Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1976)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1976. 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, 1976
- 1Mary
- 2Sinead
- 3Catherine
- 4Michelle
- 5Caroline
- 6Margaret
- 7Karen
- 8Jennifer
- 9Deirdre
- 10Fiona
- 11Ann
- 12Elizabeth
- 12Sharon
- 14Elaine
- 15Linda
- 16Niamh
- 17Sarah
- 18Lisa
- 19Anne
- 20Susan
- 21Louise
- 22Patricia
- 23Lorraine
- 24Nicola
- 24Olivia
- 26Siobhán
- 27Sandra
- 28Claire
- 29Marie
- 30Yvonne
- 31Martina
- 32Helen
- 33Gillian
- 34Joanne
- 35Orla
- 36Emma
- 37Denise
- 38Maria
- 39Bridget
- 40Rachel
- 41Ciara
- 42Laura
- 43Amanda
- 44Geraldine
- 45Deborah
- 46Aoife
- 46Suzanne
- 48Edel
- 49Aisling
- 49Carol
- 51Jacqueline
- 52Audrey
- 52Eileen
- 54Ruth
- 55Angela
- 56Bernadette
- 57Grainne
- 58Kathleen
- 59Paula
- 60Julie
- 61Carmel
- 62Tara
- 63Georgina
- 64Aine
- 64Clare
- 66Colette
- 67Barbara
- 68Mairead
- 69Anna
- 69Valerie
- 71Jane
- 71Teresa
- 73Alison
- 74Anita
- 75Josephine
- 75Tracey
- 77Pauline
- 78Nora
- 79Roisin
- 80Emer
- 81Christina
- 81Sheila
- 83Aileen
- 83Andrea
- 85Brenda
- 86Joan
- 86Shirley
- 88Olive
- 89Catriona
- 90Jean
- 91Ashling
- 92Annette
- 92Ellen
- 92Frances
- 95Hazel
- 96Samantha
- 96Tanya
- 98Eimear
- 99Victoria
- 100Helena
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1976
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4Patrick
- 5Paul
- 6James
- 7Mark
- 8Thomas
- 9Brian
- 10Stephen
- 11Alan
- 12William
- 13Martin
- 14Anthony
- 15Shane
- 16Kevin
- 17Robert
- 18Keith
- 19Brendan
- 20Gerard
- 21Declan
- 22Joseph
- 23Peter
- 24Barry
- 25Niall
- 26Derek
- 27Jason
- 27Richard
- 29Noel
- 30Daniel
- 31Kenneth
- 32Edward
- 33Ian
- 34Sean
- 35Raymond
- 36Darren
- 37Andrew
- 38Aidan
- 39Oliver
- 40Philip
- 41Kieran
- 42Francis
- 42Jonathan
- 44Colm
- 45Damien
- 46Adrian
- 47Christopher
- 48Ronan
- 49Conor
- 50Denis
- 51Colin
- 52Trevor
- 53Ciaran
- 54Timothy
- 55Donal
- 56Liam
- 57Dermot
- 57Gavin
- 59Damian
- 60Vincent
- 61Gary
- 62Simon
- 63Fergal
- 64Graham
- 65Seamus
- 66Eoin
- 67Enda
- 68Eamonn
- 69Owen
- 70Wayne
- 71Matthew
- 71Padraig
- 73Bernard
- 74Cathal
- 74Rory
- 76Nigel
- 77Neil
- 78Karl
- 79Terence
- 80Desmond
- 81Eugene
- 82Eric
- 83Gordon
- 83Maurice
- 83Stuart
- 86Cormac
- 87Darragh
- 88Nicholas
- 89Jeremiah
- 89Ross
- 91Hugh
- 92George
- 93Charles
- 93Cornelius
- 93Gregory
- 93Laurence
- 97Eamon
- 98Garry
- 99Fergus
- 100Justin