Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1969

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	2,182
2	2Catherine	1,007
3	3Margaret	904
4	4Ann	645
5	5Elizabeth	597
6	6Anne	577
7	7Sharon	541
8	8Deirdre	528
9	9Patricia	484
10	10Fiona	454
11	11Caroline	431
12	12Bernadette	415
13	13Bridget	397
14	14Helen	386
15	15Martina	379
16	16Karen	367
17	17Susan	366
18	18Linda	353
19	19Sandra	347
20	20Geraldine	334
21	21Michelle	302
22	22Siobhan	295
23	23Elaine	291
24	24Marie	280
25	25Kathleen	275
26	26Eileen	245
27	27Carmel	238
28	28Lorraine	232
29	29Teresa	229
30	30Orla	224
31	31Jacqueline	220
32	32Paula	216
33	33Jennifer	215
34	34Maria	207
35	35Carol	205
36	36Angela	204
37	37Yvonne	204
38	38Nora	199
39	39Denise	198
40	40Joan	196
41	41Sinead	192
42	42Pauline	190
43	43Niamh	188
44	44Louise	186
45	45Josephine	185
46	46Suzanne	182
47	47Brigid	179
48	48Anna	177
49	49Sarah	176
50	50Valerie	174
51	51Ellen	173
52	52Deborah	163
53	53Audrey	161
54	54Sheila	161
55	55Colette	157
56	56Barbara	151
57	57Christina	140
58	58Amanda	136
59	59Michele	129
60	60Lisa	126
61	61Grainne	120
62	62Claire	119
63	63Annette	118
64	64Edel	118
65	65Rachel	118
66	66Brenda	114
67	67Christine	113
68	68Ciara	111
69	69Julia	111
70	70Helena	110
71	71Alison	108
72	72Nicola	106
73	73Gillian	105
74	74Frances	104
75	75Pamela	104
76	76Veronica	104
77	77Noreen	103
78	78Ruth	103
79	79Johanna	102
80	80Clare	101
81	81Miriam	98
82	82Jane	94
83	83Laura	94
84	84Jean	88
85	85Majella	88
86	86Una	88
87	87Irene	87
88	88Aileen	86
89	89Antoinette	86
90	90Emer	86
91	91Rose	84
92	92Regina	81
93	93Shirley	80
94	94Adrienne	79
95	95Aisling	79
96	96Marian	77
97	97Tara	77
98	98Janet	76
99	99Theresa	75
100	100Maeve	74

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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