Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1996

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	799
2	2Emma	617
3	3Niamh	612
4	4Ciara	596
5	5Aoife	584
6	6Laura	577
7	7Lauren	485
8	8Rebecca	474
9	9Amy	442
10	10Megan	423
11	11Chloe	421
12	12Rachel	397
13	13Shauna	396
14	14Katie	392
15	15Nicole	358
16	16Mary	356
17	17Aisling	336
18	18Shannon	336
19	19Jessica	311
20	20Sinead	287
21	21Hannah	251
22	22Roisin	248
23	23Michelle	245
24	24Jennifer	237
25	25Kate	223
26	26Eimear	222
27	27Ellen	219
28	28Claire	212
29	29Sophie	210
30	30Lisa	202
31	31Emily	190
32	32Louise	189
33	33Aine	184
34	34Danielle	184
35	35Catherine	181
36	36Kelly	171
37	37Orla	171
38	38Leah	167
39	39Leanne	167
40	40Caoimhe	161
41	41Tara	158
42	42Margaret	149
43	43Anna	141
44	44Elizabeth	133
45	45Jade	131
46	46Alison	123
47	47Fiona	122
48	48Clodagh	118
49	49Siobhan	118
50	50Grace	115
51	51Saoirse	113
52	52Stephanie	109
53	53Ruth	107
54	54Maria	100
55	55Michaela	100
56	56Kayleigh	99
57	57Caroline	97
58	58Nicola	97
59	59Zoe	94
60	60Hayley	90
61	61Emer	86
62	62Gemma	86
63	63Karen	86
64	64Melissa	83
65	65Elaine	81
66	66Grainne	81
67	67Holly	79
68	68Anne	77
69	69Natasha	76
70	70Alice	71
71	71Bridget	70
72	72Samantha	69
73	73Rachael	68
74	74Christina	67
75	75Marie	67
76	76Aimee	66
77	77Joanne	66
78	78Eva	65
79	79Lorna	65
80	80Deirdre	64
81	81Gillian	64
82	82Helen	64
83	83Jane	64
84	84Lorraine	64
85	85Sorcha	64
86	86Amanda	63
87	87Heather	62
88	88Lucy	61
89	89Sharon	61
90	90Edel	60
91	91Kathleen	60
92	92Cliona	58
93	93Kellie	58
94	94Patricia	58
95	95Ann	57
96	96Nadine	57
97	97Robyn	57
98	98Alexandra	55
99	99Clare	54
100	100Naomi	54

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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