Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1980

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	964
2	2Sarah	653
3	3Michelle	649
4	4Catherine	633
5	5Louise	598
6	6Lisa	586
7	7Caroline	573
8	8Sinead	561
9	9Jennifer	553
10	10Karen	549
11	11Emma	525
12	12Elaine	507
13	13Fiona	499
14	14Niamh	492
15	15Deirdre	464
16	16Claire	458
17	17Laura	446
18	18Lorraine	440
19	19Margaret	420
20	20Sharon	381
21	21Elizabeth	364
22	22Orla	361
23	23Anne	356
24	24Ann	355
25	25Ciara	352
26	26Nicola	352
27	27Linda	347
28	28Aoife	344
29	29Susan	335
30	30Pamela	330
31	31Patricia	327
32	32Joanne	319
33	33Siobhan	314
34	34Paula	300
35	35Sandra	283
36	36Denise	279
37	37Amanda	275
38	38Marie	272
39	39Yvonne	263
40	40Aisling	258
41	41Gillian	257
42	42Maria	248
43	43Helen	243
44	44Martina	242
45	45Carol	229
46	46Edel	225
47	47Aine	213
48	48Deborah	211
49	49Rachel	201
50	50Grainne	195
51	51Bridget	184
52	52Donna	184
53	53Eimear	181
54	54Ruth	180
55	55Bernadette	176
56	56Geraldine	174
57	57Suzanne	172
58	58Clare	171
59	59Jacqueline	170
60	60Mairead	162
61	61Tracey	156
62	62Kathleen	150
63	63Emer	147
64	64Julie	145
65	65Pauline	144
66	66Eileen	140
67	67Alison	137
68	68Audrey	137
69	69Tracy	132
70	70Anna	131
71	71Roisin	127
72	72Angela	124
73	73Catriona	124
74	74Rebecca	121
75	75Amy	120
76	76Lorna	120
77	77Sabrina	117
78	78Tara	116
79	79Teresa	116
80	80Christina	114
81	81Valerie	113
82	82Caitriona	112
83	83Jane	106
84	84Christine	105
85	85Ellen	105
86	86Gemma	105
87	87Emily	104
88	88Andrea	103
89	89Carmel	102
90	90Olivia	102
91	91Jean	98
92	92Colette	96
93	93Miriam	94
94	94Melissa	93
95	95Aileen	92
96	96Barbara	92
97	97Leona	90
98	98Stephanie	90
99	99Victoria	90
100	100Helena	88

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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