Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1980)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1980. 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, 1980
- 1Mary
- 2Sarah
- 3Michelle
- 4Catherine
- 5Louise
- 6Lisa
- 7Caroline
- 8Sinead
- 9Jennifer
- 10Karen
- 11Emma
- 12Elaine
- 13Fiona
- 14Niamh
- 15Deirdre
- 16Claire
- 17Laura
- 18Lorraine
- 19Margaret
- 20Sharon
- 21Elizabeth
- 22Orla
- 23Anne
- 24Ann
- 25Ciara
- 25Nicola
- 27Linda
- 28Aoife
- 29Susan
- 30Pamela
- 31Patricia
- 32Joanne
- 33Siobhán
- 34Paula
- 35Sandra
- 36Denise
- 37Amanda
- 38Marie
- 39Yvonne
- 40Aisling
- 41Gillian
- 42Maria
- 43Helen
- 44Martina
- 45Carol
- 46Edel
- 47Aine
- 48Deborah
- 49Rachel
- 50Grainne
- 51Bridget
- 51Donna
- 53Eimear
- 54Ruth
- 55Bernadette
- 56Geraldine
- 57Suzanne
- 58Clare
- 59Jacqueline
- 60Mairead
- 61Tracey
- 62Kathleen
- 63Emer
- 64Julie
- 65Pauline
- 66Eileen
- 67Alison
- 67Audrey
- 69Tracy
- 70Anna
- 71Roisin
- 72Angela
- 72Catriona
- 74Rebecca
- 75Amy
- 75Lorna
- 77Sabrina
- 78Tara
- 78Teresa
- 80Christina
- 81Valerie
- 82Caitriona
- 83Jane
- 84Christine
- 84Ellen
- 84Gemma
- 87Emily
- 88Andrea
- 89Carmel
- 89Olivia
- 91Jean
- 92Colette
- 93Miriam
- 94Melissa
- 95Aileen
- 95Barbara
- 97Leona
- 97Stephanie
- 97Victoria
- 100Helena
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1980
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4Paul
- 5Patrick
- 6James
- 7Brian
- 8Thomas
- 9Alan
- 10Mark
- 11Stephen
- 12Robert
- 13Kevin
- 14William
- 15Shane
- 16Martin
- 17Peter
- 18Anthony
- 19Keith
- 20Joseph
- 21Gerard
- 22Barry
- 23Jonathan
- 24Niall
- 25Daniel
- 26Brendan
- 26Darren
- 28Sean
- 29Richard
- 30Andrew
- 31Ronan
- 32Declan
- 32Derek
- 34Eoin
- 35Damien
- 36Philip
- 37Jason
- 38Conor
- 39Gary
- 40Ciaran
- 41Kenneth
- 42Gareth
- 42Noel
- 44Edward
- 45Ian
- 46Kieran
- 47Colin
- 48Christopher
- 49Colm
- 50Aidan
- 51Liam
- 52Gavin
- 53Trevor
- 54Raymond
- 55Francis
- 55Karl
- 57Donal
- 58Denis
- 59Timothy
- 60Adrian
- 61Dermot
- 62Simon
- 63Graham
- 64Padraig
- 65Neil
- 66Damian
- 67Cathal
- 68Vincent
- 68Wayne
- 70Ross
- 71Seamus
- 72Enda
- 73Eamonn
- 74Rory
- 75Bernard
- 76Matthew
- 77Cormac
- 78Owen
- 79Garry
- 80Charles
- 81Fergal
- 81Hugh
- 83Nicholas
- 84Laurence
- 84Maurice
- 86Desmond
- 87Cornelius
- 87Darragh
- 89Eoghan
- 90Eric
- 90Jeremiah
- 92Nigel
- 93Bryan
- 94Oliver
- 95Diarmuid
- 96George
- 97Eugene
- 98Steven
- 99Terence
- 100Gregory