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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1982)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1982. 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, 1982

  1. 1Mary
  2. 2Sarah
  3. 3Michelle
  4. 4Jennifer
  5. 5Lisa
  6. 6Elaine
  7. 7Louise
  8. 8Emma
  9. 9Sinead
  10. 10Catherine
  11. 11Laura
  12. 12Claire
  13. 13Niamh
  14. 14Aoife
  15. 15Deirdre
  16. 16Karen
  17. 17Fiona
  18. 18Caroline
  19. 19Ciara
  20. 20Nicola
  21. 21Linda
  22. 22Anne
  23. 23Sharon
  24. 24Ann
  25. 25Margaret
  26. 26Lorraine
  27. 27Susan
  28. 28Siobhán
  29. 29Orla
  30. 30Elizabeth
  31. 31Aisling
  32. 31Marie
  33. 33Donna
  34. 34Joanne
  35. 35Patricia
  36. 36Maria
  37. 37Denise
  38. 37Edel
  39. 39Gillian
  40. 40Rachel
  41. 41Helen
  42. 42Deborah
  43. 43Amanda
  44. 44Sandra
  45. 45Grainne
  46. 46Mairead
  47. 47Pamela
  48. 48Carol
  49. 49Eimear
  50. 50Yvonne
  51. 51Amy
  52. 52Clare
  53. 53Aine
  54. 54Emer
  55. 54Martina
  56. 56Suzanne
  57. 57Paula
  58. 57Rebecca
  59. 57Roisin
  60. 60Ruth
  61. 61Bridget
  62. 62Kathleen
  63. 63Eileen
  64. 64Jacqueline
  65. 65Anna
  66. 65Grace
  67. 67Gemma
  68. 68Geraldine
  69. 68Julie
  70. 70Alison
  71. 70Tracey
  72. 72Lorna
  73. 72Tara
  74. 74Bernadette
  75. 75Caitriona
  76. 76Catriona
  77. 77Jane
  78. 78Jessica
  79. 79Tracy
  80. 80Audrey
  81. 80Christina
  82. 82Angela
  83. 83Stephanie
  84. 84Olivia
  85. 84Teresa
  86. 86Anita
  87. 86Ellen
  88. 88Christine
  89. 89Natalie
  90. 90Andrea
  91. 90Emily
  92. 92Maeve
  93. 92Victoria
  94. 94Valerie
  95. 95Noreen
  96. 96Katherine
  97. 97Pauline
  98. 98Kim
  99. 99Melissa
  100. 100Carmel

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1982

  1. 1John
  2. 2David
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Patrick
  5. 4Paul
  6. 6James
  7. 7Stephen
  8. 8Brian
  9. 9Thomas
  10. 10Mark
  11. 11Alan
  12. 12Robert
  13. 13Kevin
  14. 14Shane
  15. 15Martin
  16. 16Anthony
  17. 17William
  18. 18Jonathan
  19. 19Peter
  20. 20Andrew
  21. 21Joseph
  22. 22Barry
  23. 22Sean
  24. 24Gerard
  25. 25Niall
  26. 26Daniel
  27. 27Keith
  28. 28Christopher
  29. 29Richard
  30. 30Brendan
  31. 31Ciaran
  32. 32Eoin
  33. 33Darren
  34. 34Damien
  35. 35Derek
  36. 36Conor
  37. 37Gary
  38. 38Declan
  39. 39Ian
  40. 39Philip
  41. 41Ronan
  42. 42Jason
  43. 43Colm
  44. 44Edward
  45. 45Kieran
  46. 46Aidan
  47. 47Noel
  48. 48Kenneth
  49. 49Colin
  50. 50Liam
  51. 51Gavin
  52. 52Donal
  53. 53Adrian
  54. 54Francis
  55. 55Denis
  56. 56Neil
  57. 57Raymond
  58. 58Timothy
  59. 59Rory
  60. 60Seamus
  61. 61Dermot
  62. 61Trevor
  63. 63Graham
  64. 64Simon
  65. 65Padraig
  66. 66Cathal
  67. 67Matthew
  68. 68Ross
  69. 69Karl
  70. 70Owen
  71. 71Bernard
  72. 71Darragh
  73. 71Wayne
  74. 74Steven
  75. 74Vincent
  76. 76Enda
  77. 77Eamonn
  78. 78Damian
  79. 79Cormac
  80. 80Adam
  81. 81Gareth
  82. 82Eoghan
  83. 82Fergal
  84. 82Garry
  85. 85Diarmuid
  86. 85Nicholas
  87. 87Desmond
  88. 87Eric
  89. 89Cian
  90. 90Aaron
  91. 91Terence
  92. 92Micheal
  93. 93Charles
  94. 93Eugene
  95. 95Hugh
  96. 96Eamon
  97. 96Stuart
  98. 98Luke
  99. 98Nigel
  100. 100Bryan
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1982) · Namewise