Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1969)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1969. 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, 1969
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Ann
- 5Elizabeth
- 6Anne
- 7Sharon
- 8Deirdre
- 9Patricia
- 10Fiona
- 11Caroline
- 12Bernadette
- 13Bridget
- 14Helen
- 15Martina
- 16Karen
- 17Susan
- 18Linda
- 19Sandra
- 20Geraldine
- 21Michelle
- 22Siobhán
- 23Elaine
- 24Marie
- 25Kathleen
- 26Eileen
- 27Carmel
- 28Lorraine
- 29Teresa
- 30Orla
- 31Jacqueline
- 32Paula
- 33Jennifer
- 34Maria
- 35Carol
- 36Angela
- 36Yvonne
- 38Nora
- 39Denise
- 40Joan
- 41Sinead
- 42Pauline
- 43Niamh
- 44Louise
- 45Josephine
- 46Suzanne
- 47Brigid
- 48Anna
- 49Sarah
- 50Valerie
- 51Ellen
- 52Deborah
- 53Audrey
- 53Sheila
- 55Colette
- 56Barbara
- 57Christina
- 58Amanda
- 59Michele
- 60Lisa
- 61Grainne
- 62Claire
- 63Annette
- 63Edel
- 63Rachel
- 66Brenda
- 67Christine
- 68Ciara
- 68Julia
- 70Helena
- 71Alison
- 72Nicola
- 73Gillian
- 74Frances
- 74Pamela
- 74Veronica
- 77Noreen
- 77Ruth
- 79Johanna
- 80Clare
- 81Miriam
- 82Jane
- 82Laura
- 84Jean
- 84Majella
- 84Una
- 87Irene
- 88Aileen
- 88Antoinette
- 88Emer
- 91Rose
- 92Regina
- 93Shirley
- 94Adrienne
- 94Aisling
- 96Marian
- 96Tara
- 98Janet
- 99Theresa
- 100Maeve
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1969
- 1John
- 2Patrick
- 3Michael
- 4James
- 5Thomas
- 6David
- 7Paul
- 8William
- 9Martin
- 10Brian
- 11Mark
- 12Gerard
- 13Anthony
- 14Joseph
- 15Alan
- 16Peter
- 17Kevin
- 18Stephen
- 19Robert
- 20Declan
- 21Brendan
- 22Edward
- 23Noel
- 24Derek
- 25Daniel
- 26Richard
- 27Francis
- 28Kenneth
- 29Denis
- 29Raymond
- 31Kieran
- 32Niall
- 33Christopher
- 34Timothy
- 35Sean
- 36Andrew
- 37Philip
- 38Bernard
- 39Colm
- 39Dermot
- 41Aidan
- 42Damien
- 43Ciaran
- 44Donal
- 45Ian
- 46Damian
- 47Ronan
- 48Adrian
- 48Barry
- 50Conor
- 51Vincent
- 52Desmond
- 53Cornelius
- 54Eugene
- 55Shane
- 56Maurice
- 57Liam
- 58Laurence
- 59Seamus
- 60Enda
- 60Jeremiah
- 62Terence
- 63Colin
- 64Keith
- 65Fergal
- 66Charles
- 67Gary
- 67Matthew
- 69Eamonn
- 69Owen
- 71Garrett
- 72George
- 73Hugh
- 74Neil
- 75Fergus
- 75Nicholas
- 75Rory
- 78Eoin
- 78Gregory
- 80Karl
- 80Oliver
- 82Cathal
- 83Eamon
- 84Henry
- 84Trevor
- 86Finbarr
- 87Cormac
- 88Darren
- 88Jason
- 90Padraig
- 91Ivan
- 91Simon
- 93Nigel
- 94Gerald
- 95Fintan
- 95Jonathan
- 97Justin
- 98Edmond
- 98Garry
- 100Aiden