Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1972

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Andrea	81
102	102Antoinette	81
103	103Maeve	79
104	104Julia	78
105	105Majella	77
106	106Theresa	75
107	107Aine	74
108	108Stephanie	74
109	109Regina	72
110	110Eleanor	71
111	111Evelyn	70
112	112Sylvia	70
113	113Tanya	70
114	114Ursula	70
115	115Grace	68
116	116Janet	68
117	117Lorna	68
118	118Johanna	67
119	119Nuala	67
120	120Catriona	65
121	121Jacinta	64
122	122Rose	62
123	123Adrienne	61
124	124Marian	61
125	125Olivia	61
126	126Hilary	58
127	127Olive	57
128	128Philomena	55
129	129Siobhain	55
130	130Aideen	54
131	131Celine	54
132	132Katherine	53
133	133Monica	53
134	134Noeleen	53
135	135Rosaleen	52
136	136Maura	51
137	137Avril	50
138	138Marion	50
139	139Rita	50
140	140Noelle	47
141	141Winifred	47
142	142Alice	46
143	143Caitriona	46
144	144Hazel	46
145	145Melanie	45
146	146Rosemary	45
147	147Therese	45
148	148June	44
149	149Maureen	44
150	150Eithne	43
151	151Marcella	43
152	152Rebecca	43
153	153Dolores	42
154	154Georgina	42
155	155Donna	41
156	156Loraine	41
157	157Vanessa	41
158	158Breda	40
159	159Melissa	39
160	160Cora	38
161	161Janice	38
162	162Susanne	37
163	163Wendy	37
164	164Imelda	36
165	165Martha	36
166	166Fidelma	35
167	167Fionnuala	35
168	168Judith	35
169	169Cliona	34
170	170Lynn	34
171	171Sonya	34
172	172Victoria	33
173	173Brid	32
174	174Eimear	32
175	175Esther	31
176	176Kathryn	31
177	177Rachael	31
178	178Rhona	31
179	179Vivienne	31
180	180Ashling	30
181	181Heather	30
182	182Natalie	30
183	183Oonagh	30
184	184Joanna	29
185	185Joyce	29
186	186Tina	29
187	187Lucy	28
188	188Dorothy	27
189	189Gemma	27
190	190Lynda	27
191	191Marguerite	27
192	192Nichola	27
193	193Aishling	26
194	194Charlotte	26
195	195Ingrid	26
196	196Maire	26
197	197Sara	26
198	198Naomi	25
199	199Sonia	25
200	200Dympna	24

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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