Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1980

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Sheila	83
102	102Maeve	81
103	103Noreen	80
104	104Tanya	77
105	105Una	77
106	106Anita	76
107	107Annette	76
108	108Jessica	76
109	109Brenda	75
110	110Frances	74
111	111Theresa	72
112	112Nora	71
113	113Katherine	69
114	114Josephine	68
115	115Regina	68
116	116Hazel	67
117	117Grace	66
118	118Janice	66
119	119Natasha	66
120	120Avril	65
121	121Georgina	65
122	122Samantha	64
123	123Evelyn	63
124	124Wendy	62
125	125Clodagh	61
126	126Natalie	60
127	127Rosemary	60
128	128Kelly	59
129	129Marian	59
130	130Noelle	59
131	131Brid	58
132	132Irene	58
133	133Lynn	58
134	134Brigid	57
135	135Charlene	57
136	136Joan	57
137	137Kim	57
138	138Aideen	56
139	139Kate	56
140	140Diane	55
141	141Eleanor	55
142	142Shirley	55
143	143Jacinta	54
144	144Alice	53
145	145Ashling	53
146	146Dawn	52
147	147Joanna	49
148	148Majella	49
149	149Sara	49
150	150Cliona	48
151	151Sorcha	48
152	152Maire	47
153	153Rose	47
154	154Antoinette	46
155	155Janet	45
156	156Lynda	45
157	157Maura	45
158	158Therese	45
159	159Danielle	44
160	160Johanna	44
161	161Kathryn	44
162	162Melanie	44
163	163Naomi	44
164	164Nuala	44
165	165Veronica	44
166	166Marion	43
167	167Maureen	43
168	168Celine	42
169	169Eva	42
170	170Julia	42
171	171Leanne	42
172	172Marguerite	42
173	173Rita	42
174	174Vanessa	42
175	175Katrina	40
176	176Ailish	39
177	177Siobhain	39
178	178Carolyn	38
179	179Ursula	38
180	180Jillian	37
181	181Rachael	36
182	182Breda	35
183	183Cathriona	35
184	184Lucy	35
185	185Sonya	35
186	186Charlotte	34
187	187Rosaleen	34
188	188Stacey	33
189	189Lesley	32
190	190Marcella	32
191	191Norma	32
192	192Fionnuala	30
193	193Judith	30
194	194Aishling	29
195	195Esther	29
196	196Shauna	29
197	197Carrie	28
198	198Edwina	28
199	199Martha	28
200	200Sylvia	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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