Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1964

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	3,696
2	2Patrick	2,235
3	3Michael	2,157
4	4Paul	1,814
5	5James	1,554
6	6Thomas	1,349
7	7David	936
8	8William	875
9	9Martin	849
10	10Gerard	815
11	11Joseph	737
12	12Anthony	613
13	13Peter	527
14	14Brian	464
15	15Kevin	452
16	16Francis	429
17	17Brendan	426
18	18Edward	425
19	19Daniel	395
20	20Noel	394
21	21Denis	347
22	22Robert	342
23	23Declan	321
24	24Richard	301
25	25Stephen	296
26	26Timothy	295
27	27Christopher	289
28	28Mark	279
29	29Alan	245
30	30Derek	237
31	31Raymond	237
32	32Kieran	224
33	33Bernard	201
34	34Andrew	195
35	35Dermot	195
36	36Philip	187
37	37Aidan	182
38	38Sean	171
39	39Cornelius	161
40	40Jeremiah	161
41	41Kenneth	150
42	42Vincent	148
43	43Charles	145
44	44Desmond	145
45	45Colm	144
46	46Donal	144
47	47Niall	142
48	48Laurence	141
49	49Ciaran	124
50	50Eugene	123
51	51Maurice	120
52	52George	115
53	53Hugh	112
54	54Liam	111
55	55Terence	102
56	56Conor	97
57	57Gerald	94
58	58Nicholas	92
59	59Matthew	89
60	60Henry	87
61	61Seamus	87
62	62Eamon	86
63	63Ian	86
64	64Eamonn	83
65	65Adrian	75
66	66Fergus	71
67	67Ronan	70
68	68Oliver	69
69	69Barry	62
70	70Finbarr	61
71	71Owen	59
72	72Gabriel	57
73	73Damian	56
74	74Rory	56
75	75Damien	49
76	76Enda	49
77	77Shane	49
78	78Garrett	47
79	79Gregory	47
80	80Edmond	45
81	81Bartholomew	44
82	82Neil	43
83	83Eoin	42
84	84Dominic	41
85	85Gary	41
86	86Karl	40
87	87Cormac	39
88	88Padraig	38
89	89Colin	37
90	90Ronald	37
91	91Leslie	36
92	92Simon	36
93	93Fergal	35
94	94Aiden	34
95	95Eric	34
96	96Cathal	32
97	97Keith	32
98	98Arthur	31
99	99Nigel	31
100	100Fintan	29

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Coverage: Names with 3 or more registrations in a year. Original data · Licence

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