Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1977

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	972
2	2Sinead	694
3	3Catherine	693
4	4Michelle	594
5	5Karen	570
6	6Caroline	563
7	7Deirdre	540
8	8Margaret	463
9	9Fiona	460
10	10Jennifer	451
11	11Elaine	430
12	12Sarah	413
13	13Sharon	394
14	14Niamh	390
15	15Lisa	382
16	16Elizabeth	381
17	17Linda	372
18	18Ann	364
19	19Susan	360
20	20Anne	356
21	21Lorraine	341
22	22Patricia	339
23	23Claire	330
24	24Louise	330
25	25Nicola	320
26	26Yvonne	306
27	27Gillian	297
28	28Martina	287
29	29Sandra	285
30	30Emma	283
31	31Siobhan	283
32	32Joanne	282
33	33Orla	279
34	34Helen	264
35	35Laura	263
36	36Aoife	252
37	37Marie	243
38	38Maria	237
39	39Sabrina	229
40	40Ciara	222
41	41Geraldine	211
42	42Denise	208
43	43Amanda	205
44	44Ruth	201
45	45Bridget	200
46	46Suzanne	198
47	47Aisling	197
48	48Deborah	187
49	49Carol	184
50	50Bernadette	179
51	51Julie	178
52	52Olivia	175
53	53Jacqueline	169
54	54Rachel	166
55	55Paula	164
56	56Edel	161
57	57Grainne	161
58	58Mairead	154
59	59Clare	150
60	60Aine	149
61	61Angela	149
62	62Emer	146
63	63Eileen	145
64	64Audrey	143
65	65Kathleen	142
66	66Alison	140
67	67Tara	139
68	68Tracey	131
69	69Tracy	131
70	70Valerie	131
71	71Barbara	126
72	72Anna	125
73	73Teresa	125
74	74Jane	124
75	75Colette	114
76	76Carmel	110
77	77Catriona	109
78	78Sheila	108
79	79Helena	104
80	80Maeve	104
81	81Christina	101
82	82Gemma	101
83	83Anita	99
84	84Josephine	97
85	85Clodagh	96
86	86Tanya	96
87	87Ashling	95
88	88Ellen	95
89	89Noreen	94
90	90Pauline	93
91	91Roisin	93
92	92Lorna	91
93	93Andrea	90
94	94Rebecca	90
95	95Brenda	89
96	96Eimear	87
97	97Aileen	81
98	98Caitriona	81
99	99Irene	80
100	100Joan	79

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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