Top 100 baby boy names for births in Ireland during year 1985

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1David	1,464
2	2John	1,437
3	3Michael	1,078
4	4Stephen	1,000
5	5James	944
6	6Patrick	938
7	7Paul	873
8	8Mark	825
9	9Brian	689
10	10Thomas	687
11	11Shane	610
12	12Alan	603
13	13Kevin	577
14	14Daniel	547
15	15Robert	500
16	16Sean	497
17	17Barry	471
18	18Christopher	424
19	19Andrew	422
20	20Anthony	420
21	21William	398
22	22Martin	388
23	23Joseph	386
24	24Peter	366
25	25Conor	356
26	26Niall	346
27	27Gerard	345
28	28Ciaran	344
29	29Darren	342
30	30Keith	341
31	31Eoin	333
32	32Richard	329
33	33Jonathan	328
34	34Gary	321
35	35Ian	279
36	36Jason	273
37	37Brendan	260
38	38Colin	249
39	39Philip	244
40	40Damien	240
41	41Derek	234
42	42Colm	232
43	43Ronan	232
44	44Declan	229
45	45Kieran	221
46	46Aidan	201
47	47Edward	201
48	48Noel	181
49	49Liam	175
50	50Gavin	166
51	51Kenneth	159
52	52Simon	146
53	53Adrian	136
54	54Francis	136
55	55Denis	135
56	56Padraig	135
57	57Raymond	132
58	58Donal	127
59	59Cathal	126
60	60Timothy	126
61	61Wayne	126
62	62Steven	124
63	63Graham	123
64	64Matthew	121
65	65Karl	115
66	66Adam	112
67	67Neil	112
68	68Rory	110
69	69Seamus	106
70	70Enda	104
71	71Owen	103
72	72Dermot	101
73	73Cian	99
74	74Ross	98
75	75Darragh	97
76	76Aaron	96
77	77Trevor	96
78	78Bryan	92
79	79Dean	91
80	80Eamonn	85
81	81Vincent	85
82	82Nicholas	83
83	83Eoghan	79
84	84Bernard	77
85	85Damian	75
86	86Cormac	74
87	87Lee	74
88	88Jamie	73
89	89Eamon	68
90	90Hugh	64
91	91Craig	63
92	92Eric	62
93	93Fergal	62
94	94Shaun	62
95	95Diarmuid	59
96	96Gregory	59
97	97Micheal	58
98	98Garry	56
99	99Luke	56
100	100Maurice	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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