Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1965

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	3,229
2	2Margaret	1,395
3	3Catherine	1,351
4	4Anne	840
5	5Ann	807
6	6Elizabeth	779
7	7Geraldine	591
8	8Patricia	581
9	9Bridget	555
10	10Caroline	501
11	11Deirdre	470
12	12Helen	453
13	13Jacqueline	431
14	14Sandra	417
15	15Bernadette	389
16	16Martina	369
17	17Eileen	367
18	18Kathleen	319
19	19Susan	319
20	20Teresa	318
21	21Angela	314
22	22Nora	310
23	23Linda	309
24	24Pauline	300
25	25Carmel	294
26	26Brigid	293
27	27Fiona	290
28	28Karen	289
29	29Marie	286
30	30Anna	285
31	31Ellen	281
32	32Sharon	266
33	33Joan	262
34	34Josephine	247
35	35Siobhan	247
36	36Maria	243
37	37Carol	217
38	38Paula	215
39	39Orla	186
40	40Lorraine	173
41	41Sarah	172
42	42Yvonne	167
43	43Frances	163
44	44Sheila	161
45	45Barbara	153
46	46Julia	153
47	47Christina	148
48	48Colette	144
49	49Valerie	141
50	50Rose	137
51	51Denise	134
52	52Grainne	133
53	53Clare	132
54	54Veronica	130
55	55Brenda	120
56	56Elaine	117
57	57Louise	116
58	58Christine	108
59	59Suzanne	107
60	60Alice	102
61	61Jean	101
62	62Michele	101
63	63Claire	99
64	64Miriam	99
65	65Annette	97
66	66Ruth	96
67	67Jane	94
68	68Monica	93
69	69Helena	92
70	70Rosemary	92
71	71Katherine	91
72	72Nuala	91
73	73Audrey	90
74	74Noreen	89
75	75Deborah	87
76	76Rita	85
77	77Theresa	83
78	78Evelyn	82
79	79Adrienne	81
80	80Imelda	80
81	81Johanna	80
82	82Marian	80
83	83Regina	80
84	84Majella	79
85	85Emer	78
86	86Dolores	77
87	87Janet	75
88	88Jennifer	75
89	89Jacinta	73
90	90Niamh	73
91	91Una	73
92	92Edel	71
93	93Antoinette	70
94	94Maeve	70
95	95Noeleen	70
96	96Michelle	69
97	97Olive	69
98	98Therese	67
99	99Irene	66
100	100Philomena	65

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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