Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1979)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1979. 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.
This source has published 62 complete rankings, from 1964 to 2025. Data sources · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1979
- 1Mary
- 2Michelle
- 3Caroline
- 4Catherine
- 5Sinead
- 6Lisa
- 7Sarah
- 8Deirdre
- 9Karen
- 10Jennifer
- 11Emma
- 12Fiona
- 12Niamh
- 14Lorraine
- 15Paula
- 16Louise
- 17Elaine
- 18Laura
- 19Linda
- 20Ann
- 21Aoife
- 22Margaret
- 23Elizabeth
- 24Claire
- 25Sharon
- 26Anne
- 27Nicola
- 28Susan
- 29Joanne
- 30Orla
- 31Gillian
- 32Ciara
- 33Marie
- 34Sandra
- 35Siobhán
- 36Patricia
- 37Aisling
- 38Carol
- 39Denise
- 40Yvonne
- 41Pamela
- 42Helen
- 43Amanda
- 44Maria
- 45Pauline
- 46Martina
- 47Edel
- 48Suzanne
- 49Rachel
- 50Deborah
- 51Jacqueline
- 51Ruth
- 53Aine
- 54Bridget
- 55Julie
- 56Grainne
- 57Clare
- 58Catriona
- 59Geraldine
- 60Bernadette
- 60Kathleen
- 62Emer
- 63Alison
- 63Mairead
- 65Teresa
- 66Anna
- 67Tracey
- 68Audrey
- 69Christina
- 69Jane
- 71Sabrina
- 72Tara
- 73Olivia
- 74Eimear
- 75Eileen
- 76Angela
- 76Donna
- 76Tracy
- 79Caitriona
- 80Jean
- 81Roisin
- 82Gemma
- 83Carmel
- 84Barbara
- 85Christine
- 86Aileen
- 86Valerie
- 88Anita
- 88Jessica
- 90Andrea
- 91Lorna
- 91Maeve
- 93Emily
- 93Sheila
- 95Annette
- 96Ashling
- 97Victoria
- 98Colette
- 98Helena
- 100Rebecca
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1979
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Paul
- 4Michael
- 5Patrick
- 6James
- 7Brian
- 8Mark
- 9Thomas
- 10Alan
- 11Stephen
- 12Robert
- 13Kevin
- 14Martin
- 15Anthony
- 16William
- 17Peter
- 18Shane
- 19Joseph
- 20Keith
- 21Andrew
- 22Gerard
- 23Brendan
- 24Richard
- 25Niall
- 26Barry
- 27Daniel
- 28Sean
- 29Jason
- 30Declan
- 31Derek
- 32Jonathan
- 33Eoin
- 33Philip
- 35Darren
- 36Ronan
- 37Ian
- 38Kieran
- 39Damien
- 40Conor
- 41Edward
- 42Ciaran
- 43Noel
- 44Christopher
- 45Colin
- 46Kenneth
- 47Aidan
- 48Colm
- 49Francis
- 49Gary
- 51Adrian
- 52Gavin
- 53Denis
- 53Liam
- 55Trevor
- 56Raymond
- 57Gareth
- 58Karl
- 59Graham
- 60Cathal
- 61Timothy
- 62Neil
- 62Simon
- 64Padraig
- 65Seamus
- 66Wayne
- 67Donal
- 68Dermot
- 69Vincent
- 70Enda
- 71Eamonn
- 72Damian
- 72Rory
- 74Cormac
- 75Karol
- 76Owen
- 77Bernard
- 78Nigel
- 79Darragh
- 79Matthew
- 81Nicholas
- 82Ross
- 83Fergal
- 84Hugh
- 85Desmond
- 86Stuart
- 87Eric
- 88Laurence
- 89Fergus
- 90Cornelius
- 91Steven
- 92Gregory
- 93Bryan
- 94Maurice
- 94Terence
- 96Oliver
- 97Justin
- 98Charles
- 98George
- 100Jeremiah