Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1984

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	830
2	2Mary	669
3	3Lisa	666
4	4Laura	665
5	5Jennifer	661
6	6Michelle	608
7	7Catherine	498
8	8Emma	493
9	9Karen	461
10	10Claire	455
11	11Sinead	453
12	12Niamh	444
13	13Ciara	438
14	14Elaine	434
15	15Louise	429
16	16Aoife	420
17	17Fiona	370
18	18Caroline	351
19	19Aisling	311
20	20Deirdre	309
21	21Sharon	300
22	22Rachel	299
23	23Nicola	296
24	24Linda	287
25	25Lorraine	285
26	26Margaret	282
27	27Elizabeth	279
28	28Amy	247
29	29Anne	247
30	30Siobhan	244
31	31Susan	244
32	32Ann	240
33	33Maria	240
34	34Orla	236
35	35Joanne	230
36	36Marie	228
37	37Patricia	224
38	38Edel	211
39	39Gillian	204
40	40Denise	199
41	41Aine	195
42	42Sandra	190
43	43Carol	184
44	44Donna	181
45	45Helen	179
46	46Yvonne	171
47	47Amanda	164
48	48Melissa	162
49	49Emer	159
50	50Gemma	157
51	51Stephanie	154
52	52Martina	153
53	53Mairead	152
54	54Ruth	151
55	55Deborah	148
56	56Bridget	147
57	57Grace	147
58	58Tara	145
59	59Rebecca	142
60	60Roisin	141
61	61Pamela	140
62	62Suzanne	140
63	63Tracey	139
64	64Clare	136
65	65Anna	135
66	66Jacqueline	134
67	67Alison	124
68	68Kathleen	123
69	69Grainne	122
70	70Julie	122
71	71Bernadette	121
72	72Samantha	115
73	73Eimear	112
74	74Jane	110
75	75Caitriona	105
76	76Catriona	105
77	77Geraldine	104
78	78Danielle	102
79	79Jessica	102
80	80Lorna	100
81	81Paula	99
82	82Teresa	99
83	83Christina	98
84	84Andrea	94
85	85Christine	93
86	86Kim	93
87	87Tanya	93
88	88Kate	89
89	89Kelly	87
90	90Tracy	87
91	91Ashling	86
92	92Eileen	81
93	93Maeve	81
94	94Victoria	81
95	95Emily	79
96	96Natasha	76
97	97Angela	75
98	98Audrey	74
99	99Natalie	74
100	100Barbara	73

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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