Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,707
2	2David	1,695
3	3Paul	1,492
4	4Michael	1,332
5	5Patrick	1,227
6	6James	1,023
7	7Brian	895
8	8Mark	878
9	9Thomas	794
10	10Alan	735
11	11Stephen	720
12	12Robert	579
13	13Kevin	529
14	14Martin	502
15	15Anthony	482
16	16William	457
17	17Peter	447
18	18Shane	438
19	19Joseph	421
20	20Keith	418
21	21Andrew	411
22	22Gerard	397
23	23Brendan	389
24	24Richard	385
25	25Niall	373
26	26Barry	359
27	27Daniel	350
28	28Sean	346
29	29Jason	315
30	30Declan	310
31	31Derek	301
32	32Jonathan	290
33	33Eoin	289
34	34Philip	289
35	35Darren	283
36	36Ronan	277
37	37Ian	273
38	38Kieran	268
39	39Damien	262
40	40Conor	259
41	41Edward	254
42	42Ciaran	253
43	43Noel	250
44	44Christopher	249
45	45Colin	245
46	46Kenneth	236
47	47Aidan	230
48	48Colm	227
49	49Francis	214
50	50Gary	214
51	51Adrian	205
52	52Gavin	202
53	53Denis	187
54	54Liam	187
55	55Trevor	180
56	56Raymond	178
57	57Gareth	177
58	58Karl	175
59	59Graham	165
60	60Cathal	156
61	61Timothy	155
62	62Neil	153
63	63Simon	153
64	64Padraig	150
65	65Seamus	148
66	66Wayne	145
67	67Donal	144
68	68Dermot	135
69	69Vincent	133
70	70Enda	123
71	71Eamonn	122
72	72Damian	117
73	73Rory	117
74	74Cormac	111
75	75Karol	110
76	76Owen	107
77	77Bernard	105
78	78Nigel	101
79	79Darragh	98
80	80Matthew	98
81	81Nicholas	95
82	82Ross	94
83	83Fergal	91
84	84Hugh	88
85	85Desmond	84
86	86Stuart	81
87	87Eric	80
88	88Laurence	77
89	89Fergus	76
90	90Cornelius	75
91	91Steven	74
92	92Gregory	73
93	93Bryan	72
94	94Maurice	71
95	95Terence	71
96	96Oliver	68
97	97Justin	67
98	98Charles	64
99	99George	64
100	100Jeremiah	61

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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