Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1970

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,896
2	2Catherine	939
3	3Margaret	830
4	4Ann	619
5	5Sharon	601
6	6Elizabeth	546
7	7Anne	531
8	8Fiona	519
9	9Deirdre	514
10	10Caroline	443
11	11Patricia	415
12	12Martina	385
13	13Bridget	378
14	14Helen	374
15	15Sandra	373
16	16Karen	357
17	17Linda	343
18	18Michelle	334
19	19Susan	325
20	20Geraldine	322
21	21Siobhan	312
22	22Elaine	291
23	23Bernadette	268
24	24Sinead	266
25	25Lorraine	254
26	26Kathleen	251
27	27Eileen	249
28	28Marie	246
29	29Teresa	246
30	30Maria	227
31	31Yvonne	225
32	32Denise	221
33	33Carmel	215
34	34Niamh	215
35	35Angela	214
36	36Jacqueline	212
37	37Carol	203
38	38Jennifer	203
39	39Orla	201
40	40Deborah	194
41	41Rachel	189
42	42Louise	188
43	43Paula	188
44	44Joan	185
45	45Sarah	185
46	46Suzanne	182
47	47Valerie	182
48	48Audrey	180
49	49Nora	176
50	50Brigid	168
51	51Josephine	167
52	52Sheila	163
53	53Tara	162
54	54Lisa	161
55	55Pauline	160
56	56Christina	158
57	57Amanda	156
58	58Anna	153
59	59Barbara	147
60	60Ellen	146
61	61Michele	135
62	62Ruth	135
63	63Tracy	134
64	64Colette	129
65	65Gillian	128
66	66Grainne	127
67	67Nicola	127
68	68Claire	123
69	69Alison	121
70	70Joanne	121
71	71Aisling	117
72	72Frances	111
73	73Rose	110
74	74Tracey	110
75	75Edel	109
76	76Helena	108
77	77Julia	108
78	78Christine	107
79	79Brenda	105
80	80Ciara	105
81	81Jane	104
82	82Noreen	101
83	83Samantha	101
84	84Jean	100
85	85Emer	99
86	86Veronica	99
87	87Clare	96
88	88Annette	95
89	89Una	95
90	90Laura	90
91	91Pamela	89
92	92Jacinta	88
93	93Emma	87
94	94Anita	84
95	95Clodagh	81
96	96Majella	81
97	97Miriam	81
98	98Shirley	81
99	99Aileen	80
100	100Antoinette	79

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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