Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	2,071
2	2David	1,633
3	3Michael	1,320
4	4Patrick	1,217
5	5Paul	1,110
6	6James	1,098
7	7Brian	907
8	8Stephen	826
9	9Thomas	823
10	10Mark	789
11	11Alan	785
12	12Robert	658
13	13Kevin	590
14	14Shane	538
15	15Martin	501
16	16William	487
17	17Anthony	486
18	18Jonathan	476
19	19Peter	467
20	20Sean	445
21	21Daniel	431
22	22Joseph	426
23	23Keith	411
24	24Niall	410
25	25Gerard	408
26	26Andrew	394
27	27Barry	384
28	28Richard	360
29	29Brendan	343
30	30Declan	343
31	31Derek	332
32	32Ronan	331
33	33Gary	322
34	34Conor	319
35	35Eoin	312
36	36Darren	307
37	37Damien	306
38	38Philip	291
39	39Ciaran	288
40	40Christopher	276
41	41Colm	275
42	42Edward	260
43	43Kieran	260
44	44Kenneth	255
45	45Jason	253
46	46Aidan	240
47	47Ian	239
48	48Noel	235
49	49Gavin	205
50	50Francis	204
51	51Liam	197
52	52Padraig	193
53	53Colin	190
54	54Timothy	190
55	55Gareth	179
56	56Denis	174
57	57Raymond	169
58	58Trevor	166
59	59Dermot	164
60	60Donal	161
61	61Graham	156
62	62Adrian	151
63	63Vincent	145
64	64Neil	144
65	65Simon	144
66	66Seamus	143
67	67Ross	137
68	68Damian	133
69	69Wayne	133
70	70Karl	132
71	71Eamonn	129
72	72Rory	124
73	73Enda	116
74	74Cathal	115
75	75Matthew	114
76	76Bernard	111
77	77Darragh	108
78	78Owen	102
79	79Steven	100
80	80Nicholas	89
81	81Maurice	85
82	82Cormac	83
83	83Fergal	82
84	84Hugh	82
85	85Garry	81
86	86Eugene	80
87	87Emmet	75
88	88Adam	74
89	89Cian	71
90	90Bryan	70
91	91Desmond	69
92	92Charles	67
93	93Justin	67
94	94Eric	66
95	95Eoghan	63
96	96Jeremiah	63
97	97Micheal	63
98	98Aaron	62
99	99Diarmuid	61
100	100Oliver	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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