Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1974)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1974. 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, 1974
- 1Mary
- 2Catherine
- 3Margaret
- 4Caroline
- 5Sinead
- 6Michelle
- 7Sharon
- 8Deirdre
- 9Elizabeth
- 10Ann
- 11Fiona
- 12Karen
- 13Anne
- 14Elaine
- 15Patricia
- 16Linda
- 17Lisa
- 18Susan
- 19Louise
- 20Jennifer
- 21Niamh
- 22Sandra
- 23Sarah
- 24Martina
- 25Lorraine
- 26Siobhán
- 27Nicola
- 28Helen
- 29Bridget
- 30Marie
- 31Amanda
- 32Geraldine
- 33Jacqueline
- 34Yvonne
- 35Maria
- 36Denise
- 36Gillian
- 38Orla
- 39Claire
- 40Deborah
- 41Emma
- 42Bernadette
- 43Suzanne
- 44Kathleen
- 45Eileen
- 46Rachel
- 47Ciara
- 48Ruth
- 49Carol
- 50Paula
- 51Joanne
- 52Aisling
- 52Edel
- 54Audrey
- 55Carmel
- 56Angela
- 57Teresa
- 58Aoife
- 59Clare
- 60Valerie
- 61Tara
- 62Emer
- 63Anna
- 63Barbara
- 65Alison
- 65Grainne
- 67Shirley
- 68Colette
- 68Tracey
- 70Mairead
- 71Jane
- 72Sheila
- 73Olivia
- 74Christina
- 74Nora
- 74Tracy
- 77Pauline
- 78Josephine
- 79Laura
- 80Noreen
- 81Ellen
- 81Julie
- 83Jean
- 84Joan
- 85Catriona
- 85Clodagh
- 87Irene
- 87Roisin
- 89Anita
- 90Annette
- 90Sonya
- 92Brenda
- 93Christine
- 93Natasha
- 93Regina
- 96Frances
- 96Rose
- 98Lorna
- 99Andrea
- 99Brigid
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1974
- 1John
- 2Michael
- 3Patrick
- 4David
- 5Paul
- 6James
- 7Mark
- 8Thomas
- 9Brian
- 10Alan
- 11William
- 12Stephen
- 13Martin
- 14Anthony
- 15Kevin
- 16Joseph
- 17Robert
- 18Jason
- 19Keith
- 20Peter
- 21Declan
- 22Gerard
- 23Shane
- 24Niall
- 25Edward
- 26Kenneth
- 27Brendan
- 28Derek
- 29Richard
- 30Sean
- 31Darren
- 32Barry
- 32Raymond
- 34Noel
- 35Kieran
- 36Andrew
- 37Christopher
- 37Daniel
- 39Aidan
- 40Damien
- 41Francis
- 42Philip
- 43Ian
- 44Denis
- 45Colm
- 46Adrian
- 47Dermot
- 48Donal
- 49Ronan
- 50Conor
- 51Colin
- 51Jonathan
- 53Trevor
- 54Timothy
- 55Gary
- 56Liam
- 57Ciaran
- 58Fergal
- 59Damian
- 60Vincent
- 61Eoin
- 62Graham
- 63Gavin
- 63Seamus
- 65Bernard
- 66Padraig
- 67Karl
- 68Maurice
- 69Cathal
- 70Enda
- 71Matthew
- 72Eamonn
- 73Neil
- 74Nigel
- 75Garrett
- 76Jeremiah
- 76Owen
- 78Desmond
- 79Terence
- 80Hugh
- 80Justin
- 80Simon
- 83Laurence
- 84Gregory
- 85Cornelius
- 86George
- 86Nicholas
- 88Fergus
- 89Eugene
- 90Cormac
- 90Rory
- 92Oliver
- 92Wayne
- 94Charles
- 95Glenn
- 96Eric
- 97Gordon
- 98Gareth
- 99Eamon
- 99Finbarr