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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1987)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1987. 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, 1987

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1987

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