Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1985

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	824
2	2Laura	782
3	3Michelle	650
4	4Mary	644
5	5Emma	634
6	6Jennifer	599
7	7Lisa	552
8	8Ciara	540
9	9Aoife	526
10	10Claire	475
11	11Niamh	468
12	12Elaine	437
13	13Louise	437
14	14Catherine	435
15	15Karen	381
16	16Sinead	381
17	17Amanda	360
18	18Aisling	347
19	19Fiona	341
20	20Amy	312
21	21Caroline	307
22	22Rachel	306
23	23Deirdre	305
24	24Linda	291
25	25Nicola	277
26	26Lorraine	268
27	27Margaret	262
28	28Orla	262
29	29Maria	257
30	30Elizabeth	249
31	31Sharon	243
32	32Ann	235
33	33Marie	229
34	34Siobhan	228
35	35Anne	214
36	36Edel	210
37	37Susan	205
38	38Donna	196
39	39Patricia	184
40	40Sandra	178
41	41Aine	174
42	42Ruth	171
43	43Emer	162
44	44Tara	158
45	45Clare	157
46	46Deborah	157
47	47Helen	155
48	48Christina	152
49	49Gillian	150
50	50Rebecca	149
51	51Eimear	148
52	52Denise	143
53	53Grace	141
54	54Samantha	141
55	55Kate	140
56	56Stephanie	140
57	57Roisin	138
58	58Mairead	136
59	59Carol	135
60	60Melissa	133
61	61Yvonne	133
62	62Andrea	132
63	63Joanne	132
64	64Danielle	131
65	65Martina	129
66	66Pamela	126
67	67Grainne	116
68	68Suzanne	115
69	69Jacqueline	113
70	70Gemma	111
71	71Julie	111
72	72Anna	110
73	73Kathleen	110
74	74Alison	105
75	75Paula	104
76	76Catriona	103
77	77Jessica	103
78	78Christine	100
79	79Jane	95
80	80Lorna	93
81	81Tracey	93
82	82Leanne	92
83	83Bridget	91
84	84Eileen	91
85	85Geraldine	91
86	86Kelly	86
87	87Anita	83
88	88Katherine	83
89	89Kim	83
90	90Caitriona	80
91	91Ashling	78
92	92Bernadette	78
93	93Charlene	77
94	94Aileen	76
95	95Maeve	75
96	96Ellen	74
97	97Emily	73
98	98Jean	73
99	99Teresa	73
100	100Natalie	72

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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