Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1987

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	1,024
2	2Laura	752
3	3Emma	636
4	4Mary	603
5	5Lisa	593
6	6Ciara	556
7	7Michelle	548
8	8Jennifer	544
9	9Aoife	492
10	10Claire	451
11	11Niamh	443
12	12Sinead	429
13	13Louise	423
14	14Aisling	371
15	15Amy	357
16	16Catherine	346
17	17Rachel	342
18	18Nicola	337
19	19Fiona	334
20	20Elaine	322
21	21Amanda	318
22	22Karen	316
23	23Siobhan	271
24	24Margaret	265
25	25Deirdre	261
26	26Orla	241
27	27Tara	235
28	28Elizabeth	231
29	29Maria	223
30	30Caroline	222
31	31Stephanie	218
32	32Linda	216
33	33Marie	204
34	34Anne	201
35	35Lorraine	201
36	36Aine	197
37	37Sharon	193
38	38Grace	185
39	39Ann	177
40	40Rebecca	170
41	41Susan	169
42	42Danielle	166
43	43Gillian	164
44	44Edel	158
45	45Patricia	156
46	46Christina	152
47	47Denise	152
48	48Kate	150
49	49Donna	148
50	50Joanne	148
51	51Roisin	148
52	52Sandra	148
53	53Ruth	147
54	54Jessica	144
55	55Christine	137
56	56Samantha	137
57	57Marian	134
58	58Alison	132
59	59Clare	131
60	60Helen	131
61	61Melissa	130
62	62Deborah	128
63	63Grainne	128
64	64Yvonne	126
65	65Martina	124
66	66Leanne	123
67	67Emer	122
68	68Kelly	118
69	69Eimear	117
70	70Mairead	112
71	71Anna	109
72	72Carol	109
73	73Kim	109
74	74Lorna	106
75	75Paula	101
76	76Natasha	99
77	77Suzanne	98
78	78Kathleen	95
79	79Stacey	93
80	80Jane	92
81	81Caitriona	90
82	82Tracey	90
83	83Sara	89
84	84Andrea	87
85	85Bridget	87
86	86Gemma	87
87	87Catriona	85
88	88Julie	85
89	89Ashling	84
90	90Katie	83
91	91Victoria	82
92	92Maeve	81
93	93Ellen	80
94	94Pamela	79
95	95Jacqueline	78
96	96Eileen	77
97	97Bernadette	74
98	98Charlene	73
99	99Tanya	73
100	100Tracy	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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