Top 200 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Garrett	59
102	102Laurence	58
103	103George	56
104	104Nigel	56
105	105Terence	55
106	106Gregory	54
107	107Fergus	53
108	108Lee	52
109	109Glen	51
110	110Luke	51
111	111Cornelius	49
112	112Tomas	49
113	113Gordon	47
114	114Ruairi	46
115	115Daragh	45
116	116Finbarr	43
117	117Padraic	43
118	118Eamon	42
119	119Stuart	42
120	120Fintan	41
121	121Jamie	41
122	122Wesley	40
123	123Dean	39
124	124Clive	38
125	125Glenn	37
126	126Aiden	35
127	127Leonard	33
128	128Carl	32
129	129Gerald	32
130	130Marc	32
131	131Oisin	32
132	132Shaun	32
133	133Alexander	31
134	134Daire	31
135	135Leon	31
136	136Lorcan	31
137	137Dominic	30
138	138Emmett	30
139	139Killian	30
140	140Darran	29
141	141Samuel	29
142	142Craig	28
143	143Garreth	28
144	144Gearoid	28
145	145Henry	28
146	146Roy	28
147	147Ivan	27
148	148Ryan	27
149	149Austin	26
150	150Garret	25
151	151Jeffrey	25
152	152Marcus	25
153	153Allan	24
154	154Edmond	24
155	155Leo	24
156	156Edmund	23
157	157Allen	22
158	158Warren	22
159	159Connor	21
160	160Colum	20
161	161Derrick	20
162	162Dylan	20
163	163Morgan	20
164	164Roger	20
165	165Cillian	19
166	166Dara	19
167	167Geoffrey	19
168	168Myles	19
169	169Robin	18
170	170Diarmaid	17
171	171Graeme	17
172	172Pierce	17
173	173Tadhg	17
174	174Karol	16
175	175Stewart	16
176	176Benjamin	15
177	177Donald	15
178	178Finbar	15
179	179Nial	15
180	180Pauric	15
181	181Cyril	14
182	182Edwin	14
183	183Louis	14
184	184Neal	14
185	185Norman	14
186	186Christian	13
187	187Clint	13
188	188Domhnall	13
189	189Malcolm	13
190	190Walter	13
191	191Albert	12
192	192Clifford	12
193	193Dennis	12
194	194Derick	12
195	195Donnacha	12
196	196Donncha	12
197	197Gabriel	12
198	198Lawrence	12
199	199Leslie	12
200	200Neill	12

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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