Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1982

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	1,965
2	2David	1,683
3	3Michael	1,254
4	4Patrick	1,107
5	5Paul	1,107
6	6James	1,034
7	7Stephen	1,017
8	8Brian	835
9	9Thomas	828
10	10Mark	784
11	11Alan	733
12	12Robert	661
13	13Kevin	596
14	14Shane	558
15	15Martin	524
16	16Anthony	493
17	17William	478
18	18Jonathan	475
19	19Peter	458
20	20Andrew	456
21	21Joseph	449
22	22Barry	443
23	23Sean	443
24	24Gerard	408
25	25Niall	403
26	26Daniel	395
27	27Keith	383
28	28Christopher	376
29	29Richard	372
30	30Brendan	365
31	31Ciaran	359
32	32Eoin	342
33	33Darren	334
34	34Damien	323
35	35Derek	321
36	36Conor	315
37	37Gary	308
38	38Declan	305
39	39Ian	289
40	40Philip	289
41	41Ronan	281
42	42Jason	267
43	43Colm	260
44	44Edward	252
45	45Kieran	245
46	46Aidan	240
47	47Noel	237
48	48Kenneth	216
49	49Colin	198
50	50Liam	192
51	51Gavin	184
52	52Donal	178
53	53Adrian	174
54	54Francis	173
55	55Denis	165
56	56Neil	162
57	57Raymond	160
58	58Timothy	157
59	59Rory	155
60	60Seamus	152
61	61Dermot	151
62	62Trevor	151
63	63Graham	144
64	64Simon	141
65	65Padraig	137
66	66Cathal	134
67	67Matthew	133
68	68Ross	132
69	69Karl	118
70	70Owen	117
71	71Bernard	116
72	72Darragh	116
73	73Wayne	116
74	74Steven	113
75	75Vincent	113
76	76Enda	107
77	77Eamonn	101
78	78Damian	100
79	79Cormac	99
80	80Adam	98
81	81Gareth	89
82	82Eoghan	84
83	83Fergal	84
84	84Garry	84
85	85Diarmuid	75
86	86Nicholas	75
87	87Desmond	73
88	88Eric	73
89	89Cian	72
90	90Aaron	71
91	91Terence	69
92	92Micheal	68
93	93Charles	66
94	94Eugene	66
95	95Hugh	64
96	96Eamon	62
97	97Stuart	62
98	98Luke	61
99	99Nigel	61
100	100Bryan	60

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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