Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1976

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,106
2	2David	1,478
3	3Michael	1,413
4	4Patrick	1,264
5	5Paul	1,098
6	6James	1,010
7	7Mark	916
8	8Thomas	826
9	9Brian	812
10	10Stephen	779
11	11Alan	718
12	12William	543
13	13Martin	520
14	14Anthony	504
15	15Shane	478
16	16Kevin	474
17	17Robert	457
18	18Keith	453
19	19Brendan	432
20	20Gerard	422
21	21Declan	413
22	22Joseph	396
23	23Peter	392
24	24Barry	381
25	25Niall	359
26	26Derek	355
27	27Jason	352
28	28Richard	352
29	29Noel	317
30	30Daniel	309
31	31Kenneth	303
32	32Edward	302
33	33Ian	287
34	34Sean	282
35	35Raymond	272
36	36Darren	271
37	37Andrew	267
38	38Aidan	257
39	39Oliver	255
40	40Philip	252
41	41Kieran	241
42	42Francis	235
43	43Jonathan	235
44	44Colm	233
45	45Damien	228
46	46Adrian	222
47	47Christopher	215
48	48Ronan	212
49	49Conor	210
50	50Denis	197
51	51Colin	186
52	52Trevor	182
53	53Ciaran	181
54	54Timothy	180
55	55Donal	178
56	56Liam	172
57	57Dermot	170
58	58Gavin	170
59	59Damian	153
60	60Vincent	151
61	61Gary	148
62	62Simon	147
63	63Fergal	146
64	64Graham	139
65	65Seamus	138
66	66Eoin	136
67	67Enda	130
68	68Eamonn	129
69	69Owen	111
70	70Wayne	110
71	71Matthew	106
72	72Padraig	106
73	73Bernard	105
74	74Cathal	103
75	75Rory	103
76	76Nigel	102
77	77Neil	100
78	78Karl	97
79	79Terence	96
80	80Desmond	95
81	81Eugene	92
82	82Eric	86
83	83Gordon	84
84	84Maurice	84
85	85Stuart	84
86	86Cormac	83
87	87Darragh	82
88	88Nicholas	81
89	89Jeremiah	78
90	90Ross	78
91	91Hugh	76
92	92George	75
93	93Charles	73
94	94Cornelius	73
95	95Gregory	73
96	96Laurence	73
97	97Eamon	70
98	98Garry	66
99	99Fergus	65
100	100Justin	64

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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