Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1968

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,863
2	2Patrick	1,850
3	3Michael	1,825
4	4James	1,275
5	5David	1,149
6	6Thomas	1,119
7	7Paul	1,086
8	8William	752
9	9Martin	742
10	10Brian	631
11	11Gerard	607
12	12Mark	601
13	13Joseph	599
14	14Anthony	588
15	15Peter	526
16	16Robert	479
17	17Kevin	476
18	18Alan	444
19	19Brendan	409
20	20Stephen	402
21	21Declan	399
22	22Edward	374
23	23Noel	366
24	24Francis	332
25	25Daniel	324
26	26Derek	317
27	27Denis	301
28	28Richard	293
29	29Christopher	266
30	30Kenneth	254
31	31Timothy	251
32	32Andrew	250
33	33Philip	248
34	34Raymond	248
35	35Niall	225
36	36Aidan	215
37	37Sean	211
38	38Kieran	196
39	39Dermot	190
40	40Colm	178
41	41Bernard	173
42	42Donal	156
43	43Conor	150
44	44Ian	145
45	45Ronan	132
46	46Damien	127
47	47Eugene	126
48	48Laurence	126
49	49Vincent	125
50	50Cornelius	124
51	51Liam	122
52	52Desmond	121
53	53Shane	115
54	54Maurice	114
55	55Ciaran	111
56	56Gary	107
57	57Jeremiah	107
58	58Matthew	104
59	59Adrian	103
60	60Seamus	101
61	61Barry	96
62	62Colin	96
63	63George	96
64	64Terence	95
65	65Damian	93
66	66Enda	90
67	67Nicholas	89
68	68Eamonn	87
69	69Charles	83
70	70Fergal	82
71	71Hugh	81
72	72Eamon	72
73	73Fergus	72
74	74Keith	72
75	75Eoin	69
76	76Gerald	69
77	77Owen	67
78	78Padraig	66
79	79Garrett	65
80	80Karl	65
81	81Rory	65
82	82Oliver	62
83	83Finbarr	57
84	84Gregory	57
85	85Nigel	55
86	86Cathal	54
87	87Cormac	53
88	88Simon	53
89	89Henry	51
90	90Fintan	50
91	91Diarmuid	49
92	92Aiden	43
93	93Eric	43
94	94Justin	43
95	95Trevor	43
96	96Edmond	40
97	97Ronald	40
98	98Garry	39
99	99Jonathan	39
100	100Donald	36

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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