Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1970

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,629
2	2Michael	1,708
3	3Patrick	1,674
4	4David	1,160
5	5James	1,130
6	6Thomas	1,095
7	7Paul	1,031
8	8William	739
9	9Mark	670
10	10Brian	651
11	11Gerard	637
12	12Martin	603
13	13Alan	567
14	14Anthony	563
15	15Declan	518
16	16Joseph	483
17	17Stephen	467
18	18Kevin	449
19	19Robert	448
20	20Peter	427
21	21Brendan	395
22	22Noel	372
23	23Edward	362
24	24Derek	342
25	25Richard	335
26	26Daniel	330
27	27Francis	305
28	28Denis	277
29	29Niall	277
30	30Kieran	270
31	31Sean	259
32	32Colm	256
33	33Kenneth	254
34	34Raymond	241
35	35Aidan	234
36	36Andrew	232
37	37Timothy	231
38	38Dermot	229
39	39Christopher	221
40	40Darren	208
41	41Philip	206
42	42Shane	190
43	43Ciaran	166
44	44Donal	165
45	45Conor	162
46	46Fergal	153
47	47Bernard	151
48	48Barry	150
49	49Damien	149
50	50Ian	147
51	51Liam	147
52	52Adrian	143
53	53Jason	141
54	54Ronan	138
55	55Desmond	136
56	56Vincent	127
57	57Damian	126
58	58Gary	122
59	59Jeremiah	119
60	60Cornelius	118
61	61Keith	115
62	62Charles	114
63	63Maurice	113
64	64Seamus	112
65	65Enda	105
66	66Eugene	103
67	67Padraig	103
68	68Colin	102
69	69Karl	101
70	70Laurence	97
71	71Eamonn	96
72	72Garrett	96
73	73Terence	96
74	74Trevor	95
75	75Hugh	93
76	76Matthew	92
77	77George	85
78	78Jonathan	82
79	79Simon	82
80	80Gerald	80
81	81Eoin	78
82	82Nicholas	78
83	83Owen	78
84	84Cormac	76
85	85Gregory	75
86	86Fergus	73
87	87Eamon	71
88	88Justin	70
89	89Nigel	70
90	90Cathal	68
91	91Rory	68
92	92Oliver	65
93	93Eric	58
94	94Graham	53
95	95Henry	53
96	96Edmond	52
97	97Finbarr	50
98	98Garry	50
99	99Gavin	47
100	100Ivan	46

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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