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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1986
- 1Sarah
- 2Laura
- 3Michelle
- 4Jennifer
- 5Emma
- 6Ciara
- 6Mary
- 8Lisa
- 9Niamh
- 10Claire
- 11Sinead
- 12Aoife
- 13Louise
- 14Catherine
- 15Amanda
- 16Elaine
- 17Nicola
- 18Aisling
- 19Karen
- 20Amy
- 21Rachel
- 22Fiona
- 23Caroline
- 24Deirdre
- 25Orla
- 26Linda
- 27Lorraine
- 28Ann
- 29Maria
- 29Siobhán
- 31Edel
- 32Sharon
- 33Samantha
- 33Susan
- 35Elizabeth
- 36Anne
- 36Margaret
- 36Tara
- 39Patricia
- 40Aine
- 40Marie
- 42Stephanie
- 43Gillian
- 44Rebecca
- 44Sandra
- 46Danielle
- 47Donna
- 48Eimear
- 49Denise
- 50Grace
- 51Clare
- 52Helen
- 53Ruth
- 54Emer
- 55Roisin
- 56Christina
- 57Jessica
- 57Julie
- 59Yvonne
- 60Kate
- 61Anna
- 62Joanne
- 63Andrea
- 64Bridget
- 65Mairead
- 66Tracey
- 67Martina
- 68Christine
- 68Melissa
- 70Caitriona
- 71Carol
- 72Grainne
- 73Jacqueline
- 74Alison
- 74Gemma
- 76Deborah
- 77Paula
- 78Leanne
- 79Suzanne
- 80Kelly
- 81Geraldine
- 82Catriona
- 83Natasha
- 83Pamela
- 85Anita
- 85Tracy
- 87Kathleen
- 87Kim
- 87Lorna
- 90Bernadette
- 90Victoria
- 92Teresa
- 93Maeve
- 94Ashling
- 95Eileen
- 95Stacey
- 97Jane
- 98Natalie
- 99Ellen
- 99Sara
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1986
- 1John
- 2David
- 3Michael
- 4James
- 5Patrick
- 6Stephen
- 7Mark
- 8Paul
- 9Shane
- 10Brian
- 11Thomas
- 12Kevin
- 13Alan
- 14Daniel
- 15Robert
- 16Sean
- 17Christopher
- 18Joseph
- 19Andrew
- 20Richard
- 21William
- 22Anthony
- 22Jason
- 24Conor
- 25Martin
- 26Niall
- 27Darren
- 28Peter
- 29Gerard
- 30Ian
- 31Barry
- 32Keith
- 33Eoin
- 34Gary
- 35Jonathan
- 36Ciaran
- 37Colm
- 38Brendan
- 39Philip
- 40Declan
- 41Colin
- 42Damien
- 43Kieran
- 44Ronan
- 45Derek
- 46Gavin
- 47Aidan
- 47Edward
- 49Liam
- 50Simon
- 51Padraig
- 52Noel
- 53Adrian
- 54Graham
- 55Timothy
- 56Denis
- 57Adam
- 58Francis
- 59Cian
- 59Matthew
- 61Steven
- 62Donal
- 63Karl
- 64Dean
- 65Kenneth
- 66Cathal
- 67Ross
- 68Aaron
- 69Enda
- 70Raymond
- 71Darragh
- 72Seamus
- 72Wayne
- 74Rory
- 75Neil
- 76Eoghan
- 76Owen
- 78Cormac
- 79Dermot
- 80Vincent
- 81Eamonn
- 81Eric
- 83Luke
- 84Lee
- 85Bryan
- 86Damian
- 87Diarmuid
- 88Bernard
- 88Nigel
- 90Hugh
- 91Craig
- 91Emmet
- 93Nicholas
- 93Trevor
- 95Micheal
- 96Gregory
- 96Jamie
- 98Shaun
- 99Eamon
- 99Garry