Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1966

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	2,861
2	2Catherine	1,279
3	3Margaret	1,216
4	4Ann	837
5	5Anne	786
6	6Elizabeth	672
7	7Deirdre	613
8	8Bridget	554
9	9Patricia	537
10	10Geraldine	499
11	11Helen	424
12	12Martina	420
13	13Caroline	400
14	14Bernadette	374
15	15Sandra	366
16	16Jacqueline	344
17	17Linda	325
18	18Eileen	313
19	19Kathleen	312
20	20Teresa	308
21	21Sharon	302
22	22Susan	302
23	23Marie	298
24	24Fiona	287
25	25Carmel	281
26	26Brigid	278
27	27Karen	276
28	28Pauline	270
29	29Nora	261
30	30Maria	257
31	31Siobhan	242
32	32Angela	226
33	33Joan	219
34	34Paula	218
35	35Ellen	203
36	36Anna	202
37	37Josephine	199
38	38Carol	197
39	39Orla	171
40	40Sarah	166
41	41Yvonne	164
42	42Denise	161
43	43Valerie	161
44	44Lorraine	159
45	45Sheila	153
46	46Louise	150
47	47Christina	148
48	48Barbara	147
49	49Elaine	142
50	50Rose	141
51	51Michelle	136
52	52Clare	131
53	53Colette	131
54	54Frances	131
55	55Veronica	131
56	56Niamh	129
57	57Grainne	121
58	58Annette	119
59	59Julia	113
60	60Brenda	111
61	61Michele	111
62	62Noreen	111
63	63Audrey	109
64	64Jennifer	108
65	65Suzanne	108
66	66Theresa	106
67	67Johanna	104
68	68Helena	103
69	69Deborah	102
70	70Claire	101
71	71Jane	101
72	72Jean	100
73	73Alice	98
74	74Una	97
75	75Christine	90
76	76Sinead	89
77	77Adrienne	84
78	78Katherine	80
79	79Miriam	80
80	80Rita	79
81	81Laura	78
82	82Aileen	77
83	83Rosemary	76
84	84Ruth	76
85	85Marian	75
86	86Edel	73
87	87Janet	73
88	88Jacinta	72
89	89Monica	72
90	90Dolores	70
91	91Evelyn	70
92	92Pamela	70
93	93Imelda	68
94	94Majella	68
95	95Nuala	68
96	96Shirley	68
97	97Amanda	65
98	98Alison	64
99	99Noeleen	64
100	100Aisling	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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