Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1971

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,907
2	2Catherine	914
3	3Margaret	837
4	4Fiona	616
5	5Sinead	598
6	6Ann	582
7	7Elizabeth	579
8	8Sharon	570
9	9Anne	538
10	10Deirdre	535
11	11Caroline	484
12	12Patricia	467
13	13Michelle	434
14	14Sandra	422
15	15Siobhan	401
16	16Elaine	354
17	17Karen	354
18	18Linda	354
19	19Geraldine	349
20	20Bridget	348
21	21Martina	344
22	22Helen	339
23	23Susan	335
24	24Bernadette	302
25	25Maria	289
26	26Marie	271
27	27Lorraine	260
28	28Lisa	254
29	29Jennifer	251
30	30Yvonne	247
31	31Eileen	240
32	32Niamh	238
33	33Denise	233
34	34Sarah	229
35	35Carol	225
36	36Gillian	221
37	37Carmel	215
38	38Louise	214
39	39Angela	209
40	40Jacqueline	209
41	41Orla	209
42	42Teresa	207
43	43Rachel	200
44	44Suzanne	198
45	45Kathleen	196
46	46Deborah	190
47	47Nora	183
48	48Audrey	174
49	49Barbara	172
50	50Valerie	170
51	51Paula	169
52	52Anna	164
53	53Josephine	161
54	54Tracy	160
55	55Brigid	157
56	56Amanda	156
57	57Claire	155
58	58Aisling	153
59	59Joan	147
60	60Nicola	147
61	61Christina	144
62	62Sheila	143
63	63Ciara	139
64	64Shirley	135
65	65Joanne	134
66	66Pauline	134
67	67Tara	133
68	68Ruth	132
69	69Colette	131
70	70Ellen	128
71	71Annette	127
72	72Tracey	127
73	73Edel	126
74	74Grainne	121
75	75Anita	120
76	76Alison	114
77	77Brenda	113
78	78Jane	111
79	79Frances	107
80	80Helena	107
81	81Noreen	107
82	82Emer	100
83	83Jean	99
84	84Samantha	99
85	85Clodagh	98
86	86Clare	97
87	87Laura	97
88	88Julia	96
89	89Veronica	94
90	90Andrea	93
91	91Antoinette	93
92	92Maeve	93
93	93Michele	93
94	94Majella	91
95	95Pamela	91
96	96Una	91
97	97Rose	89
98	98Miriam	88
99	99Katherine	87
100	100Nuala	86

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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