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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1983)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1983. 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, 1983

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1983

  1. 1John
  2. 2David
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Stephen
  5. 5Patrick
  6. 6James
  7. 7Paul
  8. 8Mark
  9. 9Brian
  10. 10Thomas
  11. 11Alan
  12. 12Shane
  13. 13Kevin
  14. 14Robert
  15. 15Sean
  16. 16Daniel
  17. 16William
  18. 18Joseph
  19. 19Keith
  20. 20Anthony
  21. 21Martin
  22. 22Peter
  23. 23Christopher
  24. 24Barry
  25. 25Jonathan
  26. 26Gerard
  27. 27Niall
  28. 28Andrew
  29. 29Darren
  30. 30Richard
  31. 31Eoin
  32. 32Gary
  33. 33Brendan
  34. 34Conor
  35. 35Ciaran
  36. 36Derek
  37. 37Damien
  38. 38Philip
  39. 39Ronan
  40. 40Declan
  41. 41Ian
  42. 42Colm
  43. 43Jason
  44. 44Edward
  45. 45Kieran
  46. 46Aidan
  47. 47Colin
  48. 48Raymond
  49. 49Liam
  50. 50Noel
  51. 51Francis
  52. 52Padraig
  53. 53Kenneth
  54. 54Denis
  55. 55Matthew
  56. 56Adrian
  57. 57Simon
  58. 58Trevor
  59. 59Graham
  60. 60Timothy
  61. 61Donal
  62. 62Gavin
  63. 63Ross
  64. 64Steven
  65. 65Cathal
  66. 66Neil
  67. 67Adam
  68. 68Vincent
  69. 69Dermot
  70. 70Seamus
  71. 71Karl
  72. 72Rory
  73. 73Wayne
  74. 74Darragh
  75. 75Eamonn
  76. 76Enda
  77. 76Owen
  78. 78Nicholas
  79. 79Damian
  80. 80Bernard
  81. 81Bryan
  82. 82Eric
  83. 83Diarmuid
  84. 83Fergal
  85. 83Maurice
  86. 86Eamon
  87. 86Garry
  88. 88Eoghan
  89. 89Cormac
  90. 90Hugh
  91. 91Gareth
  92. 92Aaron
  93. 92Cian
  94. 94Jeremiah
  95. 95Terence
  96. 96Desmond
  97. 96George
  98. 96Micheal
  99. 96Nigel
  100. 100Glen
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1983) · Namewise