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		 2,654 0 +25 +1.0%
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Michael		 1,745 0 +37 +2.2%
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Patrick		 1,705 0 +31 +1.9%
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David		 1,269 0 +109 +9.4%
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James		 1,190 0 +60 +5.3%
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Thomas		 1,054 0 -41 -3.7%
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Paul		 1,030 0 -1 -0.1%
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Mark		 748 +1 +78 +11.6%
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Brian		 736 +1 +85 +13.1%
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William		 698 -2 -41 -5.5%
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Martin		 599 +1 -4 -0.7%
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Declan		 574 +3 +56 +10.8%
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Alan		 569 0 +2 +0.4%
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Stephen		 568 +3 +101 +21.6%
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Anthony		 556 -1 -7 -1.2%
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Gerard		 524 -5 -113 -17.7%
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Peter		 521 +3 +94 +22.0%
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Kevin		 519 0 +70 +15.6%
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Joseph		 508 -3 +25 +5.2%
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Robert		 481 -1 +33 +7.4%
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Brendan		 368 0 -27 -6.8%
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Noel		 360 0 -12 -3.2%
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Edward		 339 0 -23 -6.4%
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Derek		 335 0 -7 -2.0%
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Richard		 328 0 -7 -2.1%
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Andrew		 294 +10 +62 +26.7%
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Sean		 291 +4 +32 +12.4%
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Daniel		 288 -2 -42 -12.7%
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Francis		 288 -1 -17 -5.6%
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Denis		 284 -2 +7 +2.5%
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Kenneth		 277 +2 +23 +9.1%
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Kieran		 273 -2 +3 +1.1%
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Philip		 272 +8 +66 +32.0%
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Christopher		 268 +5 +47 +21.3%
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Darren		 265 +5 +57 +27.4%
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Niall		 265 -7 -12 -4.3%
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Jason		 252 +16 +111 +78.7%
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Timothy		 233 -1 +2 +0.9%
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Raymond		 232 -5 -9 -3.7%
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Keith		 227 +21 +112 +97.4%
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Dermot		 220 -3 -9 -3.9%
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Conor		 219 +3 +57 +35.2%
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Colm		 217 -11 -39 -15.2%
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Aidan		 213 -9 -21 -9.0%
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Barry		 211 +3 +61 +40.7%
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Damien		 206 +3 +57 +38.3%
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Colin		 204 +21 +102 +100%
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Shane		 200 -6 +10 +5.3%
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Ronan		 188 +5 +50 +36.2%
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Ciaran		 173 -7 +7 +4.2%
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Bernard		 171 -4 +20 +13.2%
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Adrian		 169 0 +26 +18.2%
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Ian		 162 -3 +15 +10.2%
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Donal		 160 -10 -5 -3.0%
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Gary		 160 +4 +38 +31.1%
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Seamus		 146 +8 +34 +30.4%
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Cornelius		 142 +3 +24 +20.3%
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Vincent		 140 -2 +13 +10.2%
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Fergal		 139 -13 -14 -9.2%
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Damian		 130 -3 +4 +3.2%
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Liam		 127 -11 -20 -13.6%
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Trevor		 126 +12 +31 +32.6%
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Desmond		 120 -8 -16 -11.8%
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Laurence		 118 +6 +21 +21.6%
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Eoin		 113 +16 +35 +44.9%
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Enda		 109 -1 +4 +3.8%
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Jonathan		 107 +11 +25 +30.5%
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Karl		 104 +1 +3 +3.0%
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Eamonn		 103 +2 +7 +7.3%
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Eugene		 102 -4 -1 -1.0%
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Jeremiah		 102 -11 -17 -14.3%
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Terence		 100 -1 +4 +4.2%
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Graham		 99 +21 +46 +86.8%
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George		 98 +3 +13 +15.3%
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Nigel		 97 +13 +27 +38.6%
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Maurice		 96 -13 -17 -15.0%
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Charles		 94 -15 -20 -17.5%
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Hugh		 92 -3 -1 -1.1%
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Matthew		 92 -2 0 0.0%
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Cathal		 90 +10 +22 +32.4%
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Rory		 88 +9 +20 +29.4%
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Eamon		 87 +5 +16 +22.5%
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Fergus		 86 +3 +13 +17.8%
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Garrett		 85 -13 -11 -11.5%
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Nicholas		 84 -4 +6 +7.7%
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Gavin		 83 +13 +36 +76.6%
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Cormac		 82 -3 +6 +7.9%
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Padraig		 81 -22 -22 -21.4%
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Simon		 80 -11 -2 -2.4%
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Owen		 77 -9 -1 -1.3%
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Garry		 76 +6 +26 +52.0%
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Gregory		 74 -7 -1 -1.3%
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Gerald		 73 -13 -7 -8.8%
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Finbarr		 69 +3 +19 +38.0%
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Fintan		 69 new new new
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Diarmuid		 68 new new new
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Justin		 67 -9 -3 -4.3%
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Neil		 65 new new new
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Oliver		 61 -7 -4 -6.2%
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Wayne		 57 new new new
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 1,907 0 +11 +0.6%
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Catherine		 914 0 -25 -2.7%
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Margaret		 837 0 +7 +0.8%
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Fiona		 616 +4 +97 +18.7%
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Sinead		 598 +19 +332 +125%
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Ann		 582 -2 -37 -6.0%
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Elizabeth		 579 -1 +33 +6.0%
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Sharon		 570 -3 -31 -5.2%
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Anne		 538 -2 +7 +1.3%
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Deirdre		 535 -1 +21 +4.1%
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Caroline		 484 -1 +41 +9.3%
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Patricia		 467 -1 +52 +12.5%
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Michelle		 434 +5 +100 +29.9%
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Sandra		 422 +1 +49 +13.1%
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Siobhan		 401 +6 +89 +28.5%
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Elaine		 354 +6 +63 +21.6%
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Karen		 354 0 -3 -0.8%
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Linda		 354 +1 +11 +3.2%
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Geraldine		 349 +1 +27 +8.4%
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Bridget		 348 -7 -30 -7.9%
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Martina		 344 -9 -41 -10.6%
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Helen		 339 -8 -35 -9.4%
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Susan		 335 -4 +10 +3.1%
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Bernadette		 302 -1 +34 +12.7%
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Maria		 289 +5 +62 +27.3%
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Marie		 271 +2 +25 +10.2%
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Lorraine		 260 -2 +6 +2.4%
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Lisa		 254 +26 +93 +57.8%
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Jennifer		 251 +8 +48 +23.6%
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Yvonne		 247 +1 +22 +9.8%
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Eileen		 240 -4 -9 -3.6%
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Niamh		 238 +1 +23 +10.7%
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Denise		 233 -1 +12 +5.4%
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Sarah		 229 +10 +44 +23.8%
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Carol		 225 +2 +22 +10.8%
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Gillian		 221 +29 +93 +72.7%
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Carmel		 215 -4 0 0.0%
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Louise		 214 +4 +26 +13.8%
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Angela		 209 -4 -5 -2.3%
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Jacqueline		 209 -3 -3 -1.4%
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Orla		 209 0 +8 +4.0%
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Teresa		 207 -14 -39 -15.9%
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Rachel		 200 -2 +11 +5.8%
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Suzanne		 198 +2 +16 +8.8%
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Kathleen		 196 -19 -55 -21.9%
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Deborah		 190 -6 -4 -2.1%
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Nora		 183 +2 +7 +4.0%
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Audrey		 174 0 -6 -3.3%
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Barbara		 172 +10 +25 +17.0%
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Valerie		 170 -4 -12 -6.6%
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Paula		 169 -9 -19 -10.1%
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Anna		 164 +6 +11 +7.2%
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Josephine		 161 -2 -6 -3.6%
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Tracy		 160 +9 +26 +19.4%
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Brigid		 157 -5 -11 -6.5%
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Amanda		 156 +1 0 0.0%
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Claire		 155 +11 +32 +26.0%
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Aisling		 153 +13 +36 +30.8%
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Joan		 147 -15 -38 -20.5%
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Nicola		 147 +7 +20 +15.7%
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Christina		 144 -5 -14 -8.9%
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Sheila		 143 -10 -20 -12.3%
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Ciara		 139 +16 +34 +32.4%
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Shirley		 135 +31 +54 +66.7%
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Joanne		 134 +4 +13 +10.7%
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Pauline		 134 -10 -26 -16.3%
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Tara		 133 -14 -29 -17.9%
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Ruth		 132 -7 -3 -2.2%
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Colette		 131 -5 +2 +1.6%
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Ellen		 128 -10 -18 -12.3%
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Annette		 127 +17 +32 +33.7%
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Tracey		 127 +2 +17 +15.5%
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Edel		 126 +2 +17 +15.6%
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Grainne		 121 -8 -6 -4.7%
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Anita		 120 +19 +36 +42.9%
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Alison		 114 -7 -7 -5.8%
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Brenda		 113 +2 +8 +7.6%
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Jane		 111 +3 +7 +6.7%
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Frances		 107 -7 -4 -3.6%
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Helena		 107 -3 -1 -0.9%
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Noreen		 107 +3 +6 +5.9%
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Emer		 100 +3 +1 +1.0%
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Jean		 99 +1 -1 -1.0%
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Samantha		 99 -1 -2 -2.0%
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Clodagh		 98 +10 +17 +21.0%
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Clare		 97 +1 +1 +1.0%
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Laura		 97 +4 +7 +7.8%
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Julia		 96 -12 -12 -11.1%
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Veronica		 94 -4 -5 -5.1%
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Andrea		 93 new new new
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Antoinette		 93 +10 +14 +17.7%
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Maeve		 93 new new new
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Michele		 93 -29 -42 -31.1%
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Majella		 91 +1 +10 +12.3%
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Pamela		 91 -3 +2 +2.2%
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Una		 91 -6 -4 -4.2%
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Rose		 89 -24 -21 -19.1%
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Miriam		 88 -3 +7 +8.6%
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Katherine		 87 new new new
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Nuala		 86 new new new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland