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Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1988)

The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1988. 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, 1988

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

Boys' names

Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1988

  1. 1David
  2. 2John
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Stephen
  5. 5Shane
  6. 6James
  7. 7Patrick
  8. 8Mark
  9. 9Paul
  10. 10Thomas
  11. 11Sean
  12. 12Kevin
  13. 13Daniel
  14. 14Robert
  15. 15Brian
  16. 16Christopher
  17. 17Alan
  18. 18Darren
  19. 19Conor
  20. 20Jason
  21. 21Niall
  22. 22Keith
  23. 23Anthony
  24. 24Joseph
  25. 25Martin
  26. 26William
  27. 27Andrew
  28. 28Ciaran
  29. 29Eoin
  30. 30Peter
  31. 31Richard
  32. 32Jonathan
  33. 33Ian
  34. 34Gerard
  35. 35Gary
  36. 36Barry
  37. 37Colm
  38. 38Gavin
  39. 39Brendan
  40. 40Dean
  41. 41Philip
  42. 42Declan
  43. 43Ronan
  44. 44Colin
  45. 45Kieran
  46. 46Simon
  47. 47Damien
  48. 48Liam
  49. 49Matthew
  50. 50Aidan
  51. 50Darragh
  52. 50Edward
  53. 53Aaron
  54. 54Ross
  55. 55Adam
  56. 55Graham
  57. 57Luke
  58. 58Padraig
  59. 59Derek
  60. 59Karl
  61. 61Cathal
  62. 62Cian
  63. 63Kenneth
  64. 64Steven
  65. 65Donal
  66. 65Timothy
  67. 67Craig
  68. 68Adrian
  69. 68Noel
  70. 68Wayne
  71. 71Denis
  72. 71Francis
  73. 73Raymond
  74. 74Eoghan
  75. 75Lee
  76. 75Neil
  77. 77Nicholas
  78. 78Jamie
  79. 79Rory
  80. 79Seamus
  81. 81Cormac
  82. 81Eric
  83. 83Bryan
  84. 83Dermot
  85. 85Owen
  86. 86Enda
  87. 87Eamonn
  88. 87Shaun
  89. 89Diarmuid
  90. 89Hugh
  91. 91Bernard
  92. 91Gareth
  93. 93Daragh
  94. 93Vincent
  95. 95Fergal
  96. 95Trevor
  97. 97Scott
  98. 98Killian
  99. 99Samuel
  100. 100Gearoid
Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1988) · Namewise