Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
52.
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Adrian		 143 -4
35.
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Aidan		 234 +6
13.
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Alan		 567 +2
36.
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Andrew		 232 0
14.
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Anthony		 563 -1
48.
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Barry		 150 0
47.
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Bernard		 151 -9
21.
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Brendan		 395 0
10.
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Brian		 651 0
90.
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Cathal		 68 -8
62.
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Charles		 114 +4
39.
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Christopher		 221 -6
43.
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Ciaran		 166 0
68.
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Colin		 102 -5
32.
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Colm		 256 +7
45.
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Conor		 162 +5
84.
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Cormac		 76 +3
60.
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Cornelius		 118 -7
57.
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Damian		 126 -11
49.
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Damien		 149 -7
26.
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Daniel		 330 -1
40.
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Darren		 208 +48
4.
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David		 1,160 +2
15.
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Declan		 518 +5
28.
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Denis		 277 +1
24.
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Derek		 342 0
38.
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Dermot		 229 +1
55.
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Desmond		 136 -3
44.
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Donal		 165 0
87.
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Eamon		 71 -4
71.
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Eamonn		 96 -2
96.
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Edmond		 52 +2
23.
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Edward		 362 -1
65.
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Enda		 105 -5
81.
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Eoin		 78 -3
93.
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Eric		 58 new
66.
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Eugene		 103 -12
46.
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Fergal		 153 +19
86.
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Fergus		 73 -11
97.
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Finbarr		 50 -11
27.
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Francis		 305 0
71.
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Garrett		 96 0
97.
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Garry		 50 +1
58.
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Gary		 122 +9
99.
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Gavin		 47 new
77.
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George		 85 -5
80.
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Gerald		 80 +14
11.
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Gerard		 637 +1
94.
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Graham		 53 new
85.
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Gregory		 75 -7
94.
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Henry		 53 -10
75.
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Hugh		 93 -2
50.
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Ian		 147 -5
100.
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Ivan		 46 -9
5.
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James		 1,130 -1
53.
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Jason		 141 +35
59.
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Jeremiah		 119 +1
1.
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John		 2,629 0
78.
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Jonathan		 82 +17
16.
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Joseph		 483 -2
88.
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Justin		 70 +9
69.
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Karl		 101 +11
61.
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Keith		 115 +3
33.
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Kenneth		 254 -5
18.
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Kevin		 449 -1
30.
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Kieran		 270 +1
70.
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Laurence		 97 -12
50.
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Liam		 147 +7
9.
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Mark		 670 +2
12.
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Martin		 603 -3
76.
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Matthew		 92 -9
63.
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Maurice		 113 -7
2.
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Michael		 1,708 +1
28.
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Niall		 277 +4
81.
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Nicholas		 78 -6
88.
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Nigel		 70 +5
22.
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Noel		 372 +1
92.
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Oliver		 65 -12
81.
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Owen		 78 -12
66.
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Padraig		 103 +24
3.
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Patrick		 1,674 -1
7.
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Paul		 1,031 0
20.
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Peter		 427 -4
41.
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Philip		 206 -4
34.
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Raymond		 241 -5
25.
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Richard		 335 +1
19.
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Robert		 448 0
54.
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Ronan		 138 -7
90.
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Rory		 68 -15
64.
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Seamus		 112 -5
31.
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Sean		 259 +4
42.
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Shane		 190 +13
78.
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Simon		 82 +13
17.
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Stephen		 467 +1
71.
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Terence		 96 -9
6.
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Thomas		 1,095 -1
37.
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Timothy		 231 -3
74.
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Trevor		 95 +10
56.
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Vincent		 127 -5
8.
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William		 739 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
99.
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Aileen		 80 -11
71.
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Aisling		 117 +23
69.
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Alison		 121 +2
57.
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Amanda		 156 +1
35.
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Angela		 214 +1
94.
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Anita		 84 new
4.
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Ann		 619 0
58.
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Anna		 153 -10
7.
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Anne		 531 -1
88.
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Annette		 95 -25
100.
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Antoinette		 79 -12
48.
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Audrey		 180 +5
59.
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Barbara		 147 -3
23.
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Bernadette		 268 -11
79.
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Brenda		 105 -13
13.
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Bridget		 378 0
50.
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Brigid		 168 -3
33.
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Carmel		 215 -6
37.
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Carol		 203 -2
10.
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Caroline		 443 +1
2.
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Catherine		 939 0
56.
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Christina		 158 +1
78.
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Christine		 107 -11
79.
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Ciara		 105 -11
68.
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Claire		 123 -6
87.
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Clare		 96 -7
95.
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Clodagh		 81 new
64.
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Colette		 129 -9
40.
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Deborah		 194 +12
9.
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Deirdre		 514 -1
32.
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Denise		 221 +7
75.
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Edel		 109 -12
27.
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Eileen		 249 -1
22.
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Elaine		 291 +1
6.
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Elizabeth		 546 -1
60.
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Ellen		 146 -9
85.
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Emer		 99 +3
93.
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Emma		 87 new
8.
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Fiona		 519 +2
72.
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Frances		 111 +2
20.
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Geraldine		 322 0
65.
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Gillian		 128 +8
66.
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Grainne		 127 -5
14.
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Helen		 374 0
76.
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Helena		 108 -6
92.
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Jacinta		 88 new
36.
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Jacqueline		 212 -5
81.
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Jane		 104 +1
84.
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Jean		 100 0
37.
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Jennifer		 203 -4
44.
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Joan		 185 -4
69.
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Joanne		 121 new
51.
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Josephine		 167 -6
76.
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Julia		 108 -8
16.
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Karen		 357 0
26.
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Kathleen		 251 -1
90.
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Laura		 90 -8
17.
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Linda		 343 +1
54.
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Lisa		 161 +6
25.
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Lorraine		 254 +3
42.
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Louise		 188 +2
95.
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Majella		 81 -11
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Margaret		 830 0
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Maria		 227 +4
28.
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Marie		 246 -4
12.
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Martina		 385 +3
1.
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Mary		 1,896 0
61.
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Michele		 135 -2
18.
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Michelle		 334 +3
95.
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Miriam		 81 -14
33.
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Niamh		 215 +10
66.
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Nicola		 127 +6
49.
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Nora		 176 -11
82.
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Noreen		 101 -5
39.
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Orla		 201 -9
91.
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Pamela		 89 -17
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Patricia		 415 -2
42.
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Paula		 188 -10
55.
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Pauline		 160 -13
41.
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Rachel		 189 +22
73.
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Rose		 110 +18
61.
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Ruth		 135 +16
82.
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Samantha		 101 new
15.
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Sandra		 373 +4
44.
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Sarah		 185 +5
5.
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Sharon		 601 +2
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Sheila		 163 +1
95.
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Shirley		 81 -2
24.
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Sinead		 266 +17
21.
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Siobhan		 312 +1
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Susan		 325 -2
46.
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Suzanne		 182 0
53.
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Tara		 162 +43
28.
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Teresa		 246 +1
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Tracey		 110 new
63.
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Tracy		 134 new
88.
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Una		 95 -4
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Valerie		 182 +4
85.
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Veronica		 99 -11
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Yvonne		 225 +5
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Popularity extremes for Ireland