Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1983

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	1,710
2	2David	1,631
3	3Michael	1,174
4	4Stephen	1,116
5	5Patrick	1,110
6	6James	993
7	7Paul	965
8	8Mark	865
9	9Brian	747
10	10Thomas	707
11	11Alan	687
12	12Shane	662
13	13Kevin	637
14	14Robert	615
15	15Sean	464
16	16Daniel	455
17	17William	455
18	18Joseph	453
19	19Keith	452
20	20Anthony	449
21	21Martin	448
22	22Peter	440
23	23Christopher	430
24	24Barry	409
25	25Jonathan	395
26	26Gerard	386
27	27Niall	379
28	28Andrew	377
29	29Darren	362
30	30Richard	348
31	31Eoin	334
32	32Gary	325
33	33Brendan	322
34	34Conor	309
35	35Ciaran	307
36	36Derek	277
37	37Damien	276
38	38Philip	272
39	39Ronan	271
40	40Declan	269
41	41Ian	267
42	42Colm	265
43	43Jason	258
44	44Edward	248
45	45Kieran	230
46	46Aidan	229
47	47Colin	220
48	48Raymond	196
49	49Liam	187
50	50Noel	183
51	51Francis	182
52	52Padraig	179
53	53Kenneth	178
54	54Denis	159
55	55Matthew	157
56	56Adrian	154
57	57Simon	152
58	58Trevor	148
59	59Graham	146
60	60Timothy	144
61	61Donal	141
62	62Gavin	140
63	63Ross	136
64	64Steven	128
65	65Cathal	123
66	66Neil	120
67	67Adam	117
68	68Vincent	116
69	69Dermot	115
70	70Seamus	110
71	71Karl	109
72	72Rory	106
73	73Wayne	100
74	74Darragh	98
75	75Eamonn	97
76	76Enda	91
77	77Owen	91
78	78Nicholas	88
79	79Damian	84
80	80Bernard	82
81	81Bryan	78
82	82Eric	76
83	83Diarmuid	74
84	84Fergal	74
85	85Maurice	74
86	86Eamon	73
87	87Garry	73
88	88Eoghan	72
89	89Cormac	70
90	90Hugh	66
91	91Gareth	64
92	92Aaron	63
93	93Cian	63
94	94Jeremiah	62
95	95Terence	60
96	96Desmond	59
97	97George	59
98	98Micheal	59
99	99Nigel	59
100	100Glen	56

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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