Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1977)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1977. 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, 1977
- 1Mary
- 2Sinead
- 3Catherine
- 4Michelle
- 5Karen
- 6Caroline
- 7Deirdre
- 8Margaret
- 9Fiona
- 10Jennifer
- 11Elaine
- 12Sarah
- 13Sharon
- 14Niamh
- 15Lisa
- 16Elizabeth
- 17Linda
- 18Ann
- 19Susan
- 20Anne
- 21Lorraine
- 22Patricia
- 23Claire
- 23Louise
- 25Nicola
- 26Yvonne
- 27Gillian
- 28Martina
- 29Sandra
- 30Emma
- 30Siobhán
- 32Joanne
- 33Orla
- 34Helen
- 35Laura
- 36Aoife
- 37Marie
- 38Maria
- 39Sabrina
- 40Ciara
- 41Geraldine
- 42Denise
- 43Amanda
- 44Ruth
- 45Bridget
- 46Suzanne
- 47Aisling
- 48Deborah
- 49Carol
- 50Bernadette
- 51Julie
- 52Olivia
- 53Jacqueline
- 54Rachel
- 55Paula
- 56Edel
- 56Grainne
- 58Mairead
- 59Clare
- 60Aine
- 60Angela
- 62Emer
- 63Eileen
- 64Audrey
- 65Kathleen
- 66Alison
- 67Tara
- 68Tracey
- 68Tracy
- 68Valerie
- 71Barbara
- 72Anna
- 72Teresa
- 74Jane
- 75Colette
- 76Carmel
- 77Catriona
- 78Sheila
- 79Helena
- 79Maeve
- 81Christina
- 81Gemma
- 83Anita
- 84Josephine
- 85Clodagh
- 85Tanya
- 87Ashling
- 87Ellen
- 89Noreen
- 90Pauline
- 90Roisin
- 92Lorna
- 93Andrea
- 93Rebecca
- 95Brenda
- 96Eimear
- 97Aileen
- 97Caitriona
- 99Irene
- 100Joan
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1977
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4Patrick
- 5Paul
- 6James
- 7Brian
- 8Mark
- 9Thomas
- 10Stephen
- 11Alan
- 12Anthony
- 13Martin
- 14Kevin
- 15William
- 16Robert
- 17Shane
- 18Gerard
- 19Peter
- 20Joseph
- 21Keith
- 22Brendan
- 23Niall
- 24Declan
- 25Barry
- 25Richard
- 27Derek
- 27Sean
- 29Andrew
- 30Jason
- 31Daniel
- 32Ian
- 33Gavin
- 34Darren
- 35Edward
- 36Kieran
- 36Philip
- 38Kenneth
- 39Noel
- 40Ronan
- 41Raymond
- 42Damien
- 43Conor
- 44Aidan
- 45Francis
- 46Christopher
- 47Colin
- 48Jonathan
- 49Adrian
- 49Colm
- 51Ciaran
- 52Trevor
- 53Timothy
- 54Denis
- 55Donal
- 56Liam
- 57Dermot
- 58Graham
- 59Eoin
- 59Neil
- 59Seamus
- 62Wesley
- 63Damian
- 64Gary
- 65Bernard
- 66Enda
- 67Simon
- 68Rory
- 69Padraig
- 70Fergal
- 70Vincent
- 72Cathal
- 73Owen
- 74Oliver
- 75Eamonn
- 76Desmond
- 77Nicholas
- 78Wayne
- 79Cornelius
- 79Matthew
- 81Karl
- 82Maurice
- 83Eugene
- 84Gareth
- 84Laurence
- 84Nigel
- 87Garrett
- 88Charles
- 88Ross
- 90Gordon
- 91Darragh
- 91Diarmuid
- 93Gregory
- 93Jeremiah
- 95Cormac
- 95Hugh
- 97Garry
- 98Bryan
- 98Eamon
- 98Stuart