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
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Ann
- 5Anne
- 6Elizabeth
- 7Caroline
- 8Bridget
- 9Geraldine
- 10Patricia
- 11Jacqueline
- 12Pauline
- 13Helen
- 14Deirdre
- 15Bernadette
- 16Sandra
- 17Eileen
- 18Martina
- 19Teresa
- 20Paula
- 21Carmel
- 22Susan
- 23Kathleen
- 24Angela
- 25Josephine
- 26Marie
- 27Ellen
- 28Linda
- 29Brigid
- 30Nora
- 31Joan
- 32Fiona
- 33Maria
- 34Anna
- 35Siobhán
- 36Carol
- 37Sheila
- 38Frances
- 39Sharon
- 40Christina
- 41Karen
- 42Julia
- 43Barbara
- 44Johanna
- 45Yvonne
- 46Sarah
- 47Colette
- 47Lorraine
- 49Rose
- 50Valerie
- 51Veronica
- 52Orla
- 53Miriam
- 54Louise
- 55Clare
- 56Denise
- 57Alice
- 58Elaine
- 59Jane
- 59Rita
- 61Theresa
- 62Grainne
- 63Brenda
- 63Helena
- 65Christine
- 65Noreen
- 67Suzanne
- 68Annette
- 68Jennifer
- 70Monica
- 71Rosemary
- 72Olive
- 72Philomena
- 74Adrienne
- 75Claire
- 76Deborah
- 77Katherine
- 78Jean
- 78Marian
- 80Dolores
- 80Maeve
- 80Rosaleen
- 83Edel
- 83Evelyn
- 85Audrey
- 85Irene
- 87Imelda
- 87Ruth
- 87Una
- 90Nuala
- 91Hannah
- 91Maureen
- 93Jacinta
- 93Winifred
- 95Antoinette
- 95Dorothy
- 95Majella
- 98Eleanor
- 98Ursula
- 100Aileen
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1964
- 1John
- 2Patrick
- 3Michael
- 4Paul
- 5James
- 6Thomas
- 7David
- 8William
- 9Martin
- 10Gerard
- 11Joseph
- 12Anthony
- 13Peter
- 14Brian
- 15Kevin
- 16Francis
- 17Brendan
- 18Edward
- 19Daniel
- 20Noel
- 21Denis
- 22Robert
- 23Declan
- 24Richard
- 25Stephen
- 26Timothy
- 27Christopher
- 28Mark
- 29Alan
- 30Derek
- 30Raymond
- 32Kieran
- 33Bernard
- 34Andrew
- 34Dermot
- 36Philip
- 37Aidan
- 38Sean
- 39Cornelius
- 39Jeremiah
- 41Kenneth
- 42Vincent
- 43Charles
- 43Desmond
- 45Colm
- 45Donal
- 47Niall
- 48Laurence
- 49Ciaran
- 50Eugene
- 51Maurice
- 52George
- 53Hugh
- 54Liam
- 55Terence
- 56Conor
- 57Gerald
- 58Nicholas
- 59Matthew
- 60Henry
- 60Seamus
- 62Eamon
- 62Ian
- 64Eamonn
- 65Adrian
- 66Fergus
- 67Ronan
- 68Oliver
- 69Barry
- 70Finbarr
- 71Owen
- 72Gabriel
- 73Damian
- 73Rory
- 75Damien
- 75Enda
- 75Shane
- 78Garrett
- 78Gregory
- 80Edmond
- 81Bartholomew
- 82Neil
- 83Eoin
- 84Dominic
- 84Gary
- 86Karl
- 87Cormac
- 88Padraig
- 89Colin
- 89Ronald
- 91Leslie
- 91Simon
- 93Fergal
- 94Aiden
- 94Eric
- 96Cathal
- 96Keith
- 98Arthur
- 98Nigel
- 100Fintan