Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1974

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,330
2	2Michael	1,536
3	3Patrick	1,443
4	4David	1,263
5	5Paul	1,139
6	6James	1,059
7	7Mark	979
8	8Thomas	884
9	9Brian	688
10	10Alan	656
11	11William	637
12	12Stephen	606
13	13Martin	579
14	14Anthony	547
15	15Kevin	523
16	16Joseph	462
17	17Robert	450
18	18Jason	442
19	19Keith	440
20	20Peter	437
21	21Declan	434
22	22Gerard	421
23	23Shane	369
24	24Niall	350
25	25Edward	347
26	26Kenneth	346
27	27Brendan	343
28	28Derek	335
29	29Richard	333
30	30Sean	327
31	31Darren	309
32	32Barry	287
33	33Raymond	287
34	34Noel	284
35	35Kieran	277
36	36Andrew	274
37	37Christopher	268
38	38Daniel	268
39	39Aidan	258
40	40Damien	250
41	41Francis	245
42	42Philip	242
43	43Ian	239
44	44Denis	238
45	45Colm	228
46	46Adrian	219
47	47Dermot	217
48	48Donal	214
49	49Ronan	203
50	50Conor	199
51	51Colin	193
52	52Jonathan	193
53	53Trevor	189
54	54Timothy	188
55	55Gary	187
56	56Liam	182
57	57Ciaran	180
58	58Fergal	168
59	59Damian	154
60	60Vincent	151
61	61Eoin	149
62	62Graham	138
63	63Gavin	134
64	64Seamus	134
65	65Bernard	118
66	66Padraig	116
67	67Karl	112
68	68Maurice	111
69	69Cathal	108
70	70Enda	106
71	71Matthew	102
72	72Eamonn	100
73	73Neil	98
74	74Nigel	94
75	75Garrett	93
76	76Jeremiah	92
77	77Owen	92
78	78Desmond	91
79	79Terence	90
80	80Hugh	88
81	81Justin	88
82	82Simon	88
83	83Laurence	87
84	84Gregory	86
85	85Cornelius	85
86	86George	84
87	87Nicholas	84
88	88Fergus	82
89	89Eugene	81
90	90Cormac	79
91	91Rory	79
92	92Oliver	78
93	93Wayne	78
94	94Charles	74
95	95Glenn	73
96	96Eric	70
97	97Gordon	68
98	98Gareth	65
99	99Eamon	63
100	100Finbarr	63

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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