Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1968

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	2,364
2	2Catherine	1,082
3	3Margaret	1,029
4	4Ann	749
5	5Anne	656
6	6Elizabeth	625
7	7Deirdre	468
8	8Patricia	461
9	9Caroline	457
10	10Bridget	418
11	11Martina	411
12	12Geraldine	410
13	13Sharon	400
14	14Susan	393
15	15Sandra	371
16	16Helen	358
17	17Fiona	357
18	18Linda	355
19	19Marie	294
20	20Karen	289
21	21Bernadette	282
22	22Eileen	276
23	23Jacqueline	274
24	24Maria	270
25	25Kathleen	261
26	26Michelle	244
27	27Elaine	242
28	28Teresa	234
29	29Siobhan	226
30	30Angela	224
31	31Carmel	216
32	32Joan	206
33	33Paula	206
34	34Carol	203
35	35Pauline	200
36	36Lorraine	196
37	37Nora	193
38	38Valerie	192
39	39Yvonne	190
40	40Jennifer	189
41	41Ellen	177
42	42Anna	172
43	43Josephine	171
44	44Denise	168
45	45Louise	165
46	46Orla	164
47	47Barbara	163
48	48Audrey	160
49	49Suzanne	160
50	50Niamh	157
51	51Deborah	152
52	52Christina	148
53	53Brigid	146
54	54Sarah	145
55	55Colette	142
56	56Sheila	136
57	57Sinead	133
58	58Frances	130
59	59Claire	128
60	60Grainne	123
61	61Lisa	119
62	62Brenda	117
63	63Amanda	116
64	64Christine	114
65	65Julia	111
66	66Miriam	111
67	67Gillian	107
68	68Emer	106
69	69Rose	106
70	70Veronica	104
71	71Annette	103
72	72Helena	101
73	73Ruth	100
74	74Clare	98
75	75Theresa	98
76	76Jane	95
77	77Edel	91
78	78Nuala	90
79	79Una	87
80	80Irene	84
81	81Michele	84
82	82Noreen	84
83	83Alison	83
84	84Maeve	83
85	85Adrienne	79
86	86Evelyn	79
87	87Aisling	78
88	88Alice	78
89	89Antoinette	78
90	90Jacinta	77
91	91Jean	77
92	92Rachel	75
93	93Eleanor	74
94	94Marian	73
95	95Aileen	72
96	96Ciara	72
97	97Johanna	71
98	98Laura	70
99	99Regina	70
100	100Janet	69

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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