Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1982

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	822
2	2Sarah	789
3	3Michelle	732
4	4Jennifer	650
5	5Lisa	649
6	6Elaine	607
7	7Louise	601
8	8Emma	570
9	9Sinead	538
10	10Catherine	535
11	11Laura	531
12	12Claire	499
13	13Niamh	481
14	14Aoife	466
15	15Deirdre	463
16	16Karen	461
17	17Fiona	447
18	18Caroline	444
19	19Ciara	391
20	20Nicola	387
21	21Linda	364
22	22Anne	355
23	23Sharon	345
24	24Ann	342
25	25Margaret	338
26	26Lorraine	335
27	27Susan	307
28	28Siobhan	302
29	29Orla	298
30	30Elizabeth	295
31	31Aisling	281
32	32Marie	281
33	33Donna	272
34	34Joanne	269
35	35Patricia	262
36	36Maria	251
37	37Denise	236
38	38Edel	236
39	39Gillian	232
40	40Rachel	230
41	41Helen	228
42	42Deborah	220
43	43Amanda	215
44	44Sandra	211
45	45Grainne	202
46	46Mairead	200
47	47Pamela	197
48	48Carol	195
49	49Eimear	184
50	50Yvonne	183
51	51Amy	181
52	52Clare	173
53	53Aine	169
54	54Emer	167
55	55Martina	167
56	56Suzanne	166
57	57Paula	161
58	58Rebecca	161
59	59Roisin	161
60	60Ruth	159
61	61Bridget	156
62	62Kathleen	146
63	63Eileen	144
64	64Jacqueline	143
65	65Anna	142
66	66Grace	142
67	67Gemma	139
68	68Geraldine	134
69	69Julie	134
70	70Alison	130
71	71Tracey	130
72	72Lorna	124
73	73Tara	124
74	74Bernadette	123
75	75Caitriona	121
76	76Catriona	119
77	77Jane	117
78	78Jessica	114
79	79Tracy	113
80	80Audrey	102
81	81Christina	102
82	82Angela	101
83	83Stephanie	99
84	84Olivia	98
85	85Teresa	98
86	86Anita	97
87	87Ellen	97
88	88Christine	95
89	89Natalie	94
90	90Andrea	93
91	91Emily	93
92	92Maeve	91
93	93Victoria	91
94	94Valerie	90
95	95Noreen	89
96	96Katherine	87
97	97Pauline	85
98	98Kim	84
99	99Melissa	83
100	100Carmel	81

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

Share this: