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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1970
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Ann
- 5Sharon
- 6Elizabeth
- 7Anne
- 8Fiona
- 9Deirdre
- 10Caroline
- 11Patricia
- 12Martina
- 13Bridget
- 14Helen
- 15Sandra
- 16Karen
- 17Linda
- 18Michelle
- 19Susan
- 20Geraldine
- 21Siobhán
- 22Elaine
- 23Bernadette
- 24Sinead
- 25Lorraine
- 26Kathleen
- 27Eileen
- 28Marie
- 28Teresa
- 30Maria
- 31Yvonne
- 32Denise
- 33Carmel
- 33Niamh
- 35Angela
- 36Jacqueline
- 37Carol
- 37Jennifer
- 39Orla
- 40Deborah
- 41Rachel
- 42Louise
- 42Paula
- 44Joan
- 44Sarah
- 46Suzanne
- 46Valerie
- 48Audrey
- 49Nora
- 50Brigid
- 51Josephine
- 52Sheila
- 53Tara
- 54Lisa
- 55Pauline
- 56Christina
- 57Amanda
- 58Anna
- 59Barbara
- 60Ellen
- 61Michele
- 61Ruth
- 63Tracy
- 64Colette
- 65Gillian
- 66Grainne
- 66Nicola
- 68Claire
- 69Alison
- 69Joanne
- 71Aisling
- 72Frances
- 73Rose
- 73Tracey
- 75Edel
- 76Helena
- 76Julia
- 78Christine
- 79Brenda
- 79Ciara
- 81Jane
- 82Noreen
- 82Samantha
- 84Jean
- 85Emer
- 85Veronica
- 87Clare
- 88Annette
- 88Una
- 90Laura
- 91Pamela
- 92Jacinta
- 93Emma
- 94Anita
- 95Clodagh
- 95Majella
- 95Miriam
- 95Shirley
- 99Aileen
- 100Antoinette
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1970
- 1John
- 2Michael
- 3Patrick
- 4David
- 5James
- 6Thomas
- 7Paul
- 8William
- 9Mark
- 10Brian
- 11Gerard
- 12Martin
- 13Alan
- 14Anthony
- 15Declan
- 16Joseph
- 17Stephen
- 18Kevin
- 19Robert
- 20Peter
- 21Brendan
- 22Noel
- 23Edward
- 24Derek
- 25Richard
- 26Daniel
- 27Francis
- 28Denis
- 28Niall
- 30Kieran
- 31Sean
- 32Colm
- 33Kenneth
- 34Raymond
- 35Aidan
- 36Andrew
- 37Timothy
- 38Dermot
- 39Christopher
- 40Darren
- 41Philip
- 42Shane
- 43Ciaran
- 44Donal
- 45Conor
- 46Fergal
- 47Bernard
- 48Barry
- 49Damien
- 50Ian
- 50Liam
- 52Adrian
- 53Jason
- 54Ronan
- 55Desmond
- 56Vincent
- 57Damian
- 58Gary
- 59Jeremiah
- 60Cornelius
- 61Keith
- 62Charles
- 63Maurice
- 64Seamus
- 65Enda
- 66Eugene
- 66Padraig
- 68Colin
- 69Karl
- 70Laurence
- 71Eamonn
- 71Garrett
- 71Terence
- 74Trevor
- 75Hugh
- 76Matthew
- 77George
- 78Jonathan
- 78Simon
- 80Gerald
- 81Eoin
- 81Nicholas
- 81Owen
- 84Cormac
- 85Gregory
- 86Fergus
- 87Eamon
- 88Justin
- 88Nigel
- 90Cathal
- 90Rory
- 92Oliver
- 93Eric
- 94Graham
- 94Henry
- 96Edmond
- 97Finbarr
- 97Garry
- 99Gavin
- 100Ivan