Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1986

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	953
2	2Laura	783
3	3Michelle	626
4	4Jennifer	609
5	5Emma	605
6	6Ciara	570
7	7Mary	570
8	8Lisa	542
9	9Niamh	494
10	10Claire	476
11	11Sinead	474
12	12Aoife	465
13	13Louise	414
14	14Catherine	394
15	15Amanda	371
16	16Elaine	354
17	17Nicola	342
18	18Aisling	337
19	19Karen	335
20	20Amy	330
21	21Rachel	327
22	22Fiona	309
23	23Caroline	304
24	24Deirdre	276
25	25Orla	238
26	26Linda	234
27	27Lorraine	230
28	28Ann	228
29	29Maria	225
30	30Siobhan	225
31	31Edel	219
32	32Sharon	207
33	33Samantha	206
34	34Susan	206
35	35Elizabeth	202
36	36Anne	201
37	37Margaret	201
38	38Tara	201
39	39Patricia	192
40	40Aine	189
41	41Marie	189
42	42Stephanie	185
43	43Gillian	180
44	44Rebecca	179
45	45Sandra	179
46	46Danielle	172
47	47Donna	169
48	48Eimear	165
49	49Denise	162
50	50Grace	159
51	51Clare	156
52	52Helen	155
53	53Ruth	153
54	54Emer	148
55	55Roisin	147
56	56Christina	142
57	57Jessica	140
58	58Julie	140
59	59Yvonne	138
60	60Kate	134
61	61Anna	130
62	62Joanne	129
63	63Andrea	128
64	64Bridget	126
65	65Mairead	125
66	66Tracey	124
67	67Martina	123
68	68Christine	122
69	69Melissa	122
70	70Caitriona	120
71	71Carol	119
72	72Grainne	118
73	73Jacqueline	113
74	74Alison	107
75	75Gemma	107
76	76Deborah	105
77	77Paula	100
78	78Leanne	98
79	79Suzanne	94
80	80Kelly	93
81	81Geraldine	92
82	82Catriona	88
83	83Natasha	87
84	84Pamela	87
85	85Anita	84
86	86Tracy	84
87	87Kathleen	81
88	88Kim	81
89	89Lorna	81
90	90Bernadette	78
91	91Victoria	78
92	92Teresa	77
93	93Maeve	76
94	94Ashling	75
95	95Eileen	73
96	96Stacey	73
97	97Jane	72
98	98Natalie	70
99	99Ellen	69
100	100Sara	69

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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