Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1976

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,131
2	2Sinead	688
3	3Catherine	645
4	4Michelle	571
5	5Caroline	564
6	6Margaret	520
7	7Karen	514
8	8Jennifer	494
9	9Deirdre	483
10	10Fiona	452
11	11Ann	434
12	12Elizabeth	423
13	13Sharon	423
14	14Elaine	419
15	15Linda	401
16	16Niamh	390
17	17Sarah	383
18	18Lisa	382
19	19Anne	380
20	20Susan	371
21	21Louise	359
22	22Patricia	345
23	23Lorraine	343
24	24Nicola	329
25	25Olivia	329
26	26Siobhan	314
27	27Sandra	311
28	28Claire	307
29	29Marie	305
30	30Yvonne	288
31	31Martina	278
32	32Helen	271
33	33Gillian	267
34	34Joanne	258
35	35Orla	250
36	36Emma	248
37	37Denise	244
38	38Maria	238
39	39Bridget	226
40	40Rachel	214
41	41Ciara	211
42	42Laura	209
43	43Amanda	208
44	44Geraldine	206
45	45Deborah	198
46	46Aoife	186
47	47Suzanne	186
48	48Edel	185
49	49Aisling	182
50	50Carol	182
51	51Jacqueline	173
52	52Audrey	170
53	53Eileen	170
54	54Ruth	169
55	55Angela	168
56	56Bernadette	163
57	57Grainne	158
58	58Kathleen	151
59	59Paula	147
60	60Julie	144
61	61Carmel	142
62	62Tara	140
63	63Georgina	139
64	64Aine	138
65	65Clare	138
66	66Colette	137
67	67Barbara	133
68	68Mairead	132
69	69Anna	128
70	70Valerie	128
71	71Jane	126
72	72Teresa	126
73	73Alison	120
74	74Anita	118
75	75Josephine	112
76	76Tracey	112
77	77Pauline	111
78	78Nora	109
79	79Roisin	108
80	80Emer	107
81	81Christina	104
82	82Sheila	104
83	83Aileen	103
84	84Andrea	103
85	85Brenda	102
86	86Joan	101
87	87Shirley	101
88	88Olive	100
89	89Catriona	99
90	90Jean	96
91	91Ashling	93
92	92Annette	88
93	93Ellen	88
94	94Frances	88
95	95Hazel	87
96	96Samantha	86
97	97Tanya	86
98	98Eimear	85
99	99Victoria	84
100	100Helena	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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