Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1984

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	1,608
2	2David	1,556
3	3Michael	1,214
4	4Patrick	1,074
5	5Stephen	1,024
6	6James	955
7	7Paul	912
8	8Mark	858
9	9Thomas	730
10	10Brian	728
11	11Alan	647
12	12Kevin	630
13	13Shane	612
14	14Robert	573
15	15Sean	476
16	16Daniel	462
17	17Christopher	434
18	18William	428
19	19Anthony	420
20	20Martin	416
21	21Joseph	411
22	22Peter	400
23	23Barry	396
24	24Andrew	381
25	25Keith	372
26	26Jonathan	366
27	27Darren	351
28	28Gerard	341
29	29Gary	340
30	30Conor	337
31	31Niall	327
32	32Brendan	315
33	33Eoin	314
34	34Richard	314
35	35Ciaran	285
36	36Ian	283
37	37Jason	281
38	38Colm	280
39	39Damien	275
40	40Derek	273
41	41Colin	269
42	42Declan	253
43	43Philip	250
44	44Ronan	239
45	45Aidan	225
46	46Kieran	224
47	47Edward	212
48	48Gavin	195
49	49Liam	189
50	50Kenneth	184
51	51Noel	173
52	52Graham	156
53	53Padraig	153
54	54Denis	152
55	55Simon	151
56	56Donal	150
57	57Adrian	147
58	58Neil	146
59	59Francis	143
60	60Matthew	143
61	61Raymond	143
62	62Timothy	142
63	63Cathal	134
64	64Steven	133
65	65Trevor	118
66	66Wayne	118
67	67Rory	117
68	68Karl	114
69	69Owen	106
70	70Dermot	103
71	71Seamus	101
72	72Darragh	100
73	73Ross	95
74	74Adam	92
75	75Cormac	86
76	76Enda	85
77	77Cian	84
78	78Damian	84
79	79Nicholas	83
80	80Vincent	83
81	81Eamonn	82
82	82Bernard	79
83	83Bryan	79
84	84Aaron	74
85	85Dean	72
86	86Eoghan	70
87	87Craig	66
88	88Hugh	66
89	89Garry	65
90	90Luke	65
91	91Diarmuid	63
92	92Eric	63
93	93Gareth	60
94	94Fergal	59
95	95Micheal	59
96	96Gregory	56
97	97Eamon	55
98	98Maurice	55
99	99Cornelius	54
100	100Jeremiah	54

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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