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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Wesley		 155 new
33.
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Gavin		 299 +24
59.
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Neil		 157 +18
84.
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Gareth		 83 new
79.
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Cornelius		 92 +14
87.
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Garrett		 76 new
77.
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Nicholas		 99 +11
91.
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Diarmuid		 72 new
84.
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Laurence		 83 +9
29.
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Andrew		 318 +8
40.
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Ronan		 244 +8
65.
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Bernard		 139 +8
27.
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Sean		 338 +7
59.
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Eoin		 157 +7
43.
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Conor		 232 +6
58.
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Graham		 160 +6
59.
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Seamus		 157 +6
68.
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Rory		 130 +6
36.
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Kieran		 266 +5
88.
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Charles		 75 +5
19.
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Peter		 415 +4
36.
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Philip		 266 +4
47.
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Colin		 224 +4
76.
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Desmond		 100 +4
42.
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Damien		 239 +3
98.
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Bryan		 68 new
7.
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Brian		 865 +2
12.
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Anthony		 542 +2
14.
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Kevin		 522 +2
18.
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Gerard		 443 +2
20.
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Joseph		 411 +2
23.
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Niall		 370 +2
25.
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Richard		 348 +2
34.
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Darren		 294 +2
51.
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Ciaran		 207 +2
69.
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Padraig		 123 +2
72.
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Cathal		 119 +2
16.
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Robert		 470 +1
32.
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Ian		 314 +1
46.
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Christopher		 225 +1
53.
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Timothy		 190 +1
66.
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Enda		 136 +1
82.
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Maurice		 86 +1
88.
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Ross		 75 +1
97.
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Garry		 69 +1
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John		 2,086 0
2.
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David		 1,571 0
3.
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Michael		 1,349 0
4.
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Patrick		 1,227 0
5.
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Paul		 1,114 0
6.
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James		 927 0
10.
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Stephen		 704 0
11.
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Alan		 679 0
13.
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Martin		 535 0
52.
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Trevor		 200 0
55.
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Donal		 178 0
56.
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Liam		 175 0
57.
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Dermot		 170 0
93.
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Gregory		 71 0
8.
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Mark		 864 -1
9.
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Thomas		 770 -1
25.
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Barry		 348 -1
27.
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Derek		 338 -1
31.
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Daniel		 316 -1
98.
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Eamon		 68 -1
17.
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Shane		 468 -2
83.
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Eugene		 85 -2
15.
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William		 497 -3
21.
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Keith		 389 -3
22.
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Brendan		 384 -3
24.
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Declan		 362 -3
30.
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Jason		 317 -3
35.
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Edward		 270 -3
45.
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Francis		 226 -3
49.
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Adrian		 219 -3
64.
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Gary		 143 -3
81.
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Karl		 91 -3
54.
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Denis		 183 -4
63.
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Damian		 146 -4
73.
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Owen		 104 -4
91.
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Darragh		 72 -4
93.
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Jeremiah		 71 -4
95.
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Hugh		 70 -4
49.
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Colm		 219 -5
67.
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Simon		 135 -5
41.
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Raymond		 241 -6
44.
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Aidan		 227 -6
48.
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Jonathan		 222 -6
38.
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Kenneth		 260 -7
70.
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Fergal		 122 -7
75.
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Eamonn		 101 -7
90.
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Gordon		 73 -7
78.
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Wayne		 95 -8
79.
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Matthew		 92 -8
84.
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Nigel		 83 -8
95.
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Cormac		 70 -9
39.
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Noel		 256 -10
70.
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Vincent		 122 -10
98.
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Stuart		 68 -15
98.
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Terence		 68 -19
74.
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Oliver		 102 -35
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
39.
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Sabrina		 229 new
68.
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Tracy		 131 new
79.
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Maeve		 104 new
79.
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Helena		 104 +21
81.
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Gemma		 101 new
62.
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Emer		 146 +18
85.
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Clodagh		 96 new
77.
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Catriona		 109 +12
89.
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Noreen		 94 new
85.
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Tanya		 96 +11
36.
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Aoife		 252 +10
44.
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Ruth		 201 +10
58.
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Mairead		 154 +10
51.
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Julie		 178 +9
92.
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Lorna		 91 new
93.
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Rebecca		 90 new
35.
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Laura		 263 +7
66.
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Alison		 140 +7
68.
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Tracey		 131 +7
27.
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Gillian		 297 +6
30.
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Emma		 283 +6
50.
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Bernadette		 179 +6
12.
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Sarah		 413 +5
23.
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Claire		 330 +5
59.
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Clare		 150 +5
87.
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Ellen		 95 +5
26.
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Yvonne		 306 +4
55.
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Paula		 164 +4
60.
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Aine		 149 +4
87.
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Ashling		 95 +4
97.
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Caitriona		 81 new
11.
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Elaine		 430 +3
15.
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Lisa		 382 +3
28.
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Martina		 287 +3
41.
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Geraldine		 211 +3
78.
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Sheila		 108 +3
5.
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Karen		 570 +2
7.
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Deirdre		 540 +2
14.
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Niamh		 390 +2
21.
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Lorraine		 341 +2
32.
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Joanne		 282 +2
33.
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Orla		 279 +2
47.
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Aisling		 197 +2
96.
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Eimear		 87 +2
99.
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Irene		 80 new
9.
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Fiona		 460 +1
19.
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Susan		 360 +1
40.
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Ciara		 222 +1
56.
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Grainne		 161 +1
68.
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Valerie		 131 +1
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Mary		 972 0
2.
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Sinead		 694 0
3.
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Catherine		 693 0
4.
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Michelle		 594 0
22.
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Patricia		 339 0
38.
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Maria		 237 0
43.
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Amanda		 205 0
46.
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Suzanne		 198 0
49.
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Carol		 184 0
81.
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Christina		 101 0
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Caroline		 563 -1
13.
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Sharon		 394 -1
20.
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Anne		 356 -1
25.
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Nicola		 320 -1
72.
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Teresa		 125 -1
8.
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Margaret		 463 -2
10.
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Jennifer		 451 -2
17.
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Linda		 372 -2
23.
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Louise		 330 -2
29.
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Sandra		 285 -2
34.
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Helen		 264 -2
53.
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Jacqueline		 169 -2
48.
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Deborah		 187 -3
72.
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Anna		 125 -3
74.
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Jane		 124 -3
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Elizabeth		 381 -4
30.
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Siobhan		 283 -4
71.
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Barbara		 126 -4
42.
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Denise		 208 -5
60.
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Angela		 149 -5
67.
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Tara		 139 -5
45.
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Bridget		 200 -6
18.
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Ann		 364 -7
65.
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Kathleen		 142 -7
37.
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Marie		 243 -8
56.
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Edel		 161 -8
75.
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Colette		 114 -9
83.
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Anita		 99 -9
84.
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Josephine		 97 -9
93.
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Andrea		 90 -10
95.
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Brenda		 89 -10
63.
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Eileen		 145 -11
90.
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Roisin		 93 -11
64.
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Audrey		 143 -12
90.
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Pauline		 93 -13
54.
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Rachel		 166 -14
97.
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Aileen		 81 -14
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Joan		 79 -14
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Carmel		 110 -15
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Olivia		 175 -28
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Popularity extremes for Ireland