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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1970)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1970. 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, 1970

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1970

  1. 1John
  2. 2Michael
  3. 3Patrick
  4. 4David
  5. 5James
  6. 6Thomas
  7. 7Paul
  8. 8William
  9. 9Mark
  10. 10Brian
  11. 11Gerard
  12. 12Martin
  13. 13Alan
  14. 14Anthony
  15. 15Declan
  16. 16Joseph
  17. 17Stephen
  18. 18Kevin
  19. 19Robert
  20. 20Peter
  21. 21Brendan
  22. 22Noel
  23. 23Edward
  24. 24Derek
  25. 25Richard
  26. 26Daniel
  27. 27Francis
  28. 28Denis
  29. 28Niall
  30. 30Kieran
  31. 31Sean
  32. 32Colm
  33. 33Kenneth
  34. 34Raymond
  35. 35Aidan
  36. 36Andrew
  37. 37Timothy
  38. 38Dermot
  39. 39Christopher
  40. 40Darren
  41. 41Philip
  42. 42Shane
  43. 43Ciaran
  44. 44Donal
  45. 45Conor
  46. 46Fergal
  47. 47Bernard
  48. 48Barry
  49. 49Damien
  50. 50Ian
  51. 50Liam
  52. 52Adrian
  53. 53Jason
  54. 54Ronan
  55. 55Desmond
  56. 56Vincent
  57. 57Damian
  58. 58Gary
  59. 59Jeremiah
  60. 60Cornelius
  61. 61Keith
  62. 62Charles
  63. 63Maurice
  64. 64Seamus
  65. 65Enda
  66. 66Eugene
  67. 66Padraig
  68. 68Colin
  69. 69Karl
  70. 70Laurence
  71. 71Eamonn
  72. 71Garrett
  73. 71Terence
  74. 74Trevor
  75. 75Hugh
  76. 76Matthew
  77. 77George
  78. 78Jonathan
  79. 78Simon
  80. 80Gerald
  81. 81Eoin
  82. 81Nicholas
  83. 81Owen
  84. 84Cormac
  85. 85Gregory
  86. 86Fergus
  87. 87Eamon
  88. 88Justin
  89. 88Nigel
  90. 90Cathal
  91. 90Rory
  92. 92Oliver
  93. 93Eric
  94. 94Graham
  95. 94Henry
  96. 96Edmond
  97. 97Finbarr
  98. 97Garry
  99. 99Gavin
  100. 100Ivan
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1970) · Namewise