Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1988

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	921
2	2Laura	771
3	3Emma	613
4	4Lisa	581
5	5Ciara	564
6	6Niamh	514
7	7Mary	505
8	8Michelle	501
9	9Jennifer	496
10	10Aoife	471
11	11Sinead	460
12	12Claire	427
13	13Louise	401
14	14Amy	347
15	15Rachel	346
16	16Aisling	340
17	17Catherine	339
18	18Elaine	309
19	19Karen	309
20	20Fiona	289
21	21Nicola	267
22	22Margaret	227
23	23Amanda	216
24	24Caroline	202
25	25Danielle	201
26	26Siobhan	199
27	27Leanne	198
28	28Maria	198
29	29Grace	196
30	30Orla	194
31	31Rebecca	194
32	32Deirdre	191
33	33Aine	188
34	34Linda	183
35	35Ann	180
36	36Lorraine	178
37	37Denise	177
38	38Elizabeth	177
39	39Sharon	176
40	40Anne	165
41	41Tara	164
42	42Marie	155
43	43Stephanie	154
44	44Gillian	152
45	45Kate	151
46	46Jessica	149
47	47Susan	149
48	48Eimear	148
49	49Grainne	143
50	50Helen	141
51	51Roisin	138
52	52Charlene	136
53	53Donna	136
54	54Kelly	136
55	55Ruth	131
56	56Edel	127
57	57Christine	126
58	58Alison	125
59	59Clare	124
60	60Katie	122
61	61Joanne	117
62	62Samantha	117
63	63Kathleen	116
64	64Mairead	115
65	65Patricia	113
66	66Christina	108
67	67Marian	108
68	68Melissa	108
69	69Anna	107
70	70Bridget	103
71	71Gemma	103
72	72Deborah	102
73	73Sandra	100
74	74Julie	99
75	75Kim	97
76	76Carol	96
77	77Andrea	95
78	78Emer	92
79	79Suzanne	92
80	80Martina	91
81	81Natasha	90
82	82Tracey	88
83	83Lorna	87
84	84Nicole	83
85	85Caoimhe	79
86	86Jane	79
87	87Stacey	79
88	88Tanya	79
89	89Victoria	78
90	90Tracy	76
91	91Catriona	74
92	92Emily	74
93	93Yvonne	74
94	94Lauren	73
95	95Caitriona	72
96	96Ellen	72
97	97Paula	72
98	98Sara	70
99	99Ashling	69
100	100Jacqueline	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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