Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1964

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	3,471
2	2Catherine	1,412
3	3Margaret	1,392
4	4Ann	866
5	5Anne	834
6	6Elizabeth	722
7	7Caroline	617
8	8Bridget	595
9	9Geraldine	579
10	10Patricia	536
11	11Jacqueline	529
12	12Pauline	460
13	13Helen	437
14	14Deirdre	408
15	15Bernadette	392
16	16Sandra	358
17	17Eileen	344
18	18Martina	339
19	19Teresa	328
20	20Paula	311
21	21Carmel	304
22	22Susan	303
23	23Kathleen	301
24	24Angela	291
25	25Josephine	287
26	26Marie	284
27	27Ellen	282
28	28Linda	279
29	29Brigid	272
30	30Nora	264
31	31Joan	262
32	32Fiona	249
33	33Maria	236
34	34Anna	214
35	35Siobhan	207
36	36Carol	185
37	37Sheila	176
38	38Frances	173
39	39Sharon	172
40	40Christina	169
41	41Karen	165
42	42Julia	157
43	43Barbara	156
44	44Johanna	146
45	45Yvonne	139
46	46Sarah	137
47	47Colette	135
48	48Lorraine	135
49	49Rose	130
50	50Valerie	129
51	51Veronica	126
52	52Orla	120
53	53Miriam	117
54	54Louise	116
55	55Clare	115
56	56Denise	113
57	57Alice	111
58	58Elaine	107
59	59Jane	106
60	60Rita	106
61	61Theresa	100
62	62Grainne	99
63	63Brenda	98
64	64Helena	98
65	65Christine	92
66	66Noreen	92
67	67Suzanne	91
68	68Annette	90
69	69Jennifer	90
70	70Monica	87
71	71Rosemary	86
72	72Olive	84
73	73Philomena	84
74	74Adrienne	80
75	75Claire	78
76	76Deborah	77
77	77Katherine	76
78	78Jean	75
79	79Marian	75
80	80Dolores	74
81	81Maeve	74
82	82Rosaleen	74
83	83Edel	73
84	84Evelyn	73
85	85Audrey	72
86	86Irene	72
87	87Imelda	70
88	88Ruth	70
89	89Una	70
90	90Nuala	68
91	91Hannah	67
92	92Maureen	67
93	93Jacinta	66
94	94Winifred	66
95	95Antoinette	65
96	96Dorothy	65
97	97Majella	65
98	98Eleanor	64
99	99Ursula	64
100	100Aileen	63

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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