  10. 10Gerard
  11. 11Joseph
  12. 12Anthony
  13. 13Peter
  14. 14Brian
  15. 15Kevin
  16. 16Francis
  17. 17Brendan
  18. 18Edward
  19. 19Daniel
  20. 20Noel
  21. 21Denis
  22. 22Robert
  23. 23Declan
  24. 24Richard
  25. 25Stephen
  26. 26Timothy
  27. 27Christopher
  28. 28Mark
  29. 29Alan
  30. 30Derek
  31. 30Raymond
  32. 32Kieran
  33. 33Bernard
  34. 34Andrew
  35. 34Dermot
  36. 36Philip
  37. 37Aidan
  38. 38Sean
  39. 39Cornelius
  40. 39Jeremiah
  41. 41Kenneth
  42. 42Vincent
  43. 43Charles
  44. 43Desmond
  45. 45Colm
  46. 45Donal
  47. 47Niall
  48. 48Laurence
  49. 49Ciaran
  50. 50Eugene
  51. 51Maurice
  52. 52George
  53. 53Hugh
  54. 54Liam
  55. 55Terence
  56. 56Conor
  57. 57Gerald
  58. 58Nicholas
  59. 59Matthew
  60. 60Henry
  61. 60Seamus
  62. 62Eamon
  63. 62Ian
  64. 64Eamonn
  65. 65Adrian
  66. 66Fergus
  67. 67Ronan
  68. 68Oliver
  69. 69Barry
  70. 70Finbarr
  71. 71Owen
  72. 72Gabriel
  73. 73Damian
  74. 73Rory
  75. 75Damien
  76. 75Enda
  77. 75Shane
  78. 78Garrett
  79. 78Gregory
  80. 80Edmond
  81. 81Bartholomew
  82. 82Neil
  83. 83Eoin
  84. 84Dominic
  85. 84Gary
  86. 86Karl
  87. 87Cormac
  88. 88Padraig
  89. 89Colin
  90. 89Ronald
  91. 91Leslie
  92. 91Simon
  93. 93Fergal
  94. 94Aiden
  95. 94Eric
  96. 96Cathal
  97. 96Keith
  98. 98Arthur
  99. 98Nigel
  100. 100Fintan