Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 3,360 0 -336 -9.1%
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Patrick		 2,281 0 +46 +2.1%
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Michael		 2,057 0 -100 -4.6%
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James		 1,464 +1 -90 -5.8%
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Thomas		 1,367 +1 +18 +1.3%
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Paul		 1,323 -2 -491 -27.1%
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David		 1,102 0 +166 +17.7%
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William		 1,000 0 +125 +14.3%
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Martin		 843 0 -6 -0.7%
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Gerard		 837 0 +22 +2.7%
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Joseph		 705 0 -32 -4.3%
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Anthony		 663 0 +50 +8.2%
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Brian		 585 +1 +121 +26.1%
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Peter		 578 -1 +51 +9.7%
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Kevin		 469 0 +17 +3.8%
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Brendan		 436 +1 +10 +2.3%
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Edward		 423 +1 -2 -0.5%
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Declan		 412 +5 +91 +28.3%
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Francis		 393 -3 -36 -8.4%
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Stephen		 379 +5 +83 +28.0%
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Noel		 374 -1 -20 -5.1%
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Richard		 354 +2 +53 +17.6%
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Robert		 353 -1 +11 +3.2%
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Denis		 350 -3 +3 +0.9%
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Daniel		 344 -6 -51 -12.9%
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Mark		 318 +2 +39 +14.0%
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Alan		 316 +2 +71 +29.0%
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Christopher		 270 -1 -19 -6.6%
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Timothy		 263 -3 -32 -10.8%
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Derek		 255 0 +18 +7.6%
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Kieran		 252 +1 +28 +12.5%
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Andrew		 236 +2 +41 +21.0%
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Aidan		 233 +4 +51 +28.0%
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Bernard		 211 -1 +10 +5.0%
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Dermot		 207 -1 +12 +6.2%
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Raymond		 205 -6 -32 -13.5%
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Philip		 202 -1 +15 +8.0%
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Donal		 189 +7 +45 +31.3%
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Niall		 184 +8 +42 +29.6%
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Kenneth		 182 +1 +32 +21.3%
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Sean		 163 -3 -8 -4.7%
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Jeremiah		 162 -3 +1 +0.6%
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Cornelius		 158 -4 -3 -1.9%
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Vincent		 154 -2 +6 +4.1%
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Desmond		 148 -2 +3 +2.1%
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Charles		 145 -3 0 0.0%
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Eugene		 135 +3 +12 +9.8%
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Colm		 133 -3 -11 -7.6%
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Matthew		 129 +10 +40 +44.9%
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Maurice		 128 +1 +8 +6.7%
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Ciaran		 124 -2 0 0.0%
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Laurence		 123 -4 -18 -12.8%
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Hugh		 118 0 +6 +5.4%
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Ian		 110 +8 +24 +27.9%
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Terence		 108 0 +6 +5.9%
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Conor		 107 0 +10 +10.3%
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George		 107 -4 -8 -7.0%
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Seamus		 105 +2 +18 +20.7%
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Liam		 103 -5 -8 -7.2%
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Eamonn		 95 +4 +12 +14.5%
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Damian		 86 +12 +30 +53.6%
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Adrian		 82 +3 +7 +9.3%
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Ronan		 81 +4 +11 +15.7%
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Gerald		 78 -7 -16 -17.0%
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Eamon		 75 -3 -11 -12.8%
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Nicholas		 75 -7 -17 -18.5%
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Shane		 75 +10 +26 +53.1%
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Henry		 72 -8 -15 -17.2%
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Oliver		 68 -1 -1 -1.4%
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Enda		 66 +5 +17 +34.7%
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Fergus		 66 -4 -5 -7.0%
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Owen		 65 -1 +6 +10.2%
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Damien		 63 +2 +14 +28.6%
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Garrett		 63 +5 +16 +34.0%
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Finbarr		 60 -5 -1 -1.6%
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Simon		 60 +16 +24 +66.7%
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Barry		 59 -8 -3 -4.8%
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Edmond		 59 +3 +14 +31.1%
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Eoin		 59 +6 +17 +40.5%
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Gregory		 55 -2 +8 +17.0%
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Gabriel		 54 -9 -3 -5.3%
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Padraig		 52 +6 +14 +36.8%
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Gary		 51 +1 +10 +24.4%
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Keith		 51 +13 +19 +59.4%
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Fintan		 49 +15 +20 +69.0%
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Colin		 48 +3 +11 +29.7%
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Fergal		 46 +6 +11 +31.4%
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Karl		 45 -2 +5 +12.5%
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Neil		 45 -6 +2 +4.7%
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Rory		 43 -17 -13 -23.2%
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Arthur		 42 +7 +11 +35.5%
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Cormac		 41 -5 +2 +5.1%
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Cyril		 41 new new new
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Diarmuid		 39 new new new
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Bartholomew		 38 -14 -6 -13.6%
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Dominic		 37 -12 -4 -9.8%
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Donald		 37 new new new
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Eric		 36 -4 +2 +5.9%
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Leo		 35 new new new
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Nigel		 35 -1 +4 +12.9%
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Roger		 35 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 3,229 0 -242 -7.0%
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Margaret		 1,395 +1 +3 +0.2%
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Catherine		 1,351 -1 -61 -4.3%
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Anne		 840 +1 +6 +0.7%
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Ann		 807 -1 -59 -6.8%
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Elizabeth		 779 0 +57 +7.9%
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Geraldine		 591 +2 +12 +2.1%
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Patricia		 581 +2 +45 +8.4%
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Bridget		 555 -1 -40 -6.7%
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Caroline		 501 -3 -116 -18.8%
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Deirdre		 470 +3 +62 +15.2%
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Helen		 453 +1 +16 +3.7%
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Jacqueline		 431 -2 -98 -18.5%
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Sandra		 417 +2 +59 +16.5%
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Bernadette		 389 0 -3 -0.8%
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Martina		 369 +2 +30 +8.8%
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Eileen		 367 0 +23 +6.7%
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Kathleen		 319 +5 +18 +6.0%
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Susan		 319 +4 +16 +5.3%
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Teresa		 318 -1 -10 -3.0%
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Angela		 314 +3 +23 +7.9%
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Nora		 310 +8 +46 +17.4%
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Linda		 309 +5 +30 +10.8%
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Pauline		 300 -12 -160 -34.8%
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Carmel		 294 -4 -10 -3.3%
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Brigid		 293 +3 +21 +7.7%
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Fiona		 290 +5 +41 +16.5%
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Karen		 289 +13 +124 +75.2%
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Marie		 286 -3 +2 +0.7%
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Anna		 285 +4 +71 +33.2%
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Ellen		 281 -4 -1 -0.4%
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Sharon		 266 +7 +94 +54.7%
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Joan		 262 -2 0 0.0%
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Josephine		 247 -9 -40 -13.9%
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Siobhan		 247 +1 +40 +19.3%
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Maria		 243 -3 +7 +3.0%
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Carol		 217 -1 +32 +17.3%
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Paula		 215 -18 -96 -30.9%
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Orla		 186 +13 +66 +55.0%
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Lorraine		 173 +7 +38 +28.1%
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Sarah		 172 +5 +35 +25.5%
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Yvonne		 167 +3 +28 +20.1%
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Frances		 163 -5 -10 -5.8%
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Sheila		 161 -7 -15 -8.5%
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Barbara		 153 -2 -3 -1.9%
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Julia		 153 -3 -4 -2.5%
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Christina		 148 -7 -21 -12.4%
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Colette		 144 -1 +9 +6.7%
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Valerie		 141 +1 +12 +9.3%
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Rose		 137 -1 +7 +5.4%
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Denise		 134 +5 +21 +18.6%
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Grainne		 133 +10 +34 +34.3%
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Clare		 132 +2 +17 +14.8%
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Veronica		 130 -3 +4 +3.2%
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Brenda		 120 +8 +22 +22.4%
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Elaine		 117 +2 +10 +9.3%
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Louise		 116 -3 0 0.0%
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Christine		 108 +7 +16 +17.4%
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Suzanne		 107 +8 +16 +17.6%
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Alice		 102 -3 -9 -8.1%
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Jean		 101 +17 +26 +34.7%
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Michele		 101 new new new
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Claire		 99 +12 +21 +26.9%
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Miriam		 99 -10 -18 -15.4%
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Annette		 97 +3 +7 +7.8%
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Ruth		 96 +21 +26 +37.1%
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Jane		 94 -8 -12 -11.3%
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Monica		 93 +2 +6 +6.9%
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Helena		 92 -6 -6 -6.1%
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Rosemary		 92 +2 +6 +7.0%
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Katherine		 91 +6 +15 +19.7%
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Nuala		 91 +19 +23 +33.8%
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Audrey		 90 +12 +18 +25.0%
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Noreen		 89 -9 -3 -3.3%
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Deborah		 87 +1 +10 +13.0%
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Rita		 85 -17 -21 -19.8%
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Theresa		 83 -16 -17 -17.0%
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Evelyn		 82 +5 +9 +12.3%
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Adrienne		 81 -5 +1 +1.3%
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Imelda		 80 +7 +10 +14.3%
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Johanna		 80 -36 -66 -45.2%
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Marian		 80 -2 +5 +6.7%
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Regina		 80 new new new
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Majella		 79 +11 +14 +21.5%
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Emer		 78 new new new
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Dolores		 77 -6 +3 +4.1%
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Janet		 75 new new new
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Jennifer		 75 -19 -15 -16.7%
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Jacinta		 73 +4 +7 +10.6%
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Niamh		 73 new new new
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Una		 73 -2 +3 +4.3%
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Edel		 71 -9 -2 -2.7%
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Antoinette		 70 +2 +5 +7.7%
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Maeve		 70 -13 -4 -5.4%
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Noeleen		 70 new new new
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Michelle		 69 new new new
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Olive		 69 -24 -15 -17.9%
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Therese		 67 new new new
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Irene		 66 -14 -6 -8.3%
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Philomena		 65 -28 -19 -22.6%
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Popularity extremes for Ireland