Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Georgina	78
102	102Josephine	77
103	103Amy	76
104	104Tanya	75
105	105Avril	74
106	106Miriam	74
107	107Una	74
108	108Ellen	73
109	109Melissa	73
110	110Noreen	73
111	111Samantha	72
112	112Shirley	72
113	113Clodagh	71
114	114Joanna	71
115	115Katherine	71
116	116Frances	68
117	117Stephanie	68
118	118Evelyn	67
119	119Brenda	65
120	120Lynn	65
121	121Brigid	64
122	122Eleanor	64
123	123Janice	64
124	124Janet	63
125	125Nora	63
126	126Leona	60
127	127Natalie	60
128	128Joan	59
129	129Natasha	59
130	130Noelle	59
131	131Grace	58
132	132Hazel	58
133	133Regina	57
134	134Theresa	56
135	135Majella	55
136	136Jacinta	54
137	137Marian	54
138	138Diane	53
139	139Irene	53
140	140Therese	52
141	141Wendy	52
142	142Antoinette	51
143	143Johanna	51
144	144Veronica	51
145	145Dawn	50
146	146Maire	50
147	147Rose	50
148	148Hilary	49
149	149Rachael	49
150	150Naomi	48
151	151Rosemary	48
152	152Siobhain	48
153	153Maureen	47
154	154Nuala	47
155	155Breda	45
156	156Melanie	45
157	157Aideen	43
158	158Celine	42
159	159Kelly	42
160	160Brid	41
161	161Charlotte	40
162	162Danielle	40
163	163Kate	40
164	164Kim	40
165	165Lesley	40
166	166Marion	40
167	167Nichola	40
168	168Edwina	39
169	169Lynda	39
170	170Alice	38
171	171Cliona	38
172	172Leanne	38
173	173Sara	38
174	174Marguerite	37
175	175Susanne	37
176	176Eva	36
177	177Vanessa	35
178	178Julia	34
179	179Karina	34
180	180Lucy	34
181	181Cathriona	33
182	182Dolores	33
183	183Kathryn	33
184	184Martha	33
185	185Philomena	33
186	186Sonya	33
187	187Katrina	32
188	188Imelda	31
189	189April	30
190	190Eilis	30
191	191Jill	30
192	192Maura	30
193	193Eilish	29
194	194Norma	29
195	195Rosaleen	29
196	196Stacey	29
197	197Caoimhe	28
198	198Cora	28
199	199Erica	28
200	200Olga	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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