Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1966

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	3,160
2	2Michael	2,012
3	3Patrick	1,963
4	4James	1,446
5	5Paul	1,303
6	6Thomas	1,265
7	7David	992
8	8William	820
9	9Martin	814
10	10Gerard	749
11	11Joseph	680
12	12Anthony	628
13	13Peter	601
14	14Brian	597
15	15Kevin	449
16	16Brendan	440
17	17Edward	423
18	18Stephen	423
19	19Noel	397
20	20Francis	390
21	21Mark	386
22	22Declan	384
23	23Alan	338
24	24Daniel	337
25	25Robert	317
26	26Denis	303
27	27Richard	298
28	28Christopher	280
29	29Derek	280
30	30Timothy	251
31	31Andrew	250
32	32Kieran	243
33	33Sean	235
34	34Philip	222
35	35Raymond	220
36	36Bernard	209
37	37Dermot	200
38	38Colm	199
39	39Kenneth	178
40	40Niall	176
41	41Aidan	169
42	42Vincent	165
43	43Cornelius	161
44	44Donal	157
45	45Jeremiah	148
46	46Desmond	139
47	47Conor	138
48	48Ian	131
49	49Laurence	127
50	50Ciaran	125
51	51Eugene	122
52	52Matthew	120
53	53Charles	118
54	54Maurice	114
55	55George	112
56	56Seamus	112
57	57Liam	110
58	58Terence	109
59	59Eamon	107
60	60Eamonn	103
61	61Ronan	97
62	62Hugh	95
63	63Nicholas	89
64	64Gerald	82
65	65Enda	81
66	66Garrett	78
67	67Barry	77
68	68Colin	74
69	69Damian	74
70	70Gary	74
71	71Fergus	73
72	72Shane	73
73	73Gregory	72
74	74Padraig	72
75	75Owen	69
76	76Damien	68
77	77Eoin	68
78	78Simon	67
79	79Oliver	65
80	80Adrian	63
81	81Neil	58
82	82Finbarr	57
83	83Henry	56
84	84Rory	56
85	85Cathal	55
86	86Fergal	55
87	87Trevor	51
88	88Edmond	48
89	89Karl	48
90	90Keith	48
91	91Cyril	46
92	92Diarmuid	46
93	93Pearse	44
94	94Finbar	42
95	95Cormac	41
96	96Eric	41
97	97Dominic	38
98	98Leo	38
99	99Aiden	37
100	100Roger	37

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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