Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,280
2	2David	1,637
3	3Paul	1,343
4	4Michael	1,327
5	5Patrick	1,166
6	6James	949
7	7Mark	919
8	8Brian	857
9	9Thomas	811
10	10Stephen	710
11	11Alan	674
12	12Robert	555
13	13Martin	536
14	14Kevin	496
15	15Anthony	484
16	16William	458
17	17Gerard	415
18	18Shane	413
19	19Peter	409
20	20Barry	407
21	21Brendan	393
22	22Keith	381
23	23Joseph	374
24	24Andrew	366
25	25Niall	362
26	26Declan	349
27	27Richard	342
28	28Derek	324
29	29Daniel	322
30	30Philip	314
31	31Darren	285
32	32Edward	281
33	33Jonathan	277
34	34Sean	275
35	35Colm	268
36	36Ian	264
37	37Jason	264
38	38Kenneth	249
39	39Ronan	248
40	40Gavin	246
41	41Kieran	241
42	42Noel	241
43	43Adrian	227
44	44Conor	224
45	45Colin	223
46	46Ciaran	222
47	47Aidan	221
48	48Francis	217
49	49Damien	215
50	50Eoin	211
51	51Raymond	210
52	52Christopher	206
53	53Trevor	205
54	54Graham	185
55	55Neil	180
56	56Liam	177
57	57Denis	173
58	58Dermot	171
59	59Gary	168
60	60Timothy	167
61	61Donal	152
62	62Seamus	144
63	63Padraig	142
64	64Damian	136
65	65Vincent	134
66	66Karl	133
67	67Simon	133
68	68Owen	128
69	69Rory	125
70	70Enda	117
71	71Cathal	112
72	72Matthew	111
73	73Wayne	107
74	74Gareth	105
75	75Fergal	104
76	76Eamonn	103
77	77Bernard	96
78	78Maurice	90
79	79Desmond	87
80	80Stuart	87
81	81Oliver	84
82	82Cormac	83
83	83Ross	82
84	84Nigel	81
85	85Darragh	80
86	86Laurence	80
87	87Garrett	75
88	88Gregory	75
89	89Nicholas	75
90	90Terence	75
91	91Charles	73
92	92Hugh	73
93	93Garry	72
94	94Cornelius	69
95	95Jeremiah	69
96	96Wesley	69
97	97Eric	68
98	98Emmet	67
99	99Bryan	65
100	100George	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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