Top 200 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Marcus	59
102	102Gareth	58
103	103Stuart	53
104	104Gerald	52
105	105Gordon	52
106	106Wayne	52
107	107Daragh	51
108	108Darragh	47
109	109Edmond	45
110	110Henry	45
111	111Finbar	43
112	112Carl	42
113	113Glenn	41
114	114Roy	40
115	115Leonard	39
116	116Austin	38
117	117Geoffrey	38
118	118Dara	37
119	119Leo	37
120	120Bryan	36
121	121Clive	36
122	122Eoghan	35
123	123Gabriel	34
124	124Jeffrey	33
125	125Emmet	32
126	126Leslie	32
127	127Ronald	31
128	128Bartholomew	30
129	129Roger	30
130	130Aiden	29
131	131Luke	29
132	132Dominic	28
133	133Morgan	28
134	134Padraic	28
135	135Cyril	27
136	136Edmund	27
137	137Rodney	27
138	138Donald	26
139	139Gearoid	26
140	140Nial	26
141	141Colum	24
142	142Steven	24
143	143Alexander	23
144	144Allan	23
145	145Arthur	23
146	146Colman	23
147	147Glen	22
148	148Malcolm	22
149	149Frederick	21
150	150Jarlath	21
151	151Christian	19
152	152Ivor	19
153	153Marc	19
154	154Edwin	18
155	155Garret	18
156	156Killian	18
157	157Victor	18
158	158Adam	17
159	159Albert	17
160	160Allen	17
161	161Connor	17
162	162Craig	17
163	163Donagh	17
164	164Jeremy	17
165	165Julian	17
166	166Myles	17
167	167Scott	17
168	168Cian	16
169	169Emmett	16
170	170Lee	16
171	171Mervyn	16
172	172Micheal	16
173	173Roderick	16
174	174Ross	16
175	175Shaun	16
176	176Walter	16
177	177Hubert	15
178	178Lawrence	15
179	179Tomas	15
180	180Frank	14
181	181Lorcan	14
182	182Manus	14
183	183Oisin	14
184	184Louis	13
185	185Norman	13
186	186Conal	12
187	187Dean	12
188	188Derrick	12
189	189Evan	12
190	190Feargal	12
191	191Jerome	12
192	192Samuel	12
193	193Ultan	12
194	194Aaron	11
195	195Dominick	11
196	196Fiachra	11
197	197Garreth	11
198	198Harold	11
199	199Neal	11
200	200Pierce	11

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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