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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1986)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1986. 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, 1986

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1986

  1. 1John
  2. 2David
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4James
  5. 5Patrick
  6. 6Stephen
  7. 7Mark
  8. 8Paul
  9. 9Shane
  10. 10Brian
  11. 11Thomas
  12. 12Kevin
  13. 13Alan
  14. 14Daniel
  15. 15Robert
  16. 16Sean
  17. 17Christopher
  18. 18Joseph
  19. 19Andrew
  20. 20Richard
  21. 21William
  22. 22Anthony
  23. 22Jason
  24. 24Conor
  25. 25Martin
  26. 26Niall
  27. 27Darren
  28. 28Peter
  29. 29Gerard
  30. 30Ian
  31. 31Barry
  32. 32Keith
  33. 33Eoin
  34. 34Gary
  35. 35Jonathan
  36. 36Ciaran
  37. 37Colm
  38. 38Brendan
  39. 39Philip
  40. 40Declan
  41. 41Colin
  42. 42Damien
  43. 43Kieran
  44. 44Ronan
  45. 45Derek
  46. 46Gavin
  47. 47Aidan
  48. 47Edward
  49. 49Liam
  50. 50Simon
  51. 51Padraig
  52. 52Noel
  53. 53Adrian
  54. 54Graham
  55. 55Timothy
  56. 56Denis
  57. 57Adam
  58. 58Francis
  59. 59Cian
  60. 59Matthew
  61. 61Steven
  62. 62Donal
  63. 63Karl
  64. 64Dean
  65. 65Kenneth
  66. 66Cathal
  67. 67Ross
  68. 68Aaron
  69. 69Enda
  70. 70Raymond
  71. 71Darragh
  72. 72Seamus
  73. 72Wayne
  74. 74Rory
  75. 75Neil
  76. 76Eoghan
  77. 76Owen
  78. 78Cormac
  79. 79Dermot
  80. 80Vincent
  81. 81Eamonn
  82. 81Eric
  83. 83Luke
  84. 84Lee
  85. 85Bryan
  86. 86Damian
  87. 87Diarmuid
  88. 88Bernard
  89. 88Nigel
  90. 90Hugh
  91. 91Craig
  92. 91Emmet
  93. 93Nicholas
  94. 93Trevor
  95. 95Micheal
  96. 96Gregory
  97. 96Jamie
  98. 98Shaun
  99. 99Eamon
  100. 99Garry
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1986) · Namewise