Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1966)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1966. 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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1966
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Ann
- 5Anne
- 6Elizabeth
- 7Deirdre
- 8Bridget
- 9Patricia
- 10Geraldine
- 11Helen
- 12Martina
- 13Caroline
- 14Bernadette
- 15Sandra
- 16Jacqueline
- 17Linda
- 18Eileen
- 19Kathleen
- 20Teresa
- 21Sharon
- 21Susan
- 23Marie
- 24Fiona
- 25Carmel
- 26Brigid
- 27Karen
- 28Pauline
- 29Nora
- 30Maria
- 31Siobhán
- 32Angela
- 33Joan
- 34Paula
- 35Ellen
- 36Anna
- 37Josephine
- 38Carol
- 39Orla
- 40Sarah
- 41Yvonne
- 42Denise
- 42Valerie
- 44Lorraine
- 45Sheila
- 46Louise
- 47Christina
- 48Barbara
- 49Elaine
- 50Rose
- 51Michelle
- 52Clare
- 52Colette
- 52Frances
- 52Veronica
- 56Niamh
- 57Grainne
- 58Annette
- 59Julia
- 60Brenda
- 60Michele
- 60Noreen
- 63Audrey
- 64Jennifer
- 64Suzanne
- 66Theresa
- 67Johanna
- 68Helena
- 69Deborah
- 70Claire
- 70Jane
- 72Jean
- 73Alice
- 74Una
- 75Christine
- 76Sinead
- 77Adrienne
- 78Katherine
- 78Miriam
- 80Rita
- 81Laura
- 82Aileen
- 83Rosemary
- 83Ruth
- 85Marian
- 86Edel
- 86Janet
- 88Jacinta
- 88Monica
- 90Dolores
- 90Evelyn
- 90Pamela
- 93Imelda
- 93Majella
- 93Nuala
- 93Shirley
- 97Amanda
- 98Alison
- 98Noeleen
- 100Aisling
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1966
- 1John
- 2Michael
- 3Patrick
- 4James
- 5Paul
- 6Thomas
- 7David
- 8William
- 9Martin
- 10Gerard
- 11Joseph
- 12Anthony
- 13Peter
- 14Brian
- 15Kevin
- 16Brendan
- 17Edward
- 17Stephen
- 19Noel
- 20Francis
- 21Mark
- 22Declan
- 23Alan
- 24Daniel
- 25Robert
- 26Denis
- 27Richard
- 28Christopher
- 28Derek
- 30Timothy
- 31Andrew
- 32Kieran
- 33Sean
- 34Philip
- 35Raymond
- 36Bernard
- 37Dermot
- 38Colm
- 39Kenneth
- 40Niall
- 41Aidan
- 42Vincent
- 43Cornelius
- 44Donal
- 45Jeremiah
- 46Desmond
- 47Conor
- 48Ian
- 49Laurence
- 50Ciaran
- 51Eugene
- 52Matthew
- 53Charles
- 54Maurice
- 55George
- 55Seamus
- 57Liam
- 58Terence
- 59Eamon
- 60Eamonn
- 61Ronan
- 62Hugh
- 63Nicholas
- 64Gerald
- 65Enda
- 66Garrett
- 67Barry
- 68Colin
- 68Damian
- 68Gary
- 71Fergus
- 71Shane
- 73Gregory
- 73Padraig
- 75Owen
- 76Damien
- 76Eoin
- 78Simon
- 79Oliver
- 80Adrian
- 81Neil
- 82Finbarr
- 83Henry
- 83Rory
- 85Cathal
- 85Fergal
- 87Trevor
- 88Edmond
- 88Karl
- 88Keith
- 91Cyril
- 91Diarmuid
- 93Pearse
- 94Finbar
- 95Cormac
- 95Eric
- 97Dominic
- 97Leo
- 99Aiden
- 99Roger