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		 2,431 0
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Michael		 1,600 0
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Patrick		 1,484 0
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David		 1,262 0
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Paul		 1,112 +1
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James		 1,002 -1
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Thomas		 996 0
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Mark		 927 0
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Brian		 692 0
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Alan		 605 +1
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Martin		 605 +2
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Stephen		 602 +1
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William		 582 -3
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Declan		 529 +1
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Anthony		 518 -1
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Gerard		 486 0
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Kevin		 471 +2
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Peter		 470 +2
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Robert		 466 -1
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Joseph		 458 -3
21.
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Jason		 418 +4
22.
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Brendan		 374 +1
23.
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Noel		 363 +4
24.
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Keith		 361 +15
25.
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Shane		 351 +6
26.
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Richard		 344 +2
27.
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Derek		 341 -5
28.
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Niall		 319 -4
29.
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Edward		 317 -8
29.
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Sean		 317 +4
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Kenneth		 305 -5
32.
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Darren		 292 0
33.
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Daniel		 285 +3
34.
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Kieran		 283 +7
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Francis		 272 -6
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Raymond		 264 -2
37.
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Barry		 260 +3
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Andrew		 259 0
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Christopher		 251 +4
40.
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Philip		 247 +2
41.
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Aidan		 242 +4
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Denis		 236 -7
43.
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Adrian		 229 +7
44.
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Colm		 222 -7
45.
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Ciaran		 216 +6
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Ian		 216 +3
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Conor		 210 +5
48.
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Dermot		 209 -18
49.
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Colin		 203 0
49.
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Damien		 203 -2
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Ronan		 203 -3
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Timothy		 200 -8
53.
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Donal		 199 +1
54.
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Gavin		 175 +2
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Trevor		 175 +9
56.
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Liam		 169 +1
57.
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Damian		 168 +7
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Jonathan		 158 +6
59.
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Bernard		 156 +1
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Fergal		 153 -7
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Gary		 153 -6
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Seamus		 153 -2
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Eoin		 143 +10
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Graham		 143 +13
65.
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Vincent		 137 -6
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Karl		 131 0
67.
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Enda		 129 +5
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Maurice		 119 +2
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Cornelius		 117 -8
70.
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Cathal		 114 -3
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Garrett		 112 +14
72.
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Owen		 109 +9
73.
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Simon		 108 -4
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Eugene		 106 +3
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Laurence		 105 -2
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Terence		 103 -3
77.
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Fergus		 99 +12
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Matthew		 99 -9
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Neil		 98 +14
80.
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Eamonn		 97 +7
81.
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Desmond		 96 -19
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Hugh		 96 -3
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Cormac		 95 0
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Garry		 94 +15
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Rory		 92 -5
86.
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Padraig		 90 -2
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George		 89 -6
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Justin		 88 -2
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Nicholas		 88 -9
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Charles		 84 -2
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Eric		 84 +4
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Jeremiah		 84 -20
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Nigel		 81 -2
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Gareth		 73 new
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Gordon		 73 new
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Gregory		 73 -2
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Wayne		 69 new
98.
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Finbarr		 61 -1
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Daragh		 57 new
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Eamon		 57 -10
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Gerald		 57 new
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Oliver		 57 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 1,529 0
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Catherine		 785 0
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Margaret		 686 0
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Sinead		 659 +1
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Caroline		 604 +6
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Fiona		 563 -2
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Deirdre		 529 +2
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Elizabeth		 520 -2
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Anne		 489 +1
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Michelle		 468 +2
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Sharon		 460 -3
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Ann		 453 -5
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Linda		 437 +2
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Karen		 425 0
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Martina		 391 +2
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Elaine		 388 0
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Sandra		 378 +1
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Patricia		 376 -5
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Jennifer		 361 0
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Lisa		 358 +5
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Siobhan		 332 +1
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Lorraine		 327 -3
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Louise		 325 +10
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Susan		 322 -3
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Bridget		 314 -2
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Niamh		 313 +2
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Helen		 289 -3
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Yvonne		 287 -2
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Marie		 279 0
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Maria		 263 -3
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Gillian		 261 +3
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Geraldine		 260 -3
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Sarah		 249 -2
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Denise		 238 +3
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Nicola		 235 +12
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Jacqueline		 233 +2
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Amanda		 230 +13
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Orla		 223 -6
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Bernadette		 215 -3
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Claire		 215 +10
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Teresa		 215 +6
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Deborah		 209 +2
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Kathleen		 203 -8
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Aisling		 202 +4
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Carmel		 200 0
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Eileen		 194 -8
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Audrey		 187 +9
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Suzanne		 185 -6
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Rachel		 182 -6
50.
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Emma		 177 +36
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Tara		 177 +2
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Edel		 175 +10
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Angela		 171 -2
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Carol		 166 -13
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Paula		 166 -14
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Ciara		 165 +3
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Ruth		 165 +6
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Clare		 162 +23
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Emer		 151 +5
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Grainne		 150 -7
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Joanne		 149 +8
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Tracey		 144 +10
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Valerie		 141 -6
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Anna		 140 -9
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Josephine		 139 +9
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Sheila		 139 +10
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Aoife		 137 +13
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Barbara		 137 -13
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Nora		 136 -3
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Shirley		 136 -3
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Alison		 134 -7
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Pauline		 132 -3
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Colette		 128 +3
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Jane		 126 -2
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Christina		 124 -14
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Joan		 121 -16
77.
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Ellen		 117 -11
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Laura		 117 +4
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Tracy		 111 -22
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Mairead		 109 -3
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Sonya		 109 new
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Anita		 108 +3
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Annette		 107 +4
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Noreen		 106 -6
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Clodagh		 101 +6
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Catriona		 98 new
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Una		 95 +11
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Olivia		 94 new
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Aileen		 93 +2
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Frances		 93 -8
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Lorna		 93 new
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Brigid		 92 -23
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Roisin		 92 -1
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Brenda		 91 +5
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Pamela		 90 -5
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Julie		 89 -1
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Aine		 88 new
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Helena		 87 -10
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Christine		 84 -15
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Jean		 84 -21
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Popularity extremes for Ireland