Top 100 baby girl names for births in Ireland during year 1998

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Chloe	575
2	2Ciara	539
3	3Sarah	537
4	4Aoife	529
5	5Emma	514
6	6Niamh	492
7	7Rachel	444
8	8Megan	393
9	9Rebecca	388
10	10Lauren	363
11	11Laura	357
12	12Amy	353
13	13Katie	319
14	14Shauna	267
15	15Shannon	255
16	16Nicole	245
17	17Sophie	242
18	18Hannah	236
19	19Jessica	233
20	20Roisin	213
21	21Aisling	212
22	22Kate	197
23	23Sinead	195
24	24Caoimhe	184
25	25Emily	178
26	26Ellen	154
27	27Leah	146
28	28Jennifer	145
29	29Aine	140
30	30Eimear	140
31	31Orla	138
32	32Grace	135
33	33Anna	133
34	34Mary	128
35	35Jade	121
36	36Louise	120
37	37Claire	117
38	38Saoirse	117
39	39Clodagh	114
40	40Tara	114
41	41Danielle	109
42	42Michelle	107
43	43Courtney	105
44	44Leanne	97
45	45Alison	93
46	46Lucy	89
47	47Lisa	88
48	48Kayleigh	87
49	49Michaela	85
50	50Siobhan	79
51	51Catherine	78
52	52Fiona	78
53	53Kelly	77
54	54Caitlin	74
55	55Ruth	72
56	56Chelsea	70
57	57Gemma	70
58	58Grainne	70
59	59Elizabeth	68
60	60Rachael	65
61	61Zoe	65
62	62Nicola	63
63	63Emer	62
64	64Jane	61
65	65Erin	60
66	66Eva	59
67	67Alexandra	57
68	68Eve	56
69	69Karen	53
70	70Maeve	53
71	71Robyn	53
72	72Stephanie	53
73	73Alanna	52
74	74Maria	52
75	75Holly	51
76	76Nadine	51
77	77Elaine	50
78	78Natasha	48
79	79Sorcha	48
80	80Sara	46
81	81Alannah	44
82	82Erica	44
83	83Amber	43
84	84Andrea	43
85	85Cliona	43
86	86Olivia	43
87	87Molly	42
88	88Aimee	41
89	89Ava	41
90	90Alice	40
91	91Hayley	40
92	92Julie	40
93	93Lorna	40
94	94Ella	39
95	95Heather	39
96	96Kim	39
97	97Margaret	38
98	98Victoria	38
99	99Jodie	37
100	100Mairead	37

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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