Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,506
2	2Michael	1,639
3	3Patrick	1,523
4	4David	1,253
5	5James	1,128
6	6Paul	1,061
7	7Thomas	942
8	8Mark	824
9	9Brian	684
10	10William	677
11	11Alan	646
12	12Martin	612
13	13Stephen	593
14	14Anthony	571
15	15Declan	526
16	16Gerard	503
17	17Joseph	474
18	18Robert	472
19	19Kevin	462
20	20Peter	447
21	21Edward	349
22	22Derek	346
23	23Brendan	345
24	24Niall	331
25	25Jason	311
26	26Kenneth	304
27	27Noel	297
28	28Richard	289
29	29Francis	282
30	30Dermot	280
31	31Shane	277
32	32Darren	276
33	33Sean	274
34	34Raymond	272
35	35Denis	269
36	36Daniel	257
37	37Colm	256
38	38Andrew	251
39	39Keith	248
40	40Barry	246
41	41Kieran	241
42	42Philip	237
43	43Christopher	229
44	44Timothy	222
45	45Aidan	218
46	46Ronan	201
47	47Damien	200
48	48Ian	189
49	49Colin	187
50	50Adrian	184
51	51Ciaran	183
52	52Conor	171
53	53Fergal	170
54	54Donal	159
55	55Gary	159
56	56Gavin	158
57	57Liam	154
58	58Seamus	146
59	59Vincent	140
60	60Bernard	138
61	61Cornelius	136
62	62Desmond	134
63	63Trevor	128
64	64Damian	126
65	65Jonathan	126
66	66Karl	120
67	67Cathal	119
68	68Matthew	116
69	69Simon	113
70	70Jeremiah	112
71	71Maurice	112
72	72Enda	110
73	73Eoin	109
74	74Laurence	109
75	75Terence	109
76	76Graham	108
77	77Eugene	106
78	78Hugh	98
79	79Nicholas	95
80	80Rory	94
81	81George	89
82	82Owen	89
83	83Cormac	86
84	84Padraig	85
85	85Garrett	84
86	86Justin	83
87	87Eamonn	81
88	88Charles	79
89	89Eamon	77
90	90Fergus	77
91	91Nigel	76
92	92Gregory	73
93	93Neil	70
94	94Diarmuid	69
95	95Eric	69
96	96Oliver	64
97	97Finbarr	62
98	98Fintan	62
99	99Garry	59
100	100Ivan	59

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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