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		 2,106 0
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David		 1,478 +1
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Michael		 1,413 -1
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Patrick		 1,264 0
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Paul		 1,098 0
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James		 1,010 0
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Mark		 916 0
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Thomas		 826 0
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Brian		 812 +1
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Stephen		 779 +1
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Alan		 718 -2
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William		 543 +1
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Martin		 520 -1
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Anthony		 504 +1
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Shane		 478 +7
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Kevin		 474 0
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Robert		 457 +2
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Keith		 453 -1
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Brendan		 432 +5
20.
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Gerard		 422 -2
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Declan		 413 0
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Joseph		 396 +1
23.
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Peter		 392 -3
24.
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Barry		 381 +12
25.
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Niall		 359 +1
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Derek		 355 +2
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Jason		 352 -2
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Richard		 352 0
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Noel		 317 +3
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Daniel		 309 -1
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Kenneth		 303 -1
32.
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Edward		 302 -1
33.
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Ian		 287 +6
34.
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Sean		 282 0
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Raymond		 272 +3
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Darren		 271 -1
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Andrew		 267 -4
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Aidan		 257 +16
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Oliver		 255 -25
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Philip		 252 -3
41.
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Kieran		 241 +1
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Francis		 235 -2
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Jonathan		 235 +13
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Colm		 233 +1
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Damien		 228 +1
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Adrian		 222 -5
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Christopher		 215 -1
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Ronan		 212 -5
49.
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Conor		 210 -5
50.
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Denis		 197 -2
51.
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Colin		 186 -1
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Trevor		 182 -1
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Ciaran		 181 -1
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Timothy		 180 -1
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Donal		 178 +1
56.
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Liam		 172 +7
57.
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Dermot		 170 -8
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Gavin		 170 +12
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Damian		 153 -2
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Vincent		 151 +5
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Gary		 148 -3
62.
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Simon		 147 -3
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Fergal		 146 -4
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Graham		 139 0
65.
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Seamus		 138 -4
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Eoin		 136 -4
67.
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Enda		 130 +3
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Eamonn		 129 +7
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Owen		 111 +18
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Wayne		 110 +1
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Matthew		 106 +14
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Padraig		 106 +1
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Bernard		 105 -7
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Cathal		 103 -6
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Rory		 103 0
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Nigel		 102 -9
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Neil		 100 0
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Karl		 97 0
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Terence		 96 +9
80.
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Desmond		 95 -1
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Eugene		 92 -6
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Eric		 86 +16
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Gordon		 84 +13
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Maurice		 84 -10
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Stuart		 84 +5
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Cormac		 83 -4
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Darragh		 82 new
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Nicholas		 81 -5
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Jeremiah		 78 -8
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Ross		 78 new
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Hugh		 76 +3
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George		 75 +4
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Charles		 73 -3
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Cornelius		 73 -10
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Gregory		 73 new
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Laurence		 73 +1
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Eamon		 70 -17
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Garry		 66 0
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Fergus		 65 -13
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Justin		 64 -9
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Mary		 1,131 0
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Sinead		 688 0
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Catherine		 645 0
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Michelle		 571 +2
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Caroline		 564 +2
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Margaret		 520 -1
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Karen		 514 +7
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Jennifer		 494 +5
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Deirdre		 483 +1
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Fiona		 452 +2
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Ann		 434 +4
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Elizabeth		 423 -3
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Sharon		 423 -4
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Elaine		 419 -3
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Linda		 401 +2
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Niamh		 390 +7
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Sarah		 383 +8
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Lisa		 382 +1
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Anne		 380 -3
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Susan		 371 0
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Louise		 359 +3
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Patricia		 345 -4
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Lorraine		 343 +2
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Nicola		 329 +3
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Olivia		 329 -20
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Siobhan		 314 -5
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Sandra		 311 -5
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Claire		 307 +4
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Marie		 305 +7
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Yvonne		 288 -1
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Martina		 278 -1
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Helen		 271 -4
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Gillian		 267 +3
34.
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Joanne		 258 +14
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Orla		 250 -2
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Emma		 248 +2
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Denise		 244 -2
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Maria		 238 -7
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Bridget		 226 +2
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Rachel		 214 +2
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Ciara		 211 +8
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Laura		 209 +2
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Amanda		 208 -4
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Geraldine		 206 -4
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Deborah		 198 +8
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Aoife		 186 +10
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Suzanne		 186 +4
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Edel		 185 +14
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Aisling		 182 -6
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Carol		 182 -2
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Jacqueline		 173 -6
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Audrey		 170 +13
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Eileen		 170 -2
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Ruth		 169 -2
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Angela		 168 +3
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Bernadette		 163 -1
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Grainne		 158 +4
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Kathleen		 151 -12
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Paula		 147 -5
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Julie		 144 +18
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Carmel		 142 +1
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Tara		 140 0
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Georgina		 139 new
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Aine		 138 +15
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Clare		 138 -7
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Colette		 137 -1
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Barbara		 133 +4
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Mairead		 132 -9
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Anna		 128 -2
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Valerie		 128 +1
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Jane		 126 +1
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Teresa		 126 -2
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Alison		 120 -13
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Anita		 118 +7
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Josephine		 112 +1
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Tracey		 112 -1
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Pauline		 111 +17
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Nora		 109 +2
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Roisin		 108 +6
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Emer		 107 -12
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Christina		 104 -9
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Sheila		 104 -6
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Aileen		 103 new
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Andrea		 103 new
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Brenda		 102 0
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Joan		 101 -3
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Shirley		 101 -3
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Olive		 100 -54
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Catriona		 99 0
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Jean		 96 +1
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Ashling		 93 new
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Annette		 88 new
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Ellen		 88 -3
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Frances		 88 new
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Hazel		 87 +1
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Samantha		 86 -4
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Tanya		 86 +2
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Eimear		 85 new
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Victoria		 84 new
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Helena		 83 -15
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Melissa		 83 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland