Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	1,005
2	2Michelle	650
3	3Sinead	629
4	4Catherine	628
5	5Caroline	578
6	6Jennifer	535
7	7Fiona	507
8	8Deirdre	499
9	9Karen	482
10	10Lisa	466
11	11Sarah	463
12	12Margaret	449
13	13Louise	434
14	14Niamh	431
15	15Elaine	426
16	16Lorraine	418
17	17Elizabeth	410
18	18Claire	404
19	19Sharon	394
20	20Ann	386
21	21Linda	371
22	22Anne	364
23	23Nicola	362
24	24Emma	348
25	25Susan	343
26	26Patricia	323
27	27Laura	311
28	28Gillian	306
29	29Orla	305
30	30Siobhan	304
31	31Aoife	290
32	32Yvonne	278
33	33Sandra	277
34	34Marie	269
35	35Denise	263
36	36Amanda	259
37	37Martina	251
38	38Ciara	249
39	39Joanne	242
40	40Paula	240
41	41Helen	227
42	42Maria	227
43	43Suzanne	224
44	44Aisling	222
45	45Carol	210
46	46Bridget	197
47	47Sabrina	194
48	48Geraldine	188
49	49Deborah	187
50	50Edel	187
51	51Jacqueline	185
52	52Julie	182
53	53Rachel	181
54	54Ruth	172
55	55Angela	167
56	56Grainne	167
57	57Aine	161
58	58Kathleen	160
59	59Emer	159
60	60Olivia	154
61	61Mairead	150
62	62Eileen	148
63	63Bernadette	144
64	64Clare	143
65	65Alison	140
66	66Valerie	131
67	67Anna	129
68	68Audrey	128
69	69Jane	127
70	70Tracey	126
71	71Roisin	125
72	72Tracy	124
73	73Pauline	123
74	74Barbara	122
75	75Teresa	119
76	76Tara	117
77	77Donna	114
78	78Christina	112
79	79Brenda	107
80	80Sheila	104
81	81Caitriona	102
82	82Annette	97
83	83Christine	96
84	84Carmel	95
85	85Evelyn	92
86	86Gemma	91
87	87Jean	91
88	88Helena	89
89	89Georgina	88
90	90Colette	87
91	91Rebecca	87
92	92Ashling	85
93	93Andrea	84
94	94Ellen	84
95	95Lynn	84
96	96Nora	84
97	97Pamela	84
98	98Eimear	83
99	99Josephine	83
100	100Lorna	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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