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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George		 64 new
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Bryan		 65 -1
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Emmet		 67 new
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Eric		 68 new
94.
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Cornelius		 69 -15
94.
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Jeremiah		 69 -1
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Wesley		 69 -32
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Garry		 72 +4
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Charles		 73 -3
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Hugh		 73 +4
87.
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Garrett		 75 0
87.
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Gregory		 75 +6
87.
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Nicholas		 75 -10
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Terence		 75 +11
85.
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Darragh		 80 +6
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Laurence		 80 -1
84.
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Nigel		 81 0
83.
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Ross		 82 +5
82.
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Cormac		 83 +13
81.
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Oliver		 84 -7
79.
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Desmond		 87 -3
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Stuart		 87 +19
78.
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Maurice		 90 +4
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Bernard		 96 -12
76.
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Eamonn		 103 -1
75.
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Fergal		 104 -5
74.
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Gareth		 105 +10
73.
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Wayne		 107 +5
72.
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Matthew		 111 +7
71.
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Cathal		 112 +1
70.
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Enda		 117 -4
69.
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Rory		 125 -1
68.
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Owen		 128 +5
66.
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Karl		 133 +15
66.
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Simon		 133 +1
65.
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Vincent		 134 +5
64.
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Damian		 136 -1
63.
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Padraig		 142 +6
62.
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Seamus		 144 -3
61.
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Donal		 152 -6
60.
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Timothy		 167 -7
59.
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Gary		 168 +5
58.
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Dermot		 171 -1
57.
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Denis		 173 -3
56.
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Liam		 177 0
55.
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Neil		 180 +4
54.
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Graham		 185 +4
53.
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Trevor		 205 -1
52.
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Christopher		 206 -6
51.
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Raymond		 210 -10
50.
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Eoin		 211 +9
49.
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Damien		 215 -7
48.
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Francis		 217 -3
47.
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Aidan		 221 -3
46.
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Ciaran		 222 +5
45.
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Colin		 223 +2
44.
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Conor		 224 -1
43.
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Adrian		 227 +6
41.
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Kieran		 241 -5
41.
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Noel		 241 -2
40.
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Gavin		 246 -7
39.
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Ronan		 248 +1
38.
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Kenneth		 249 0
36.
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Ian		 264 -4
36.
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Jason		 264 -6
35.
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Colm		 268 +14
34.
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Sean		 275 -7
33.
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Jonathan		 277 +15
32.
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Edward		 281 +3
31.
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Darren		 285 +3
30.
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Philip		 314 +6
29.
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Daniel		 322 +2
28.
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Derek		 324 -1
27.
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Richard		 342 -2
26.
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Declan		 349 -2
25.
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Niall		 362 -2
24.
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Andrew		 366 +5
23.
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Joseph		 374 -3
22.
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Keith		 381 -1
21.
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Brendan		 393 +1
20.
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Barry		 407 +5
19.
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Peter		 409 0
18.
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Shane		 413 -1
17.
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Gerard		 415 +1
16.
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William		 458 -1
15.
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Anthony		 484 -3
14.
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Kevin		 496 0
13.
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Martin		 536 0
12.
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Robert		 555 +4
11.
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Alan		 674 0
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Stephen		 710 0
9.
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Thomas		 811 0
8.
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Brian		 857 -1
7.
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Mark		 919 +1
6.
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James		 949 0
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Patrick		 1,166 -1
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Michael		 1,327 -1
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Paul		 1,343 +2
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David		 1,637 0
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John		 2,280 0
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
98.
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Eimear		 83 -2
98.
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Josephine		 83 -14
98.
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Lorna		 83 -6
98.
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Tanya		 83 -13
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Una		 83 new
93.
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Andrea		 84 0
93.
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Ellen		 84 -6
93.
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Lynn		 84 new
93.
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Nora		 84 new
93.
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Pamela		 84 new
92.
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Ashling		 85 -5
90.
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Colette		 87 -15
90.
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Rebecca		 87 +3
89.
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Georgina		 88 new
88.
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Helena		 89 -9
86.
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Gemma		 91 -5
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Jean		 91 new
85.
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Evelyn		 92 new
84.
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Carmel		 95 -8
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Christine		 96 new
82.
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Annette		 97 new
81.
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Caitriona		 102 +16
80.
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Sheila		 104 -2
79.
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Brenda		 107 +16
78.
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Christina		 112 +3
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Donna		 114 new
76.
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Tara		 117 -9
75.
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Teresa		 119 -3
74.
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Barbara		 122 -3
73.
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Pauline		 123 +17
72.
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Tracy		 124 -4
71.
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Roisin		 125 +19
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Tracey		 126 -2
69.
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Jane		 127 +5
68.
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Audrey		 128 -4
67.
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Anna		 129 +5
66.
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Valerie		 131 +2
65.
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Alison		 140 +1
64.
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Clare		 143 -5
63.
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Bernadette		 144 -13
62.
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Eileen		 148 +1
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Mairead		 150 -3
60.
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Olivia		 154 -8
59.
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Emer		 159 +3
58.
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Kathleen		 160 +7
57.
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Aine		 161 +3
55.
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Angela		 167 +5
55.
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Grainne		 167 +1
54.
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Ruth		 172 -10
53.
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Rachel		 181 +1
52.
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Julie		 182 -1
51.
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Jacqueline		 185 +2
49.
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Deborah		 187 -1
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Edel		 187 +7
48.
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Geraldine		 188 -7
47.
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Sabrina		 194 -8
46.
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Bridget		 197 -1
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Carol		 210 +4
44.
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Aisling		 222 +3
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Suzanne		 224 +3
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Helen		 227 -7
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Maria		 227 -3
40.
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Paula		 240 +15
39.
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Joanne		 242 -7
38.
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Ciara		 249 +2
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Martina		 251 -9
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Amanda		 259 +7
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Denise		 263 +7
34.
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Marie		 269 +3
33.
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Sandra		 277 -4
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Yvonne		 278 -6
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Aoife		 290 +5
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Siobhan		 304 0
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Orla		 305 +4
28.
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Gillian		 306 -1
27.
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Laura		 311 +8
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Patricia		 323 -4
25.
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Susan		 343 -6
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Emma		 348 +6
23.
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Nicola		 362 +2
22.
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Anne		 364 -2
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Linda		 371 -4
20.
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Ann		 386 -2
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Sharon		 394 -6
18.
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Claire		 404 +5
17.
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Elizabeth		 410 -1
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Lorraine		 418 +5
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Elaine		 426 -4
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Niamh		 431 0
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Louise		 434 +10
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Margaret		 449 -4
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Sarah		 463 +1
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Lisa		 466 +5
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Karen		 482 -4
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Deirdre		 499 -1
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Fiona		 507 +2
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Jennifer		 535 +4
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Caroline		 578 +1
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Catherine		 628 -1
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Sinead		 629 -1
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Michelle		 650 +2
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Mary		 1,005 0
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Popularity extremes for Ireland