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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Aaron		 594 0
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Adam		 532 -1
62.
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Aidan		 121 +1
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Alan		 205 -7
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Alex		 70 -2
82.
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Alexander		 81 +1
23.
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Andrew		 316 -4
50.
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Anthony		 169 -7
76.
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Barry		 98 +1
59.
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Ben		 130 +15
84.
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Benjamin		 70 +4
70.
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Brandon		 106 +29
73.
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Brendan		 100 -13
24.
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Brian		 315 0
37.
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Cathal		 243 +6
30.
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Christopher		 293 -4
18.
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Cian		 402 +4
25.
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Ciaran		 306 0
72.
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Cillian		 101 -2
65.
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Colin		 114 +10
54.
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Colm		 151 +1
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Conor		 867 -1
65.
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Cormac		 114 -6
46.
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Craig		 178 +4
88.
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Daire		 67 +6
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Daniel		 607 -3
95.
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Daragh		 54 new
29.
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Darragh		 295 0
35.
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Darren		 254 -4
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David		 617 +1
31.
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Dean		 290 +1
81.
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Declan		 82 -4
93.
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Denis		 57 new
86.
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Dillon		 69 new
83.
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Donal		 73 +13
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Dylan		 531 +1
77.
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Edward		 95 +3
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Emmet		 53 +3
52.
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Eoghan		 164 +4
20.
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Eoin		 381 0
77.
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Eric		 95 -15
44.
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Evan		 197 -6
99.
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Fionn		 50 new
99.
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Francis		 50 -2
99.
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Gareth		 50 new
53.
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Gary		 155 0
43.
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Gavin		 201 -1
79.
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Gerard		 94 -8
94.
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Glenn		 55 new
86.
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Graham		 69 -20
97.
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Hugh		 51 new
55.
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Ian		 145 -8
10.
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Jack		 568 +2
64.
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Jake		 116 +3
3.
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James		 757 +4
32.
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Jamie		 281 -2
34.
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Jason		 261 -7
5.
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John		 636 +1
63.
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Jonathan		 118 -9
27.
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Jordan		 302 +12
33.
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Joseph		 268 +1
57.
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Joshua		 139 +4
69.
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Karl		 109 -1
55.
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Keith		 145 -6
21.
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Kevin		 357 -1
60.
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Kieran		 127 +5
61.
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Killian		 123 +12
58.
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Kyle		 134 +13
45.
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Lee		 186 -2
92.
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Leon		 60 -6
28.
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Liam		 297 +9
19.
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Luke		 400 -1
15.
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Mark		 469 +1
47.
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Martin		 174 +4
38.
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Matthew		 234 +2
4.
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Michael		 676 0
91.
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Micheal		 64 new
47.
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Nathan		 174 +4
35.
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Niall		 254 -2
49.
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Oisin		 171 +8
97.
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Owen		 51 -11
74.
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Padraig		 99 +3
11.
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Patrick		 553 +2
26.
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Paul		 303 +2
41.
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Peter		 206 0
68.
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Philip		 110 -4
67.
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Richard		 112 -9
22.
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Robert		 336 +1
51.
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Ronan		 167 -5
74.
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Rory		 99 +7
40.
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Ross		 211 +8
17.
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Ryan		 437 0
71.
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Samuel		 103 -2
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Sean		 872 +1
6.
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Shane		 633 -3
99.
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Shaun		 50 -11
88.
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Simon		 67 +9
14.
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Stephen		 524 -4
80.
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Steven		 87 -4
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Thomas		 449 -1
88.
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Timothy		 67 -4
39.
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William		 217 -3
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Aimee		 55 -20
35.
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Aine		 173 -2
18.
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Aisling		 306 -1
85.
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Alannah		 61 new
88.
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Alice		 60 -18
53.
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Alison		 114 -7
8.
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Amy		 524 +1
92.
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Ann		 58 +3
39.
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Anna		 153 +4
83.
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Anne		 63 -15
2.
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Aoife		 727 +3
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Bridget		 55 -25
98.
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Caitlin		 54 new
25.
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Caoimhe		 252 +15
76.
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Caroline		 71 -19
34.
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Catherine		 182 +1
78.
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Chelsea		 70 new
9.
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Chloe		 510 +2
3.
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Ciara		 624 +1
28.
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Claire		 206 0
94.
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Cliona		 57 -2
49.
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Clodagh		 125 -1
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Courtney		 94 new
39.
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Danielle		 153 -6
88.
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Deirdre		 60 -8
30.
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Eimear		 197 -4
71.
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Elaine		 77 -6
42.
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Elizabeth		 151 +2
24.
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Ellen		 260 +3
75.
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Emer		 73 -14
27.
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Emily		 225 +4
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Emma		 623 -2
84.
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Erica		 62 new
68.
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Eva		 80 +10
50.
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Fiona		 121 -3
51.
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Gemma		 120 +10
45.
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Grace		 133 +5
53.
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Grainne		 114 +12
22.
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Hannah		 269 -1
48.
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Hayley		 130 +12
78.
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Hazel		 70 new
85.
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Helen		 61 -5
65.
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Holly		 83 +2
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Jade		 152 +4
62.
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Jane		 92 +18
31.
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Jennifer		 194 -7
19.
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Jessica		 301 0
85.
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Joanne		 61 -9
98.
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Julie		 54 new
61.
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Karen		 93 0
26.
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Kate		 245 -1
74.
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Kathleen		 74 +16
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Katie		 436 +1
45.
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Kayleigh		 133 +11
38.
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Kelly		 165 -2
98.
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Kim		 54 new
10.
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Laura		 501 -4
12.
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Lauren		 473 -5
33.
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Leah		 185 +5
56.
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Leanne		 104 -18
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Lisa		 200 +1
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Lorna		 66 -4
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Lorraine		 58 -12
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Louise		 145 -11
63.
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Lucy		 89 +25
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Maeve		 82 new
90.
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Mairead		 59 new
59.
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Margaret		 94 -17
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Maria		 118 +2
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Marie		 59 -16
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Mary		 345 0
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Megan		 482 -1
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Melissa		 67 -16
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Michaela		 114 +1
32.
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Michelle		 189 -9
80.
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Molly		 67 new
72.
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Natasha		 76 -3
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Niamh		 622 -2
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Nicola		 78 -12
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Nicole		 322 -2
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Orla		 172 0
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Orlaith		 57 new
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Rachael		 84 +9
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Rachel		 543 +6
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Rebecca		 525 +1
69.
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Robyn		 78 +26
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Roisin		 272 +1
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Ruth		 81 -14
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Samantha		 75 -1
44.
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Saoirse		 142 +7
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Sarah		 840 0
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Shannon		 385 +3
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Shauna		 370 -2
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Sinead		 282 0
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Siobhan		 100 -9
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Sophie		 261 +6
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Sorcha		 71 +4
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Stephanie		 97 -6
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Tara		 168 +4
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Zoe		 132 +12
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Popularity extremes for Ireland