Most popular baby names in Republic of Ireland (1997)
The rankings exactly as CSO Ireland published them for 1997. 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, 1997
- 1Sarah
- 2Aoife
- 3Ciara
- 4Emma
- 5Niamh
- 6Rachel
- 7Rebecca
- 8Amy
- 9Chloe
- 10Laura
- 11Megan
- 12Lauren
- 13Katie
- 14Shannon
- 15Shauna
- 16Mary
- 17Nicole
- 18Aisling
- 19Jessica
- 20Sinead
- 21Roisin
- 22Hannah
- 23Sophie
- 24Ellen
- 25Caoimhe
- 26Kate
- 27Emily
- 28Claire
- 29Lisa
- 30Eimear
- 31Jennifer
- 32Michelle
- 33Leah
- 34Catherine
- 35Aine
- 36Orla
- 37Tara
- 38Kelly
- 39Anna
- 39Danielle
- 41Jade
- 42Elizabeth
- 43Louise
- 44Saoirse
- 45Grace
- 45Kayleigh
- 47Zoe
- 48Hayley
- 49Clodagh
- 50Fiona
- 51Gemma
- 52Maria
- 53Alison
- 53Grainne
- 53Michaela
- 56Leanne
- 57Siobhán
- 58Stephanie
- 59Courtney
- 59Margaret
- 61Karen
- 62Jane
- 63Lucy
- 64Rachael
- 65Holly
- 66Maeve
- 67Ruth
- 68Eva
- 69Nicola
- 69Robyn
- 71Elaine
- 72Natasha
- 73Samantha
- 74Kathleen
- 75Emer
- 76Caroline
- 76Sorcha
- 78Chelsea
- 78Hazel
- 80Melissa
- 80Molly
- 82Lorna
- 83Anne
- 84Erica
- 85Alannah
- 85Helen
- 85Joanne
- 88Alice
- 88Deirdre
- 90Mairead
- 90Marie
- 92Ann
- 92Lorraine
- 94Cliona
- 94Orlaith
- 96Aimee
- 96Bridget
- 98Caitlin
- 98Julie
- 98Kim
Boys' names
Top 100 in Republic of Ireland, 1997
- 1Sean
- 2Conor
- 3James
- 4Michael
- 5John
- 6Shane
- 7David
- 8Daniel
- 9Aaron
- 10Jack
- 11Patrick
- 12Adam
- 13Dylan
- 14Stephen
- 15Mark
- 16Thomas
- 17Ryan
- 18Cian
- 19Luke
- 20Eoin
- 21Kevin
- 22Robert
- 23Andrew
- 24Brian
- 25Ciaran
- 26Paul
- 27Jordan
- 28Liam
- 29Darragh
- 30Christopher
- 31Dean
- 32Jamie
- 33Joseph
- 34Jason
- 35Darren
- 35Niall
- 37Cathal
- 38Matthew
- 39William
- 40Ross
- 41Peter
- 42Alan
- 43Gavin
- 44Evan
- 45Lee
- 46Craig
- 47Martin
- 47Nathan
- 49Oisin
- 50Anthony
- 51Ronan
- 52Eoghan
- 53Gary
- 54Colm
- 55Ian
- 55Keith
- 57Joshua
- 58Kyle
- 59Ben
- 60Kieran
- 61Killian
- 62Aidan
- 63Jonathan
- 64Jake
- 65Colin
- 65Cormac
- 67Richard
- 68Philip
- 69Karl
- 70Brandon
- 71Samuel
- 72Cillian
- 73Brendan
- 74Padraig
- 74Rory
- 76Barry
- 77Edward
- 77Eric
- 79Gerard
- 80Steven
- 81Declan
- 82Alexander
- 83Donal
- 84Alex
- 84Benjamin
- 86Dillon
- 86Graham
- 88Daire
- 88Simon
- 88Timothy
- 91Micheal
- 92Leon
- 93Denis
- 94Glenn
- 95Daragh
- 96Emmet
- 97Hugh
- 97Owen
- 99Fionn
- 99Francis