Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,581
2	2Catherine	853
3	3Margaret	766
4	4Fiona	657
5	5Sinead	606
6	6Elizabeth	544
7	7Ann	533
8	8Sharon	525
9	9Deirdre	516
10	10Anne	510
11	11Caroline	488
12	12Michelle	444
13	13Patricia	398
14	14Karen	394
15	15Linda	379
16	16Elaine	365
17	17Martina	356
18	18Sandra	355
19	19Jennifer	330
20	20Lorraine	330
21	21Susan	320
22	22Siobhan	319
23	23Bridget	313
24	24Helen	301
25	25Lisa	290
26	26Yvonne	284
27	27Maria	281
28	28Niamh	278
29	29Geraldine	271
30	30Marie	271
31	31Sarah	258
32	32Orla	256
33	33Louise	250
34	34Gillian	239
35	35Kathleen	237
36	36Bernadette	228
37	37Denise	226
38	38Eileen	220
39	39Jacqueline	220
40	40Paula	215
41	41Carol	204
42	42Suzanne	201
43	43Rachel	200
44	44Deborah	198
45	45Carmel	185
46	46Teresa	185
47	47Nicola	182
48	48Aisling	180
49	49Claire	175
50	50Amanda	173
51	51Angela	166
52	52Tara	157
53	53Grainne	152
54	54Barbara	150
55	55Anna	148
56	56Audrey	147
57	57Tracy	146
58	58Valerie	146
59	59Ciara	144
60	60Joan	136
61	61Christina	135
62	62Edel	134
63	63Ruth	134
64	64Alison	129
65	65Emer	129
66	66Ellen	128
67	67Nora	128
68	68Shirley	128
69	69Brigid	126
70	70Joanne	126
71	71Pauline	126
72	72Jane	124
73	73Tracey	124
74	74Josephine	123
75	75Sheila	119
76	76Colette	118
77	77Mairead	113
78	78Jean	109
79	79Noreen	109
80	80Aoife	104
81	81Clare	103
82	82Frances	103
83	83Laura	103
84	84Christine	101
85	85Anita	97
86	86Emma	96
87	87Annette	95
88	88Helena	93
89	89Samantha	92
90	90Pamela	91
91	91Aileen	90
92	92Clodagh	90
93	93Miriam	90
94	94Roisin	90
95	95Julie	89
96	96Irene	87
97	97Michele	85
98	98Una	84
99	99Brenda	83
100	100Veronica	83

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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