Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1965)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1965. 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, 1965
- 1Mary
- 2Margaret
- 3Catherine
- 4Anne
- 5Ann
- 6Elizabeth
- 7Geraldine
- 8Patricia
- 9Bridget
- 10Caroline
- 11Deirdre
- 12Helen
- 13Jacqueline
- 14Sandra
- 15Bernadette
- 16Martina
- 17Eileen
- 18Kathleen
- 18Susan
- 20Teresa
- 21Angela
- 22Nora
- 23Linda
- 24Pauline
- 25Carmel
- 26Brigid
- 27Fiona
- 28Karen
- 29Marie
- 30Anna
- 31Ellen
- 32Sharon
- 33Joan
- 34Josephine
- 34Siobhán
- 36Maria
- 37Carol
- 38Paula
- 39Orla
- 40Lorraine
- 41Sarah
- 42Yvonne
- 43Frances
- 44Sheila
- 45Barbara
- 45Julia
- 47Christina
- 48Colette
- 49Valerie
- 50Rose
- 51Denise
- 52Grainne
- 53Clare
- 54Veronica
- 55Brenda
- 56Elaine
- 57Louise
- 58Christine
- 59Suzanne
- 60Alice
- 61Jean
- 61Michele
- 63Claire
- 63Miriam
- 65Annette
- 66Ruth
- 67Jane
- 68Monica
- 69Helena
- 69Rosemary
- 71Katherine
- 71Nuala
- 73Audrey
- 74Noreen
- 75Deborah
- 76Rita
- 77Theresa
- 78Evelyn
- 79Adrienne
- 80Imelda
- 80Johanna
- 80Marian
- 80Regina
- 84Majella
- 85Emer
- 86Dolores
- 87Janet
- 87Jennifer
- 89Jacinta
- 89Niamh
- 89Una
- 92Edel
- 93Antoinette
- 93Maeve
- 93Noeleen
- 96Michelle
- 96Olive
- 98Therese
- 99Irene
- 100Philomena
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1965
- 1John
- 2Patrick
- 3Michael
- 4James
- 5Thomas
- 6Paul
- 7David
- 8William
- 9Martin
- 10Gerard
- 11Joseph
- 12Anthony
- 13Brian
- 14Peter
- 15Kevin
- 16Brendan
- 17Edward
- 18Declan
- 19Francis
- 20Stephen
- 21Noel
- 22Richard
- 23Robert
- 24Denis
- 25Daniel
- 26Mark
- 27Alan
- 28Christopher
- 29Timothy
- 30Derek
- 31Kieran
- 32Andrew
- 33Aidan
- 34Bernard
- 35Dermot
- 36Raymond
- 37Philip
- 38Donal
- 39Niall
- 40Kenneth
- 41Sean
- 42Jeremiah
- 43Cornelius
- 44Vincent
- 45Desmond
- 46Charles
- 47Eugene
- 48Colm
- 49Matthew
- 50Maurice
- 51Ciaran
- 52Laurence
- 53Hugh
- 54Ian
- 55Terence
- 56Conor
- 56George
- 58Seamus
- 59Liam
- 60Eamonn
- 61Damian
- 62Adrian
- 63Ronan
- 64Gerald
- 65Eamon
- 65Nicholas
- 65Shane
- 68Henry
- 69Oliver
- 70Enda
- 70Fergus
- 72Owen
- 73Damien
- 73Garrett
- 75Finbarr
- 75Simon
- 77Barry
- 77Edmond
- 77Eoin
- 80Gregory
- 81Gabriel
- 82Padraig
- 83Gary
- 83Keith
- 85Fintan
- 86Colin
- 87Fergal
- 88Karl
- 88Neil
- 90Rory
- 91Arthur
- 92Cormac
- 92Cyril
- 94Diarmuid
- 95Bartholomew
- 96Dominic
- 96Donald
- 98Eric
- 99Leo
- 99Nigel