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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1985)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1985. 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, 1985

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1985

  1. 1David
  2. 2John
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Stephen
  5. 5James
  6. 6Patrick
  7. 7Paul
  8. 8Mark
  9. 9Brian
  10. 10Thomas
  11. 11Shane
  12. 12Alan
  13. 13Kevin
  14. 14Daniel
  15. 15Robert
  16. 16Sean
  17. 17Barry
  18. 18Christopher
  19. 19Andrew
  20. 20Anthony
  21. 21William
  22. 22Martin
  23. 23Joseph
  24. 24Peter
  25. 25Conor
  26. 26Niall
  27. 27Gerard
  28. 28Ciaran
  29. 29Darren
  30. 30Keith
  31. 31Eoin
  32. 32Richard
  33. 33Jonathan
  34. 34Gary
  35. 35Ian
  36. 36Jason
  37. 37Brendan
  38. 38Colin
  39. 39Philip
  40. 40Damien
  41. 41Derek
  42. 42Colm
  43. 42Ronan
  44. 44Declan
  45. 45Kieran
  46. 46Aidan
  47. 46Edward
  48. 48Noel
  49. 49Liam
  50. 50Gavin
  51. 51Kenneth
  52. 52Simon
  53. 53Adrian
  54. 53Francis
  55. 55Denis
  56. 55Padraig
  57. 57Raymond
  58. 58Donal
  59. 59Cathal
  60. 59Timothy
  61. 59Wayne
  62. 62Steven
  63. 63Graham
  64. 64Matthew
  65. 65Karl
  66. 66Adam
  67. 66Neil
  68. 68Rory
  69. 69Seamus
  70. 70Enda
  71. 71Owen
  72. 72Dermot
  73. 73Cian
  74. 74Ross
  75. 75Darragh
  76. 76Aaron
  77. 76Trevor
  78. 78Bryan
  79. 79Dean
  80. 80Eamonn
  81. 80Vincent
  82. 82Nicholas
  83. 83Eoghan
  84. 84Bernard
  85. 85Damian
  86. 86Cormac
  87. 86Lee
  88. 88Jamie
  89. 89Eamon
  90. 90Hugh
  91. 91Craig
  92. 92Eric
  93. 92Fergal
  94. 92Shaun
  95. 95Diarmuid
  96. 95Gregory
  97. 97Micheal
  98. 98Garry
  99. 98Luke
  100. 100Maurice
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1985) · Namewise