Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1991)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1991. 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, 1991
- 1Sarah
- 2Emma
- 3Laura
- 4Aoife
- 5Ciara
- 6Niamh
- 7Amy
- 8Aisling
- 9Rachel
- 10Mary
- 11Sinead
- 12Lisa
- 13Jennifer
- 14Michelle
- 15Rebecca
- 16Claire
- 17Shauna
- 18Louise
- 19Catherine
- 20Fiona
- 21Karen
- 22Jessica
- 23Danielle
- 24Orla
- 25Elaine
- 26Stephanie
- 27Leanne
- 28Katie
- 29Nicola
- 30Kate
- 31Roisin
- 32Lauren
- 33Siobhán
- 34Margaret
- 35Megan
- 36Aine
- 37Maria
- 38Nicole
- 39Alison
- 39Amanda
- 41Grace
- 42Deirdre
- 42Elizabeth
- 44Ruth
- 45Tara
- 46Kelly
- 47Caroline
- 48Lorraine
- 49Samantha
- 50Chloe
- 51Marie
- 52Denise
- 52Grainne
- 54Ann
- 55Gillian
- 56Hannah
- 56Melissa
- 58Anne
- 58Gemma
- 60Rachael
- 61Stacey
- 62Anna
- 62Eimear
- 64Ellen
- 65Emily
- 66Caoimhe
- 67Joanne
- 67Sharon
- 69Donna
- 70Christine
- 71Lorna
- 72Mairead
- 73Christina
- 74Emer
- 75Natasha
- 76Edel
- 76Helen
- 78Jane
- 78Patricia
- 78Sophie
- 81Clodagh
- 81Maeve
- 81Susan
- 84Victoria
- 85Natalie
- 86Clare
- 86Kim
- 86Linda
- 89Kathleen
- 90Jade
- 91Ashling
- 91Deborah
- 91Olivia
- 91Yvonne
- 95Suzanne
- 96Julie
- 97Bridget
- 97Cliona
- 99Alice
- 100Andrea
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1991
- 1David
- 2John
- 3James
- 4Stephen
- 5Michael
- 6Shane
- 7Sean
- 8Patrick
- 9Mark
- 10Daniel
- 11Conor
- 12Kevin
- 13Paul
- 14Thomas
- 15Robert
- 16Niall
- 17Brian
- 18Christopher
- 19Andrew
- 20Darren
- 21Alan
- 22Eoin
- 23Joseph
- 24Ciaran
- 25Gary
- 26Keith
- 27Jason
- 28Aaron
- 29Anthony
- 30Martin
- 31Adam
- 32Dean
- 33William
- 34Ian
- 35Richard
- 36Jonathan
- 37Cian
- 38Peter
- 39Darragh
- 40Craig
- 41Gerard
- 42Gavin
- 42Philip
- 44Liam
- 45Kieran
- 46Matthew
- 47Colm
- 48Barry
- 49Jamie
- 50Ronan
- 51Luke
- 52Cathal
- 53Brendan
- 53Graham
- 55Aidan
- 56Colin
- 57Karl
- 58Padraig
- 59Declan
- 60Damien
- 61Edward
- 62Eoghan
- 63Simon
- 64Jack
- 65Steven
- 66Lee
- 67Donal
- 68Denis
- 68Ross
- 70Rory
- 71Cormac
- 72Evan
- 73Adrian
- 73Noel
- 75Ryan
- 75Seamus
- 75Wayne
- 78Derek
- 78Francis
- 78Timothy
- 81Kenneth
- 81Neil
- 83Owen
- 84Oisin
- 85Dylan
- 85Raymond
- 85Shaun
- 88Eric
- 89Killian
- 90Emmet
- 91Bryan
- 91Enda
- 91Gareth
- 91Hugh
- 95Nicholas
- 96Samuel
- 97Nathan
- 98Bernard
- 98Dermot
- 100Cillian