Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1973

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,431
2	2Michael	1,600
3	3Patrick	1,484
4	4David	1,262
5	5Paul	1,112
6	6James	1,002
7	7Thomas	996
8	8Mark	927
9	9Brian	692
10	10Alan	605
11	11Martin	605
12	12Stephen	602
13	13William	582
14	14Declan	529
15	15Anthony	518
16	16Gerard	486
17	17Kevin	471
18	18Peter	470
19	19Robert	466
20	20Joseph	458
21	21Jason	418
22	22Brendan	374
23	23Noel	363
24	24Keith	361
25	25Shane	351
26	26Richard	344
27	27Derek	341
28	28Niall	319
29	29Edward	317
30	30Sean	317
31	31Kenneth	305
32	32Darren	292
33	33Daniel	285
34	34Kieran	283
35	35Francis	272
36	36Raymond	264
37	37Barry	260
38	38Andrew	259
39	39Christopher	251
40	40Philip	247
41	41Aidan	242
42	42Denis	236
43	43Adrian	229
44	44Colm	222
45	45Ciaran	216
46	46Ian	216
47	47Conor	210
48	48Dermot	209
49	49Colin	203
50	50Damien	203
51	51Ronan	203
52	52Timothy	200
53	53Donal	199
54	54Gavin	175
55	55Trevor	175
56	56Liam	169
57	57Damian	168
58	58Jonathan	158
59	59Bernard	156
60	60Fergal	153
61	61Gary	153
62	62Seamus	153
63	63Eoin	143
64	64Graham	143
65	65Vincent	137
66	66Karl	131
67	67Enda	129
68	68Maurice	119
69	69Cornelius	117
70	70Cathal	114
71	71Garrett	112
72	72Owen	109
73	73Simon	108
74	74Eugene	106
75	75Laurence	105
76	76Terence	103
77	77Fergus	99
78	78Matthew	99
79	79Neil	98
80	80Eamonn	97
81	81Desmond	96
82	82Hugh	96
83	83Cormac	95
84	84Garry	94
85	85Rory	92
86	86Padraig	90
87	87George	89
88	88Justin	88
89	89Nicholas	88
90	90Charles	84
91	91Eric	84
92	92Jeremiah	84
93	93Nigel	81
94	94Gareth	73
95	95Gordon	73
96	96Gregory	73
97	97Wayne	69
98	98Finbarr	61
99	99Daragh	57
100	100Eamon	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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