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		 2,863 0
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Patrick		 1,850 +1
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Michael		 1,825 -1
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James		 1,275 0
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David		 1,149 +2
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Thomas		 1,119 0
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Paul		 1,086 -2
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William		 752 0
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Martin		 742 0
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Brian		 631 +1
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Gerard		 607 -1
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Mark		 601 +3
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Joseph		 599 -1
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Anthony		 588 -1
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Peter		 526 -1
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Robert		 479 +8
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Kevin		 476 +1
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Alan		 444 +2
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Brendan		 409 -3
20.
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Stephen		 402 -2
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Declan		 399 0
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Edward		 374 -5
23.
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Noel		 366 -1
24.
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Francis		 332 -1
25.
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Daniel		 324 +1
26.
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Derek		 317 +3
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Denis		 301 0
28.
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Richard		 293 -3
29.
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Christopher		 266 +1
30.
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Kenneth		 254 +4
31.
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Timothy		 251 +1
32.
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Andrew		 250 +1
33.
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Philip		 248 +2
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Raymond		 248 -2
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Niall		 225 +5
36.
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Aidan		 215 +2
37.
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Sean		 211 -1
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Kieran		 196 -10
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Dermot		 190 -2
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Colm		 178 -1
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Bernard		 173 0
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Donal		 156 +1
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Conor		 150 +5
44.
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Ian		 145 +3
45.
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Ronan		 132 +15
46.
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Damien		 127 +22
47.
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Eugene		 126 +5
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Laurence		 126 +11
49.
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Vincent		 125 -7
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Cornelius		 124 -6
51.
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Liam		 122 -2
52.
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Desmond		 121 -1
53.
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Shane		 115 +18
54.
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Maurice		 114 -8
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Ciaran		 111 -6
56.
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Gary		 107 +10
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Jeremiah		 107 -11
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Matthew		 104 +1
59.
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Adrian		 103 +6
60.
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Seamus		 101 -5
61.
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Barry		 96 +6
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Colin		 96 +8
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George		 96 +3
64.
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Terence		 95 -10
65.
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Damian		 93 -13
66.
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Enda		 90 -3
67.
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Nicholas		 89 +10
68.
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Eamonn		 87 -6
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Charles		 83 -13
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Fergal		 82 +18
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Hugh		 81 -15
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Eamon		 72 -12
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Fergus		 72 +3
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Keith		 72 +9
75.
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Eoin		 69 +1
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Gerald		 69 -2
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Owen		 67 +3
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Padraig		 66 0
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Garrett		 65 -1
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Karl		 65 +12
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Rory		 65 +3
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Oliver		 62 -9
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Finbarr		 57 +9
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Gregory		 57 -11
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Nigel		 55 +9
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Cathal		 54 -4
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Cormac		 53 -1
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Simon		 53 -17
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Henry		 51 -7
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Fintan		 50 -1
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Diarmuid		 49 +2
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Aiden		 43 new
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Eric		 43 +4
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Justin		 43 +6
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Trevor		 43 new
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Edmond		 40 -11
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Ronald		 40 new
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Garry		 39 -2
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Jonathan		 39 new
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Donald		 36 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 2,364 0
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Catherine		 1,082 +1
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Margaret		 1,029 -1
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Ann		 749 0
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Anne		 656 0
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Elizabeth		 625 0
7.
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Deirdre		 468 +2
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Patricia		 461 0
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Caroline		 457 +3
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Bridget		 418 -3
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Martina		 411 0
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Geraldine		 410 -2
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Sharon		 400 +6
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Susan		 393 +1
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Sandra		 371 +1
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Helen		 358 -3
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Fiona		 357 -3
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Linda		 355 +2
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Marie		 294 +3
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Karen		 289 +8
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Bernadette		 282 -4
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Eileen		 276 -1
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Jacqueline		 274 -5
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Maria		 270 -1
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Kathleen		 261 -2
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Michelle		 244 +10
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Elaine		 242 +10
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Teresa		 234 +1
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Siobhan		 226 +2
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Angela		 224 0
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Carmel		 216 -5
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Joan		 206 0
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Paula		 206 -7
34.
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Carol		 203 +7
35.
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Pauline		 200 -8
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Lorraine		 196 +14
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Nora		 193 -4
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Valerie		 192 +10
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Yvonne		 190 +1
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Jennifer		 189 +10
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Ellen		 177 -2
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Anna		 172 -7
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Josephine		 171 -9
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Denise		 168 -1
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Louise		 165 +3
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Orla		 164 -8
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Barbara		 163 -2
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Audrey		 160 -4
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Suzanne		 160 +6
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Niamh		 157 +6
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Deborah		 152 +3
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Christina		 148 0
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Brigid		 146 -11
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Sarah		 145 +2
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Colette		 142 +6
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Sheila		 136 -11
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Sinead		 133 +3
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Frances		 130 -13
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Claire		 128 +15
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Grainne		 123 -2
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Lisa		 119 new
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Brenda		 117 +5
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Amanda		 116 +34
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Christine		 114 +14
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Julia		 111 -7
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Miriam		 111 +8
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Gillian		 107 +18
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Emer		 106 +25
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Rose		 106 +3
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Veronica		 104 -1
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Annette		 103 -8
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Helena		 101 -5
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Ruth		 100 -7
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Clare		 98 -11
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Theresa		 98 -9
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Jane		 95 +5
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Edel		 91 -15
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Nuala		 90 +22
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Una		 87 +3
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Irene		 84 +14
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Michele		 84 -2
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Noreen		 84 -10
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Alison		 83 +5
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Maeve		 83 +15
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Adrienne		 79 0
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Evelyn		 79 +5
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Aisling		 78 new
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Alice		 78 -12
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Antoinette		 78 +3
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Jacinta		 77 -37
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Jean		 77 -14
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Rachel		 75 new
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Eleanor		 74 new
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Marian		 73 -4
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Aileen		 72 new
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Ciara		 72 new
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Johanna		 71 -25
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Laura		 70 -10
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Regina		 70 new
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Janet		 69 new
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Monica		 69 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland