Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1989)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1989. 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, 1989
- 1Sarah
- 2Laura
- 3Emma
- 4Ciara
- 5Lisa
- 6Niamh
- 7Michelle
- 8Mary
- 9Sinead
- 10Aoife
- 10Jennifer
- 12Amy
- 13Aisling
- 14Claire
- 15Catherine
- 16Louise
- 17Rachel
- 18Fiona
- 19Karen
- 20Elaine
- 21Danielle
- 22Rebecca
- 23Nicola
- 24Elizabeth
- 25Amanda
- 25Siobhán
- 27Orla
- 28Margaret
- 29Aine
- 29Grace
- 31Denise
- 32Roisin
- 33Alison
- 33Ann
- 35Stephanie
- 36Kate
- 37Grainne
- 38Maria
- 39Deirdre
- 39Katie
- 41Leanne
- 42Marie
- 42Tara
- 44Caroline
- 44Gillian
- 44Jessica
- 44Ruth
- 48Clare
- 49Donna
- 50Eimear
- 51Kelly
- 52Christine
- 52Sharon
- 52Susan
- 55Anne
- 55Edel
- 57Linda
- 58Christina
- 59Anna
- 60Patricia
- 61Stacey
- 62Mairead
- 63Joanne
- 64Lorraine
- 64Samantha
- 66Tracey
- 67Helen
- 67Kathleen
- 67Melissa
- 70Kim
- 71Deborah
- 72Rachael
- 73Bridget
- 73Emer
- 75Lauren
- 75Martina
- 77Nicole
- 78Natalie
- 79Gemma
- 80Charlene
- 80Sandra
- 82Jane
- 83Julie
- 83Suzanne
- 83Yvonne
- 86Maeve
- 87Carol
- 87Jacqueline
- 89Megan
- 90Lorna
- 90Natasha
- 92Paula
- 93Ellen
- 93Hannah
- 95Caitriona
- 95Caoimhe
- 97Chloe
- 97Hazel
- 99Eileen
- 99Emily
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1989
- 1David
- 2John
- 3Michael
- 4James
- 5Patrick
- 6Stephen
- 7Shane
- 8Paul
- 9Sean
- 10Mark
- 11Daniel
- 12Thomas
- 13Kevin
- 14Brian
- 15Robert
- 16Christopher
- 17Alan
- 18Conor
- 19Jason
- 20Darren
- 21Joseph
- 22Keith
- 23Andrew
- 24Eoin
- 25Martin
- 26Niall
- 27Anthony
- 28Richard
- 29Ian
- 30Ciaran
- 31Jonathan
- 32Peter
- 33William
- 34Gary
- 35Gerard
- 36Philip
- 37Barry
- 37Colm
- 39Brendan
- 40Kieran
- 41Dean
- 41Ronan
- 43Gavin
- 44Aaron
- 45Declan
- 46Liam
- 47Karl
- 48Darragh
- 49Damien
- 50Aidan
- 51Cian
- 52Jamie
- 53Colin
- 54Craig
- 55Padraig
- 56Adam
- 56Edward
- 58Matthew
- 59Cathal
- 60Graham
- 61Noel
- 62Luke
- 63Simon
- 64Eoghan
- 65Ross
- 66Steven
- 67Timothy
- 68Donal
- 69Raymond
- 70Kenneth
- 71Neil
- 72Derek
- 73Wayne
- 74Adrian
- 74Francis
- 76Seamus
- 77Nicholas
- 77Rory
- 79Denis
- 79Owen
- 81Lee
- 82Cormac
- 83Enda
- 84Bernard
- 85Killian
- 85Shaun
- 87Jack
- 88Gareth
- 89Dermot
- 89Vincent
- 91Hugh
- 91Micheal
- 93Bryan
- 94Eamonn
- 95Tomas
- 96Eric
- 97Carl
- 97Gregory
- 99Emmet
- 100Samuel