Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	882
2	2Michelle	702
3	3Sarah	696
4	4Jennifer	635
5	5Lisa	629
6	6Sinead	610
7	7Emma	568
8	8Catherine	535
9	9Karen	530
10	10Louise	528
11	11Niamh	501
12	12Caroline	491
13	13Elaine	489
14	14Laura	488
15	15Aoife	471
16	16Claire	457
17	17Deirdre	456
18	18Fiona	442
19	19Margaret	399
20	20Ann	379
21	21Lorraine	376
22	22Ciara	363
23	23Nicola	359
24	24Elizabeth	332
25	25Linda	332
26	26Anne	318
27	27Siobhan	318
28	28Sharon	308
29	29Patricia	306
30	30Susan	304
31	31Denise	303
32	32Aisling	285
33	33Marie	274
34	34Maria	265
35	35Joanne	263
36	36Orla	261
37	37Pamela	256
38	38Deborah	248
39	39Rachel	229
40	40Gillian	227
41	41Helen	227
42	42Sandra	225
43	43Donna	224
44	44Yvonne	219
45	45Amanda	207
46	46Martina	203
47	47Paula	199
48	48Ruth	199
49	49Edel	195
50	50Bridget	192
51	51Aine	184
52	52Carol	183
53	53Mairead	180
54	54Grainne	176
55	55Suzanne	168
56	56Julie	166
57	57Jacqueline	165
58	58Clare	159
59	59Bernadette	158
60	60Kathleen	150
61	61Roisin	150
62	62Emer	147
63	63Alison	144
64	64Anna	138
65	65Eimear	136
66	66Geraldine	136
67	67Tracey	135
68	68Rebecca	133
69	69Jane	125
70	70Catriona	123
71	71Gemma	123
72	72Amy	122
73	73Tracy	118
74	74Teresa	116
75	75Caitriona	115
76	76Christina	112
77	77Eileen	112
78	78Audrey	111
79	79Barbara	111
80	80Angela	110
81	81Tara	108
82	82Maeve	106
83	83Lorna	103
84	84Tanya	102
85	85Ellen	101
86	86Valerie	99
87	87Emily	94
88	88Aileen	93
89	89Anita	93
90	90Olivia	92
91	91Melissa	89
92	92Christine	87
93	93Stephanie	87
94	94Grace	86
95	95Andrea	83
96	96Carmel	83
97	97Sheila	83
98	98Pauline	82
99	99Miriam	81
100	100Helena	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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