Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1997

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sarah	840
2	2Aoife	727
3	3Ciara	624
4	4Emma	623
5	5Niamh	622
6	6Rachel	543
7	7Rebecca	525
8	8Amy	524
9	9Chloe	510
10	10Laura	501
11	11Megan	482
12	12Lauren	473
13	13Katie	436
14	14Shannon	385
15	15Shauna	370
16	16Mary	345
17	17Nicole	322
18	18Aisling	306
19	19Jessica	301
20	20Sinead	282
21	21Roisin	272
22	22Hannah	269
23	23Sophie	261
24	24Ellen	260
25	25Caoimhe	252
26	26Kate	245
27	27Emily	225
28	28Claire	206
29	29Lisa	200
30	30Eimear	197
31	31Jennifer	194
32	32Michelle	189
33	33Leah	185
34	34Catherine	182
35	35Aine	173
36	36Orla	172
37	37Tara	168
38	38Kelly	165
39	39Anna	153
40	40Danielle	153
41	41Jade	152
42	42Elizabeth	151
43	43Louise	145
44	44Saoirse	142
45	45Grace	133
46	46Kayleigh	133
47	47Zoe	132
48	48Hayley	130
49	49Clodagh	125
50	50Fiona	121
51	51Gemma	120
52	52Maria	118
53	53Alison	114
54	54Grainne	114
55	55Michaela	114
56	56Leanne	104
57	57Siobhan	100
58	58Stephanie	97
59	59Courtney	94
60	60Margaret	94
61	61Karen	93
62	62Jane	92
63	63Lucy	89
64	64Rachael	84
65	65Holly	83
66	66Maeve	82
67	67Ruth	81
68	68Eva	80
69	69Nicola	78
70	70Robyn	78
71	71Elaine	77
72	72Natasha	76
73	73Samantha	75
74	74Kathleen	74
75	75Emer	73
76	76Caroline	71
77	77Sorcha	71
78	78Chelsea	70
79	79Hazel	70
80	80Melissa	67
81	81Molly	67
82	82Lorna	66
83	83Anne	63
84	84Erica	62
85	85Alannah	61
86	86Helen	61
87	87Joanne	61
88	88Alice	60
89	89Deirdre	60
90	90Mairead	59
91	91Marie	59
92	92Ann	58
93	93Lorraine	58
94	94Cliona	57
95	95Orlaith	57
96	96Aimee	55
97	97Bridget	55
98	98Caitlin	54
99	99Julie	54
100	100Kim	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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