Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1977

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,086
2	2David	1,571
3	3Michael	1,349
4	4Patrick	1,227
5	5Paul	1,114
6	6James	927
7	7Brian	865
8	8Mark	864
9	9Thomas	770
10	10Stephen	704
11	11Alan	679
12	12Anthony	542
13	13Martin	535
14	14Kevin	522
15	15William	497
16	16Robert	470
17	17Shane	468
18	18Gerard	443
19	19Peter	415
20	20Joseph	411
21	21Keith	389
22	22Brendan	384
23	23Niall	370
24	24Declan	362
25	25Barry	348
26	26Richard	348
27	27Derek	338
28	28Sean	338
29	29Andrew	318
30	30Jason	317
31	31Daniel	316
32	32Ian	314
33	33Gavin	299
34	34Darren	294
35	35Edward	270
36	36Kieran	266
37	37Philip	266
38	38Kenneth	260
39	39Noel	256
40	40Ronan	244
41	41Raymond	241
42	42Damien	239
43	43Conor	232
44	44Aidan	227
45	45Francis	226
46	46Christopher	225
47	47Colin	224
48	48Jonathan	222
49	49Adrian	219
50	50Colm	219
51	51Ciaran	207
52	52Trevor	200
53	53Timothy	190
54	54Denis	183
55	55Donal	178
56	56Liam	175
57	57Dermot	170
58	58Graham	160
59	59Eoin	157
60	60Neil	157
61	61Seamus	157
62	62Wesley	155
63	63Damian	146
64	64Gary	143
65	65Bernard	139
66	66Enda	136
67	67Simon	135
68	68Rory	130
69	69Padraig	123
70	70Fergal	122
71	71Vincent	122
72	72Cathal	119
73	73Owen	104
74	74Oliver	102
75	75Eamonn	101
76	76Desmond	100
77	77Nicholas	99
78	78Wayne	95
79	79Cornelius	92
80	80Matthew	92
81	81Karl	91
82	82Maurice	86
83	83Eugene	85
84	84Gareth	83
85	85Laurence	83
86	86Nigel	83
87	87Garrett	76
88	88Charles	75
89	89Ross	75
90	90Gordon	73
91	91Darragh	72
92	92Diarmuid	72
93	93Gregory	71
94	94Jeremiah	71
95	95Cormac	70
96	96Hugh	70
97	97Garry	69
98	98Bryan	68
99	99Eamon	68
100	100Stuart	68

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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