Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	944
2	2Michelle	650
3	3Caroline	647
4	4Catherine	618
5	5Sinead	594
6	6Lisa	536
7	7Sarah	506
8	8Deirdre	498
9	9Karen	494
10	10Jennifer	486
11	11Emma	480
12	12Fiona	469
13	13Niamh	469
14	14Lorraine	460
15	15Paula	453
16	16Louise	447
17	17Elaine	446
18	18Laura	395
19	19Linda	390
20	20Ann	380
21	21Aoife	379
22	22Margaret	374
23	23Elizabeth	370
24	24Claire	369
25	25Sharon	368
26	26Anne	363
27	27Nicola	343
28	28Susan	332
29	29Joanne	319
30	30Orla	313
31	31Gillian	293
32	32Ciara	289
33	33Marie	287
34	34Sandra	282
35	35Siobhan	281
36	36Patricia	273
37	37Aisling	270
38	38Carol	268
39	39Denise	261
40	40Yvonne	244
41	41Pamela	242
42	42Helen	226
43	43Amanda	222
44	44Maria	218
45	45Pauline	216
46	46Martina	207
47	47Edel	198
48	48Suzanne	189
49	49Rachel	187
50	50Deborah	186
51	51Jacqueline	176
52	52Ruth	176
53	53Aine	171
54	54Bridget	170
55	55Julie	168
56	56Grainne	163
57	57Clare	162
58	58Catriona	158
59	59Geraldine	155
60	60Bernadette	152
61	61Kathleen	152
62	62Emer	149
63	63Alison	147
64	64Mairead	147
65	65Teresa	145
66	66Anna	140
67	67Tracey	139
68	68Audrey	137
69	69Christina	132
70	70Jane	132
71	71Sabrina	130
72	72Tara	127
73	73Olivia	125
74	74Eimear	124
75	75Eileen	123
76	76Angela	120
77	77Donna	120
78	78Tracy	120
79	79Caitriona	114
80	80Jean	111
81	81Roisin	107
82	82Gemma	106
83	83Carmel	104
84	84Barbara	103
85	85Christine	97
86	86Aileen	95
87	87Valerie	95
88	88Anita	94
89	89Jessica	94
90	90Andrea	93
91	91Lorna	92
92	92Maeve	92
93	93Emily	90
94	94Sheila	90
95	95Annette	86
96	96Ashling	84
97	97Victoria	83
98	98Colette	82
99	99Helena	82
100	100Rebecca	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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