Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1983

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	829
2	2Mary	744
3	3Laura	714
4	4Michelle	684
5	5Jennifer	682
6	6Lisa	605
7	7Emma	560
8	8Sinead	541
9	9Karen	513
10	10Aoife	489
11	11Louise	489
12	12Catherine	484
13	13Elaine	447
14	14Niamh	426
15	15Claire	418
16	16Caroline	414
17	17Sharon	412
18	18Ciara	406
19	19Fiona	406
20	20Deirdre	387
21	21Lorraine	341
22	22Nicola	323
23	23Linda	312
24	24Margaret	309
25	25Elizabeth	293
26	26Rachel	289
27	27Anne	279
28	28Ann	267
29	29Siobhan	258
30	30Susan	258
31	31Aisling	256
32	32Maria	255
33	33Patricia	247
34	34Marie	236
35	35Joanne	235
36	36Donna	231
37	37Denise	226
38	38Orla	226
39	39Grace	211
40	40Amy	209
41	41Gillian	207
42	42Edel	205
43	43Emer	195
44	44Helen	195
45	45Amanda	191
46	46Martina	191
47	47Pamela	190
48	48Sandra	183
49	49Aine	172
50	50Ruth	171
51	51Deborah	169
52	52Carol	168
53	53Yvonne	167
54	54Eimear	166
55	55Stephanie	165
56	56Grainne	163
57	57Clare	154
58	58Melissa	154
59	59Bridget	153
60	60Jacqueline	144
61	61Suzanne	142
62	62Kathleen	141
63	63Mairead	139
64	64Julie	133
65	65Roisin	133
66	66Rebecca	130
67	67Geraldine	125
68	68Paula	125
69	69Catriona	123
70	70Tracey	123
71	71Tara	120
72	72Anna	117
73	73Alison	113
74	74Jessica	111
75	75Bernadette	109
76	76Jane	109
77	77Eileen	107
78	78Christina	104
79	79Gemma	104
80	80Teresa	103
81	81Aileen	101
82	82Kate	101
83	83Maeve	98
84	84Samantha	97
85	85Danielle	96
86	86Caitriona	94
87	87Ashling	92
88	88Christine	92
89	89Tracy	92
90	90Angela	91
91	91Lorna	91
92	92Victoria	87
93	93Emily	85
94	94Andrea	82
95	95Kim	82
96	96Tanya	82
97	97Audrey	79
98	98Natalie	77
99	99Anita	76
100	100Hazel	76

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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