Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1969

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,811
2	2Patrick	1,797
3	3Michael	1,753
4	4James	1,186
5	5Thomas	1,139
6	6David	1,127
7	7Paul	1,075
8	8William	730
9	9Martin	680
10	10Brian	678
11	11Mark	626
12	12Gerard	555
13	13Anthony	551
14	14Joseph	536
15	15Alan	517
16	16Peter	490
17	17Kevin	473
18	18Stephen	466
19	19Robert	420
20	20Declan	413
21	21Brendan	390
22	22Edward	377
23	23Noel	332
24	24Derek	331
25	25Daniel	298
26	26Richard	297
27	27Francis	272
28	28Kenneth	269
29	29Denis	261
30	30Raymond	261
31	31Kieran	260
32	32Niall	252
33	33Christopher	243
34	34Timothy	237
35	35Sean	232
36	36Andrew	226
37	37Philip	212
38	38Bernard	195
39	39Colm	191
40	40Dermot	191
41	41Aidan	185
42	42Damien	169
43	43Ciaran	161
44	44Donal	160
45	45Ian	140
46	46Damian	139
47	47Ronan	137
48	48Adrian	135
49	49Barry	135
50	50Conor	133
51	51Vincent	132
52	52Desmond	128
53	53Cornelius	127
54	54Eugene	126
55	55Shane	123
56	56Maurice	119
57	57Liam	118
58	58Laurence	117
59	59Seamus	114
60	60Enda	110
61	61Jeremiah	110
62	62Terence	108
63	63Colin	106
64	64Keith	105
65	65Fergal	103
66	66Charles	96
67	67Gary	95
68	68Matthew	95
69	69Eamonn	92
70	70Owen	92
71	71Garrett	91
72	72George	88
73	73Hugh	87
74	74Neil	83
75	75Fergus	78
76	76Nicholas	78
77	77Rory	78
78	78Eoin	77
79	79Gregory	77
80	80Karl	74
81	81Oliver	74
82	82Cathal	73
83	83Eamon	68
84	84Henry	67
85	85Trevor	67
86	86Finbarr	65
87	87Cormac	64
88	88Darren	63
89	89Jason	63
90	90Padraig	61
91	91Ivan	59
92	92Simon	59
93	93Nigel	58
94	94Gerald	55
95	95Fintan	52
96	96Jonathan	52
97	97Justin	50
98	98Edmond	48
99	99Garry	48
100	100Aiden	44

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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