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		 2,654 0
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Michael		 1,745 0
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Patrick		 1,705 0
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David		 1,269 0
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James		 1,190 0
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Thomas		 1,054 0
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Paul		 1,030 0
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Mark		 748 +1
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Brian		 736 +1
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William		 698 -2
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Martin		 599 +1
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Declan		 574 +3
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Alan		 569 0
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Stephen		 568 +3
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Anthony		 556 -1
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Gerard		 524 -5
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Peter		 521 +3
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Kevin		 519 0
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Joseph		 508 -3
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Robert		 481 -1
21.
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Brendan		 368 0
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Noel		 360 0
23.
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Edward		 339 0
24.
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Derek		 335 0
25.
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Richard		 328 0
26.
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Andrew		 294 +10
27.
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Sean		 291 +4
28.
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Daniel		 288 -2
28.
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Francis		 288 -1
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Denis		 284 -2
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Kenneth		 277 +2
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Kieran		 273 -2
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Philip		 272 +8
34.
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Christopher		 268 +5
35.
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Darren		 265 +5
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Niall		 265 -7
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Jason		 252 +16
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Timothy		 233 -1
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Raymond		 232 -5
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Keith		 227 +21
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Dermot		 220 -3
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Conor		 219 +3
43.
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Colm		 217 -11
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Aidan		 213 -9
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Barry		 211 +3
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Damien		 206 +3
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Colin		 204 +21
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Shane		 200 -6
49.
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Ronan		 188 +5
50.
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Ciaran		 173 -7
51.
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Bernard		 171 -4
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Adrian		 169 0
53.
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Ian		 162 -3
54.
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Donal		 160 -10
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Gary		 160 +4
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Seamus		 146 +8
57.
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Cornelius		 142 +3
58.
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Vincent		 140 -2
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Fergal		 139 -13
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Damian		 130 -3
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Liam		 127 -11
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Trevor		 126 +12
63.
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Desmond		 120 -8
64.
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Laurence		 118 +6
65.
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Eoin		 113 +16
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Enda		 109 -1
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Jonathan		 107 +11
68.
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Karl		 104 +1
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Eamonn		 103 +2
70.
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Eugene		 102 -4
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Jeremiah		 102 -11
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Terence		 100 -1
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Graham		 99 +21
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George		 98 +3
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Nigel		 97 +13
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Maurice		 96 -13
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Charles		 94 -15
78.
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Hugh		 92 -3
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Matthew		 92 -2
80.
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Cathal		 90 +10
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Rory		 88 +9
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Eamon		 87 +5
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Fergus		 86 +3
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Garrett		 85 -13
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Nicholas		 84 -4
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Gavin		 83 +13
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Cormac		 82 -3
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Padraig		 81 -22
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Simon		 80 -11
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Owen		 77 -9
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Garry		 76 +6
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Gregory		 74 -7
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Gerald		 73 -13
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Finbarr		 69 +3
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Fintan		 69 new
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Diarmuid		 68 new
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Justin		 67 -9
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Neil		 65 new
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Oliver		 61 -7
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Wayne		 57 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 1,907 0
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Catherine		 914 0
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Margaret		 837 0
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Fiona		 616 +4
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Sinead		 598 +19
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Ann		 582 -2
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Elizabeth		 579 -1
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Sharon		 570 -3
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Anne		 538 -2
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Deirdre		 535 -1
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Caroline		 484 -1
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Patricia		 467 -1
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Michelle		 434 +5
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Sandra		 422 +1
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Siobhan		 401 +6
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Elaine		 354 +6
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Karen		 354 0
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Linda		 354 +1
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Geraldine		 349 +1
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Bridget		 348 -7
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Martina		 344 -9
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Helen		 339 -8
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Susan		 335 -4
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Bernadette		 302 -1
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Maria		 289 +5
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Marie		 271 +2
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Lorraine		 260 -2
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Lisa		 254 +26
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Jennifer		 251 +8
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Yvonne		 247 +1
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Eileen		 240 -4
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Niamh		 238 +1
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Denise		 233 -1
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Sarah		 229 +10
35.
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Carol		 225 +2
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Gillian		 221 +29
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Carmel		 215 -4
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Louise		 214 +4
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Angela		 209 -4
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Jacqueline		 209 -3
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Orla		 209 0
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Teresa		 207 -14
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Rachel		 200 -2
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Suzanne		 198 +2
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Kathleen		 196 -19
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Deborah		 190 -6
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Nora		 183 +2
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Audrey		 174 0
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Barbara		 172 +10
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Valerie		 170 -4
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Paula		 169 -9
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Anna		 164 +6
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Josephine		 161 -2
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Tracy		 160 +9
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Brigid		 157 -5
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Amanda		 156 +1
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Claire		 155 +11
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Aisling		 153 +13
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Joan		 147 -15
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Nicola		 147 +7
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Christina		 144 -5
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Sheila		 143 -10
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Ciara		 139 +16
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Shirley		 135 +31
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Joanne		 134 +4
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Pauline		 134 -10
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Tara		 133 -14
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Ruth		 132 -7
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Colette		 131 -5
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Ellen		 128 -10
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Annette		 127 +17
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Tracey		 127 +2
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Edel		 126 +2
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Grainne		 121 -8
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Anita		 120 +19
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Alison		 114 -7
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Brenda		 113 +2
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Jane		 111 +3
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Frances		 107 -7
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Helena		 107 -3
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Noreen		 107 +3
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Emer		 100 +3
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Jean		 99 +1
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Samantha		 99 -1
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Clodagh		 98 +10
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Clare		 97 +1
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Laura		 97 +4
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Julia		 96 -12
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Veronica		 94 -4
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Andrea		 93 new
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Antoinette		 93 +10
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Maeve		 93 new
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Michele		 93 -29
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Majella		 91 +1
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Pamela		 91 -3
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Una		 91 -6
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Rose		 89 -24
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Miriam		 88 -3
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Katherine		 87 new
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Nuala		 86 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland