Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Tanya	83
102	102Una	83
103	103Aileen	82
104	104Maeve	82
105	105Anita	81
106	106Catriona	78
107	107Grace	77
108	108Irene	76
109	109Victoria	75
110	110Clodagh	74
111	111Joan	74
112	112Stephanie	74
113	113Samantha	68
114	114Shirley	68
115	115Brigid	66
116	116Frances	66
117	117Hazel	65
118	118Regina	65
119	119Avril	64
120	120Antoinette	63
121	121Katherine	63
122	122Rose	62
123	123Noreen	61
124	124Amy	60
125	125Vanessa	60
126	126Melissa	59
127	127Miriam	59
128	128Natasha	58
129	129Therese	58
130	130Jessica	56
131	131Majella	56
132	132Marian	56
133	133Emily	54
134	134Janet	54
135	135Julia	54
136	136Diane	52
137	137Eleanor	52
138	138Veronica	52
139	139Noelle	51
140	140Celine	50
141	141Cliona	50
142	142Dawn	50
143	143Eva	50
144	144Johanna	50
145	145Wendy	49
146	146Lesley	47
147	147Nuala	46
148	148Breda	45
149	149Maureen	45
150	150Melanie	45
151	151Kelly	44
152	152Jacinta	43
153	153Natalie	43
154	154Sonya	43
155	155Susanne	43
156	156Aideen	42
157	157Charlotte	42
158	158Fionnuala	42
159	159Janice	42
160	160Joanna	42
161	161Rosemary	42
162	162Edwina	41
163	163Maura	41
164	164Rachael	41
165	165Sylvia	41
166	166Ursula	41
167	167Alice	40
168	168Kim	40
169	169Leona	40
170	170Marion	40
171	171Theresa	39
172	172Imelda	38
173	173Kathryn	38
174	174Katrina	38
175	175Philomena	38
176	176Rosaleen	38
177	177Erica	37
178	178Martha	37
179	179Lynda	36
180	180Jillian	35
181	181Naomi	35
182	182Nichola	35
183	183Sorcha	35
184	184Brid	34
185	185Hilary	34
186	186Aishling	33
187	187Cora	33
188	188Sara	33
189	189Tina	33
190	190Danielle	32
191	191Judith	32
192	192Noeleen	32
193	193Monica	31
194	194Olga	31
195	195Leah	29
196	196Marcella	29
197	197Norma	29
198	198Rita	29
199	199Siobhain	29
200	200Glenda	28

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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