Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1974

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,375
2	2Catherine	751
3	3Margaret	605
4	4Caroline	581
5	5Sinead	569
6	6Michelle	533
7	7Sharon	518
8	8Deirdre	495
9	9Elizabeth	488
10	10Ann	465
11	11Fiona	464
12	12Karen	461
13	13Anne	450
14	14Elaine	427
15	15Patricia	408
16	16Linda	406
17	17Lisa	402
18	18Susan	383
19	19Louise	376
20	20Jennifer	366
21	21Niamh	355
22	22Sandra	350
23	23Sarah	319
24	24Martina	315
25	25Lorraine	311
26	26Siobhan	301
27	27Nicola	293
28	28Helen	278
29	29Bridget	267
30	30Marie	260
31	31Amanda	258
32	32Geraldine	250
33	33Jacqueline	249
34	34Yvonne	245
35	35Maria	244
36	36Denise	241
37	37Gillian	241
38	38Orla	226
39	39Claire	225
40	40Deborah	222
41	41Emma	220
42	42Bernadette	210
43	43Suzanne	209
44	44Kathleen	195
45	45Eileen	187
46	46Rachel	186
47	47Ciara	185
48	48Ruth	179
49	49Carol	178
50	50Paula	176
51	51Joanne	173
52	52Aisling	171
53	53Edel	171
54	54Audrey	170
55	55Carmel	168
56	56Angela	166
57	57Teresa	164
58	58Aoife	162
59	59Clare	161
60	60Valerie	157
61	61Tara	151
62	62Emer	145
63	63Anna	142
64	64Barbara	142
65	65Alison	141
66	66Grainne	141
67	67Shirley	140
68	68Colette	134
69	69Tracey	134
70	70Mairead	133
71	71Jane	132
72	72Sheila	131
73	73Olivia	130
74	74Christina	121
75	75Nora	121
76	76Tracy	121
77	77Pauline	120
78	78Josephine	119
79	79Laura	117
80	80Noreen	115
81	81Ellen	111
82	82Julie	111
83	83Jean	108
84	84Joan	107
85	85Catriona	99
86	86Clodagh	99
87	87Irene	98
88	88Roisin	98
89	89Anita	95
90	90Annette	93
91	91Sonya	93
92	92Brenda	92
93	93Christine	91
94	94Natasha	91
95	95Regina	91
96	96Frances	90
97	97Rose	90
98	98Lorna	89
99	99Andrea	87
100	100Brigid	87

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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