Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1971

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,654
2	2Michael	1,745
3	3Patrick	1,705
4	4David	1,269
5	5James	1,190
6	6Thomas	1,054
7	7Paul	1,030
8	8Mark	748
9	9Brian	736
10	10William	698
11	11Martin	599
12	12Declan	574
13	13Alan	569
14	14Stephen	568
15	15Anthony	556
16	16Gerard	524
17	17Peter	521
18	18Kevin	519
19	19Joseph	508
20	20Robert	481
21	21Brendan	368
22	22Noel	360
23	23Edward	339
24	24Derek	335
25	25Richard	328
26	26Andrew	294
27	27Sean	291
28	28Daniel	288
29	29Francis	288
30	30Denis	284
31	31Kenneth	277
32	32Kieran	273
33	33Philip	272
34	34Christopher	268
35	35Darren	265
36	36Niall	265
37	37Jason	252
38	38Timothy	233
39	39Raymond	232
40	40Keith	227
41	41Dermot	220
42	42Conor	219
43	43Colm	217
44	44Aidan	213
45	45Barry	211
46	46Damien	206
47	47Colin	204
48	48Shane	200
49	49Ronan	188
50	50Ciaran	173
51	51Bernard	171
52	52Adrian	169
53	53Ian	162
54	54Donal	160
55	55Gary	160
56	56Seamus	146
57	57Cornelius	142
58	58Vincent	140
59	59Fergal	139
60	60Damian	130
61	61Liam	127
62	62Trevor	126
63	63Desmond	120
64	64Laurence	118
65	65Eoin	113
66	66Enda	109
67	67Jonathan	107
68	68Karl	104
69	69Eamonn	103
70	70Eugene	102
71	71Jeremiah	102
72	72Terence	100
73	73Graham	99
74	74George	98
75	75Nigel	97
76	76Maurice	96
77	77Charles	94
78	78Hugh	92
79	79Matthew	92
80	80Cathal	90
81	81Rory	88
82	82Eamon	87
83	83Fergus	86
84	84Garrett	85
85	85Nicholas	84
86	86Gavin	83
87	87Cormac	82
88	88Padraig	81
89	89Simon	80
90	90Owen	77
91	91Garry	76
92	92Gregory	74
93	93Gerald	73
94	94Finbarr	69
95	95Fintan	69
96	96Diarmuid	68
97	97Justin	67
98	98Neil	65
99	99Oliver	61
100	100Wayne	57

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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