Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1973

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,529
2	2Catherine	785
3	3Margaret	686
4	4Sinead	659
5	5Caroline	604
6	6Fiona	563
7	7Deirdre	529
8	8Elizabeth	520
9	9Anne	489
10	10Michelle	468
11	11Sharon	460
12	12Ann	453
13	13Linda	437
14	14Karen	425
15	15Martina	391
16	16Elaine	388
17	17Sandra	378
18	18Patricia	376
19	19Jennifer	361
20	20Lisa	358
21	21Siobhan	332
22	22Lorraine	327
23	23Louise	325
24	24Susan	322
25	25Bridget	314
26	26Niamh	313
27	27Helen	289
28	28Yvonne	287
29	29Marie	279
30	30Maria	263
31	31Gillian	261
32	32Geraldine	260
33	33Sarah	249
34	34Denise	238
35	35Nicola	235
36	36Jacqueline	233
37	37Amanda	230
38	38Orla	223
39	39Bernadette	215
40	40Claire	215
41	41Teresa	215
42	42Deborah	209
43	43Kathleen	203
44	44Aisling	202
45	45Carmel	200
46	46Eileen	194
47	47Audrey	187
48	48Suzanne	185
49	49Rachel	182
50	50Emma	177
51	51Tara	177
52	52Edel	175
53	53Angela	171
54	54Carol	166
55	55Paula	166
56	56Ciara	165
57	57Ruth	165
58	58Clare	162
59	59Emer	151
60	60Grainne	150
61	61Joanne	149
62	62Tracey	144
63	63Valerie	141
64	64Anna	140
65	65Josephine	139
66	66Sheila	139
67	67Aoife	137
68	68Barbara	137
69	69Nora	136
70	70Shirley	136
71	71Alison	134
72	72Pauline	132
73	73Colette	128
74	74Jane	126
75	75Christina	124
76	76Joan	121
77	77Ellen	117
78	78Laura	117
79	79Tracy	111
80	80Mairead	109
81	81Sonya	109
82	82Anita	108
83	83Annette	107
84	84Noreen	106
85	85Clodagh	101
86	86Catriona	98
87	87Una	95
88	88Olivia	94
89	89Aileen	93
90	90Frances	93
91	91Lorna	93
92	92Brigid	92
93	93Roisin	92
94	94Brenda	91
95	95Pamela	90
96	96Julie	89
97	97Aine	88
98	98Helena	87
99	99Christine	84
100	100Jean	84

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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