Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1965

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	3,360
2	2Patrick	2,281
3	3Michael	2,057
4	4James	1,464
5	5Thomas	1,367
6	6Paul	1,323
7	7David	1,102
8	8William	1,000
9	9Martin	843
10	10Gerard	837
11	11Joseph	705
12	12Anthony	663
13	13Brian	585
14	14Peter	578
15	15Kevin	469
16	16Brendan	436
17	17Edward	423
18	18Declan	412
19	19Francis	393
20	20Stephen	379
21	21Noel	374
22	22Richard	354
23	23Robert	353
24	24Denis	350
25	25Daniel	344
26	26Mark	318
27	27Alan	316
28	28Christopher	270
29	29Timothy	263
30	30Derek	255
31	31Kieran	252
32	32Andrew	236
33	33Aidan	233
34	34Bernard	211
35	35Dermot	207
36	36Raymond	205
37	37Philip	202
38	38Donal	189
39	39Niall	184
40	40Kenneth	182
41	41Sean	163
42	42Jeremiah	162
43	43Cornelius	158
44	44Vincent	154
45	45Desmond	148
46	46Charles	145
47	47Eugene	135
48	48Colm	133
49	49Matthew	129
50	50Maurice	128
51	51Ciaran	124
52	52Laurence	123
53	53Hugh	118
54	54Ian	110
55	55Terence	108
56	56Conor	107
57	57George	107
58	58Seamus	105
59	59Liam	103
60	60Eamonn	95
61	61Damian	86
62	62Adrian	82
63	63Ronan	81
64	64Gerald	78
65	65Eamon	75
66	66Nicholas	75
67	67Shane	75
68	68Henry	72
69	69Oliver	68
70	70Enda	66
71	71Fergus	66
72	72Owen	65
73	73Damien	63
74	74Garrett	63
75	75Finbarr	60
76	76Simon	60
77	77Barry	59
78	78Edmond	59
79	79Eoin	59
80	80Gregory	55
81	81Gabriel	54
82	82Padraig	52
83	83Gary	51
84	84Keith	51
85	85Fintan	49
86	86Colin	48
87	87Fergal	46
88	88Karl	45
89	89Neil	45
90	90Rory	43
91	91Arthur	42
92	92Cormac	41
93	93Cyril	41
94	94Diarmuid	39
95	95Bartholomew	38
96	96Dominic	37
97	97Donald	37
98	98Eric	36
99	99Leo	35
100	100Nigel	35

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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