Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
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John		 3,360 0
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Patrick		 2,281 0
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Michael		 2,057 0
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James		 1,464 +1
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Thomas		 1,367 +1
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Paul		 1,323 -2
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David		 1,102 0
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William		 1,000 0
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Martin		 843 0
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Gerard		 837 0
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Joseph		 705 0
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Anthony		 663 0
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Brian		 585 +1
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Peter		 578 -1
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Kevin		 469 0
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Brendan		 436 +1
17.
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Edward		 423 +1
18.
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Declan		 412 +5
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Francis		 393 -3
20.
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Stephen		 379 +5
21.
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Noel		 374 -1
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Richard		 354 +2
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Robert		 353 -1
24.
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Denis		 350 -3
25.
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Daniel		 344 -6
26.
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Mark		 318 +2
27.
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Alan		 316 +2
28.
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Christopher		 270 -1
29.
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Timothy		 263 -3
30.
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Derek		 255 0
31.
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Kieran		 252 +1
32.
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Andrew		 236 +2
33.
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Aidan		 233 +4
34.
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Bernard		 211 -1
35.
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Dermot		 207 -1
36.
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Raymond		 205 -6
37.
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Philip		 202 -1
38.
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Donal		 189 +7
39.
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Niall		 184 +8
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Kenneth		 182 +1
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Sean		 163 -3
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Jeremiah		 162 -3
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Cornelius		 158 -4
44.
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Vincent		 154 -2
45.
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Desmond		 148 -2
46.
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Charles		 145 -3
47.
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Eugene		 135 +3
48.
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Colm		 133 -3
49.
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Matthew		 129 +10
50.
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Maurice		 128 +1
51.
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Ciaran		 124 -2
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Laurence		 123 -4
53.
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Hugh		 118 0
54.
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Ian		 110 +8
55.
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Terence		 108 0
56.
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Conor		 107 0
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George		 107 -4
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Seamus		 105 +2
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Liam		 103 -5
60.
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Eamonn		 95 +4
61.
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Damian		 86 +12
62.
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Adrian		 82 +3
63.
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Ronan		 81 +4
64.
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Gerald		 78 -7
65.
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Eamon		 75 -3
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Nicholas		 75 -7
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Shane		 75 +10
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Henry		 72 -8
69.
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Oliver		 68 -1
70.
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Enda		 66 +5
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Fergus		 66 -4
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Owen		 65 -1
73.
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Damien		 63 +2
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Garrett		 63 +5
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Finbarr		 60 -5
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Simon		 60 +16
77.
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Barry		 59 -8
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Edmond		 59 +3
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Eoin		 59 +6
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Gregory		 55 -2
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Gabriel		 54 -9
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Padraig		 52 +6
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Gary		 51 +1
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Keith		 51 +13
85.
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Fintan		 49 +15
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Colin		 48 +3
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Fergal		 46 +6
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Karl		 45 -2
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Neil		 45 -6
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Rory		 43 -17
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Arthur		 42 +7
92.
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Cormac		 41 -5
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Cyril		 41 new
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Diarmuid		 39 new
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Bartholomew		 38 -14
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Dominic		 37 -12
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Donald		 37 new
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Eric		 36 -4
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Leo		 35 new
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Nigel		 35 -1
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Roger		 35 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 3,229 0
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Margaret		 1,395 +1
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Catherine		 1,351 -1
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Anne		 840 +1
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Ann		 807 -1
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Elizabeth		 779 0
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Geraldine		 591 +2
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Patricia		 581 +2
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Bridget		 555 -1
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Caroline		 501 -3
11.
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Deirdre		 470 +3
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Helen		 453 +1
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Jacqueline		 431 -2
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Sandra		 417 +2
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Bernadette		 389 0
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Martina		 369 +2
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Eileen		 367 0
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Kathleen		 319 +5
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Susan		 319 +4
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Teresa		 318 -1
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Angela		 314 +3
22.
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Nora		 310 +8
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Linda		 309 +5
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Pauline		 300 -12
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Carmel		 294 -4
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Brigid		 293 +3
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Fiona		 290 +5
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Karen		 289 +13
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Marie		 286 -3
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Anna		 285 +4
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Ellen		 281 -4
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Sharon		 266 +7
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Joan		 262 -2
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Josephine		 247 -9
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Siobhan		 247 +1
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Maria		 243 -3
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Carol		 217 -1
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Paula		 215 -18
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Orla		 186 +13
40.
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Lorraine		 173 +7
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Sarah		 172 +5
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Yvonne		 167 +3
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Frances		 163 -5
44.
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Sheila		 161 -7
45.
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Barbara		 153 -2
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Julia		 153 -3
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Christina		 148 -7
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Colette		 144 -1
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Valerie		 141 +1
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Rose		 137 -1
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Denise		 134 +5
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Grainne		 133 +10
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Clare		 132 +2
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Veronica		 130 -3
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Brenda		 120 +8
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Elaine		 117 +2
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Louise		 116 -3
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Christine		 108 +7
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Suzanne		 107 +8
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Alice		 102 -3
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Jean		 101 +17
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Michele		 101 new
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Claire		 99 +12
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Miriam		 99 -10
65.
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Annette		 97 +3
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Ruth		 96 +21
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Jane		 94 -8
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Monica		 93 +2
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Helena		 92 -6
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Rosemary		 92 +2
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Katherine		 91 +6
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Nuala		 91 +19
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Audrey		 90 +12
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Noreen		 89 -9
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Deborah		 87 +1
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Rita		 85 -17
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Theresa		 83 -16
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Evelyn		 82 +5
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Adrienne		 81 -5
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Imelda		 80 +7
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Johanna		 80 -36
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Marian		 80 -2
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Regina		 80 new
84.
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Majella		 79 +11
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Emer		 78 new
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Dolores		 77 -6
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Janet		 75 new
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Jennifer		 75 -19
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Jacinta		 73 +4
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Niamh		 73 new
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Una		 73 -2
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Edel		 71 -9
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Antoinette		 70 +2
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Maeve		 70 -13
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Noeleen		 70 new
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Michelle		 69 new
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Olive		 69 -24
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Therese		 67 new
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Irene		 66 -14
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Philomena		 65 -28
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Popularity extremes for Ireland