Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1971)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1971. 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, 1971
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Fiona
- 5Sinead
- 6Ann
- 7Elizabeth
- 8Sharon
- 9Anne
- 10Deirdre
- 11Caroline
- 12Patricia
- 13Michelle
- 14Sandra
- 15Siobhán
- 16Elaine
- 16Karen
- 16Linda
- 19Geraldine
- 20Bridget
- 21Martina
- 22Helen
- 23Susan
- 24Bernadette
- 25Maria
- 26Marie
- 27Lorraine
- 28Lisa
- 29Jennifer
- 30Yvonne
- 31Eileen
- 32Niamh
- 33Denise
- 34Sarah
- 35Carol
- 36Gillian
- 37Carmel
- 38Louise
- 39Angela
- 39Jacqueline
- 39Orla
- 42Teresa
- 43Rachel
- 44Suzanne
- 45Kathleen
- 46Deborah
- 47Nora
- 48Audrey
- 49Barbara
- 50Valerie
- 51Paula
- 52Anna
- 53Josephine
- 54Tracy
- 55Brigid
- 56Amanda
- 57Claire
- 58Aisling
- 59Joan
- 59Nicola
- 61Christina
- 62Sheila
- 63Ciara
- 64Shirley
- 65Joanne
- 65Pauline
- 67Tara
- 68Ruth
- 69Colette
- 70Ellen
- 71Annette
- 71Tracey
- 73Edel
- 74Grainne
- 75Anita
- 76Alison
- 77Brenda
- 78Jane
- 79Frances
- 79Helena
- 79Noreen
- 82Emer
- 83Jean
- 83Samantha
- 85Clodagh
- 86Clare
- 86Laura
- 88Julia
- 89Veronica
- 90Andrea
- 90Antoinette
- 90Maeve
- 90Michele
- 94Majella
- 94Pamela
- 94Una
- 97Rose
- 98Miriam
- 99Katherine
- 100Nuala
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1971
- 1John
- 2Michael
- 3Patrick
- 4David
- 5James
- 6Thomas
- 7Paul
- 8Mark
- 9Brian
- 10William
- 11Martin
- 12Declan
- 13Alan
- 14Stephen
- 15Anthony
- 16Gerard
- 17Peter
- 18Kevin
- 19Joseph
- 20Robert
- 21Brendan
- 22Noel
- 23Edward
- 24Derek
- 25Richard
- 26Andrew
- 27Sean
- 28Daniel
- 28Francis
- 30Denis
- 31Kenneth
- 32Kieran
- 33Philip
- 34Christopher
- 35Darren
- 35Niall
- 37Jason
- 38Timothy
- 39Raymond
- 40Keith
- 41Dermot
- 42Conor
- 43Colm
- 44Aidan
- 45Barry
- 46Damien
- 47Colin
- 48Shane
- 49Ronan
- 50Ciaran
- 51Bernard
- 52Adrian
- 53Ian
- 54Donal
- 54Gary
- 56Seamus
- 57Cornelius
- 58Vincent
- 59Fergal
- 60Damian
- 61Liam
- 62Trevor
- 63Desmond
- 64Laurence
- 65Eoin
- 66Enda
- 67Jonathan
- 68Karl
- 69Eamonn
- 70Eugene
- 70Jeremiah
- 72Terence
- 73Graham
- 74George
- 75Nigel
- 76Maurice
- 77Charles
- 78Hugh
- 78Matthew
- 80Cathal
- 81Rory
- 82Eamon
- 83Fergus
- 84Garrett
- 85Nicholas
- 86Gavin
- 87Cormac
- 88Padraig
- 89Simon
- 90Owen
- 91Garry
- 92Gregory
- 93Gerald
- 94Finbarr
- 94Fintan
- 96Diarmuid
- 97Justin
- 98Neil
- 99Oliver
- 100Wayne