Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1980

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,510
2	2David	1,740
3	3Michael	1,426
4	4Paul	1,262
5	5Patrick	1,218
6	6James	1,087
7	7Brian	944
8	8Thomas	844
9	9Alan	815
10	10Mark	814
11	11Stephen	773
12	12Robert	670
13	13Kevin	568
14	14William	541
15	15Shane	540
16	16Martin	506
17	17Peter	489
18	18Anthony	483
19	19Keith	453
20	20Joseph	446
21	21Gerard	429
22	22Barry	423
23	23Jonathan	401
24	24Niall	393
25	25Daniel	373
26	26Brendan	372
27	27Darren	372
28	28Sean	370
29	29Richard	365
30	30Andrew	359
31	31Ronan	356
32	32Declan	348
33	33Derek	348
34	34Eoin	346
35	35Damien	339
36	36Philip	336
37	37Jason	319
38	38Conor	299
39	39Gary	298
40	40Ciaran	297
41	41Kenneth	290
42	42Gareth	282
43	43Noel	282
44	44Edward	272
45	45Ian	271
46	46Kieran	263
47	47Colin	260
48	48Christopher	255
49	49Colm	253
50	50Aidan	243
51	51Liam	231
52	52Gavin	230
53	53Trevor	203
54	54Raymond	199
55	55Francis	192
56	56Karl	192
57	57Donal	186
58	58Denis	182
59	59Timothy	173
60	60Adrian	169
61	61Dermot	166
62	62Simon	163
63	63Graham	162
64	64Padraig	157
65	65Neil	137
66	66Damian	136
67	67Cathal	135
68	68Vincent	132
69	69Wayne	132
70	70Ross	130
71	71Seamus	128
72	72Enda	122
73	73Eamonn	116
74	74Rory	115
75	75Bernard	113
76	76Matthew	110
77	77Cormac	104
78	78Owen	102
79	79Garry	98
80	80Charles	87
81	81Fergal	85
82	82Hugh	85
83	83Nicholas	84
84	84Laurence	82
85	85Maurice	82
86	86Desmond	81
87	87Cornelius	76
88	88Darragh	76
89	89Eoghan	75
90	90Eric	73
91	91Jeremiah	73
92	92Nigel	72
93	93Bryan	71
94	94Oliver	70
95	95Diarmuid	69
96	96George	68
97	97Eugene	67
98	98Steven	64
99	99Terence	63
100	100Gregory	62

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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