Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1984)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1984. 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, 1984
- 1Sarah
- 2Mary
- 3Lisa
- 4Laura
- 5Jennifer
- 6Michelle
- 7Catherine
- 8Emma
- 9Karen
- 10Claire
- 11Sinead
- 12Niamh
- 13Ciara
- 14Elaine
- 15Louise
- 16Aoife
- 17Fiona
- 18Caroline
- 19Aisling
- 20Deirdre
- 21Sharon
- 22Rachel
- 23Nicola
- 24Linda
- 25Lorraine
- 26Margaret
- 27Elizabeth
- 28Amy
- 28Anne
- 30Siobhán
- 30Susan
- 32Ann
- 32Maria
- 34Orla
- 35Joanne
- 36Marie
- 37Patricia
- 38Edel
- 39Gillian
- 40Denise
- 41Aine
- 42Sandra
- 43Carol
- 44Donna
- 45Helen
- 46Yvonne
- 47Amanda
- 48Melissa
- 49Emer
- 50Gemma
- 51Stephanie
- 52Martina
- 53Mairead
- 54Ruth
- 55Deborah
- 56Bridget
- 56Grace
- 58Tara
- 59Rebecca
- 60Roisin
- 61Pamela
- 61Suzanne
- 63Tracey
- 64Clare
- 65Anna
- 66Jacqueline
- 67Alison
- 68Kathleen
- 69Grainne
- 69Julie
- 71Bernadette
- 72Samantha
- 73Eimear
- 74Jane
- 75Caitriona
- 75Catriona
- 77Geraldine
- 78Danielle
- 78Jessica
- 80Lorna
- 81Paula
- 81Teresa
- 83Christina
- 84Andrea
- 85Christine
- 85Kim
- 85Tanya
- 88Kate
- 89Kelly
- 89Tracy
- 91Ashling
- 92Eileen
- 92Maeve
- 92Victoria
- 95Emily
- 96Natasha
- 97Angela
- 98Audrey
- 98Natalie
- 100Barbara
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1984
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4Patrick
- 5Stephen
- 6James
- 7Paul
- 8Mark
- 9Thomas
- 10Brian
- 11Alan
- 12Kevin
- 13Shane
- 14Robert
- 15Sean
- 16Daniel
- 17Christopher
- 18William
- 19Anthony
- 20Martin
- 21Joseph
- 22Peter
- 23Barry
- 24Andrew
- 25Keith
- 26Jonathan
- 27Darren
- 28Gerard
- 29Gary
- 30Conor
- 31Niall
- 32Brendan
- 33Eoin
- 33Richard
- 35Ciaran
- 36Ian
- 37Jason
- 38Colm
- 39Damien
- 40Derek
- 41Colin
- 42Declan
- 43Philip
- 44Ronan
- 45Aidan
- 46Kieran
- 47Edward
- 48Gavin
- 49Liam
- 50Kenneth
- 51Noel
- 52Graham
- 53Padraig
- 54Denis
- 55Simon
- 56Donal
- 57Adrian
- 58Neil
- 59Francis
- 59Matthew
- 59Raymond
- 62Timothy
- 63Cathal
- 64Steven
- 65Trevor
- 65Wayne
- 67Rory
- 68Karl
- 69Owen
- 70Dermot
- 71Seamus
- 72Darragh
- 73Ross
- 74Adam
- 75Cormac
- 76Enda
- 77Cian
- 77Damian
- 79Nicholas
- 79Vincent
- 81Eamonn
- 82Bernard
- 82Bryan
- 84Aaron
- 85Dean
- 86Eoghan
- 87Craig
- 87Hugh
- 89Garry
- 89Luke
- 91Diarmuid
- 91Eric
- 93Gareth
- 94Fergal
- 94Micheal
- 96Gregory
- 97Eamon
- 97Maurice
- 99Cornelius
- 99Jeremiah