Top 200 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1981

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Kelly	78
102	102Natasha	78
103	103Victoria	77
104	104Samantha	75
105	105Colette	74
106	106Noelle	74
107	107Una	74
108	108Avril	73
109	109Jean	73
110	110Nora	73
111	111Jessica	72
112	112Sabrina	72
113	113Katherine	71
114	114Noreen	69
115	115Josephine	68
116	116Frances	67
117	117Leona	67
118	118Lynn	67
119	119Clodagh	65
120	120Hazel	65
121	121Evelyn	64
122	122Irene	63
123	123Annette	62
124	124Ashling	62
125	125Danielle	62
126	126Eleanor	62
127	127Kim	62
128	128Diane	61
129	129Kate	61
130	130Vanessa	61
131	131Jacinta	60
132	132Brenda	59
133	133Theresa	59
134	134Joanna	58
135	135Marian	57
136	136Dawn	55
137	137Natalie	54
138	138Georgina	53
139	139Janice	53
140	140Regina	53
141	141Sara	52
142	142Lesley	50
143	143Breda	48
144	144Brigid	47
145	145Julia	47
146	146Therese	47
147	147Veronica	47
148	148Erica	46
149	149Naomi	46
150	150Wendy	46
151	151Eva	45
152	152Lynda	45
153	153Aideen	44
154	154Celine	44
155	155Rose	44
156	156Aishling	43
157	157Joan	43
158	158Marion	43
159	159Ailish	42
160	160Leanne	42
161	161Maura	42
162	162Maire	41
163	163Lucy	40
164	164Maureen	40
165	165Shirley	40
166	166Sonia	40
167	167Charlene	39
168	168Janet	39
169	169Kathryn	39
170	170Majella	39
171	171Philomena	39
172	172Rosaleen	39
173	173Rosemary	39
174	174Sylvia	39
175	175Rachael	38
176	176Brid	37
177	177Johanna	37
178	178Noeleen	37
179	179Sonya	37
180	180Antoinette	36
181	181Cathriona	36
182	182Melanie	36
183	183Nuala	36
184	184Alice	35
185	185Eilish	35
186	186Marguerite	35
187	187Nichola	35
188	188Caoimhe	34
189	189Cliona	34
190	190Diana	34
191	191Charlotte	33
192	192Susanne	33
193	193Marianne	32
194	194Olive	32
195	195Lydia	31
196	196Sile	31
197	197Jillian	30
198	198Joyce	30
199	199Hilary	29
200	200Imelda	29

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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