Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1966

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Philomena	63
102	102Gillian	62
103	103Olive	62
104	104Hannah	61
105	105Mairead	61
106	106Antoinette	60
107	107Maeve	59
108	108Ciara	57
109	109Aine	56
110	110Eleanor	56
111	111Regina	56
112	112Irene	54
113	113Agnes	53
114	114Emer	53
115	115Stephanie	53
116	116Fionnuala	51
117	117Ursula	50
118	118Lucy	49
119	119Eithne	48
120	120Rosaleen	48
121	121Therese	48
122	122Winifred	47
123	123Hilary	44
124	124Rachel	44
125	125Dorothy	43
126	126Marion	43
127	127Maureen	43
128	128Aideen	42
129	129Sylvia	40
130	130Anita	39
131	131Grace	39
132	132Ita	39
133	133Anastasia	37
134	134Breda	37
135	135Judith	37
136	136Loraine	37
137	137Catriona	36
138	138Fidelma	36
139	139Annie	35
140	140Cora	35
141	141Dympna	35
142	142Julie	35
143	143Nicola	35
144	144Celine	34
145	145Joyce	34
146	146Roisin	33
147	147Avril	32
148	148Esther	32
149	149Olivia	32
150	150Vivienne	32
151	151June	31
152	152Maire	31
153	153Norah	31
154	154Concepta	29
155	155Hazel	29
156	156Joanne	29
157	157Lisa	29
158	158Martha	29
159	159Noelle	29
160	160Clodagh	27
161	161Lorna	27
162	162Eimear	26
163	163Finola	26
164	164Allison	25
165	165Donna	25
166	166Heather	25
167	167Kathryn	25
168	168Maura	25
169	169Sara	25
170	170Lynda	24
171	171Susanne	24
172	172Janice	23
173	173Doreen	22
174	174Darina	21
175	175Gwendoline	21
176	176Hanora	21
177	177Lesley	21
178	178Gertrude	20
179	179Marcella	20
180	180Marguerite	20
181	181Siobhain	20
182	182Cecilia	19
183	183Gemma	19
184	184Rebecca	19
185	185Andrea	18
186	186Brid	18
187	187Diane	18
188	188Madeline	18
189	189Aoife	17
190	190Eilish	17
191	191Emily	17
192	192Florence	17
193	193Jeanette	17
194	194Tracey	17
195	195Assumpta	16
196	196Deborrah	16
197	197Eva	16
198	198Gabrielle	16
199	199Georgina	16
200	200Janette	16

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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