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.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1987
- 1Sarah
- 2Laura
- 3Emma
- 4Mary
- 5Lisa
- 6Ciara
- 7Michelle
- 8Jennifer
- 9Aoife
- 10Claire
- 11Niamh
- 12Sinead
- 13Louise
- 14Aisling
- 15Amy
- 16Catherine
- 17Rachel
- 18Nicola
- 19Fiona
- 20Elaine
- 21Amanda
- 22Karen
- 23Siobhán
- 24Margaret
- 25Deirdre
- 26Orla
- 27Tara
- 28Elizabeth
- 29Maria
- 30Caroline
- 31Stephanie
- 32Linda
- 33Marie
- 34Anne
- 34Lorraine
- 36Aine
- 37Sharon
- 38Grace
- 39Ann
- 40Rebecca
- 41Susan
- 42Danielle
- 43Gillian
- 44Edel
- 45Patricia
- 46Christina
- 46Denise
- 48Kate
- 49Donna
- 49Joanne
- 49Roisin
- 49Sandra
- 53Ruth
- 54Jessica
- 55Christine
- 55Samantha
- 57Marian
- 58Alison
- 59Clare
- 59Helen
- 61Melissa
- 62Deborah
- 62Grainne
- 64Yvonne
- 65Martina
- 66Leanne
- 67Emer
- 68Kelly
- 69Eimear
- 70Mairead
- 71Anna
- 71Carol
- 71Kim
- 74Lorna
- 75Paula
- 76Natasha
- 77Suzanne
- 78Kathleen
- 79Stacey
- 80Jane
- 81Caitriona
- 81Tracey
- 83Sara
- 84Andrea
- 84Bridget
- 84Gemma
- 87Catriona
- 87Julie
- 89Ashling
- 90Katie
- 91Victoria
- 92Maeve
- 93Ellen
- 94Pamela
- 95Jacqueline
- 96Eileen
- 97Bernadette
- 98Charlene
- 98Tanya
- 98Tracy
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1987
- 1David
- 2John
- 3Michael
- 4James
- 5Stephen
- 6Patrick
- 7Paul
- 8Shane
- 9Mark
- 10Thomas
- 11Kevin
- 12Brian
- 13Alan
- 14Sean
- 15Robert
- 16Daniel
- 17Christopher
- 18Conor
- 19Darren
- 20Joseph
- 21Andrew
- 22Anthony
- 23William
- 24Martin
- 25Ciaran
- 25Eoin
- 25Jason
- 28Ian
- 29Gary
- 30Niall
- 31Keith
- 32Peter
- 33Jonathan
- 33Richard
- 35Gerard
- 36Brendan
- 37Barry
- 38Philip
- 39Kieran
- 40Colm
- 40Declan
- 42Ronan
- 43Gavin
- 44Colin
- 45Damien
- 46Simon
- 47Aidan
- 48Liam
- 49Edward
- 50Padraig
- 51Noel
- 52Graham
- 53Dean
- 54Cathal
- 55Matthew
- 56Derek
- 57Aaron
- 58Darragh
- 58Timothy
- 60Kenneth
- 61Adrian
- 62Ross
- 63Francis
- 63Karl
- 65Cian
- 66Donal
- 67Wayne
- 68Adam
- 68Neil
- 70Denis
- 71Steven
- 72Luke
- 73Raymond
- 74Rory
- 75Owen
- 76Eoghan
- 77Seamus
- 78Vincent
- 79Bryan
- 80Enda
- 81Bernard
- 81Jamie
- 83Craig
- 84Diarmuid
- 84Lee
- 84Trevor
- 87Shaun
- 88Eric
- 89Eamon
- 90Cormac
- 90Dermot
- 92Fergal
- 92Nicholas
- 94Eamonn
- 94Hugh
- 96Gareth
- 97Emmet
- 98Charles
- 99Scott
- 100Glenn