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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.

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, 1966

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1966

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