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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Garry		 98 new
80.
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Charles		 87 +18
42.
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Gareth		 282 +15
70.
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Ross		 130 +12
89.
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Eoghan		 75 new
39.
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Gary		 298 +10
57.
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Donal		 186 +10
84.
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Maurice		 82 +10
90.
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Jeremiah		 73 +10
23.
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Jonathan		 401 +9
26.
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Darren		 372 +9
61.
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Dermot		 166 +7
66.
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Damian		 136 +6
95.
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Diarmuid		 69 new
31.
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Ronan		 356 +5
41.
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Kenneth		 290 +5
22.
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Barry		 423 +4
35.
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Damien		 339 +4
84.
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Laurence		 82 +4
97.
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Eugene		 67 new
15.
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Shane		 540 +3
55.
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Karl		 192 +3
76.
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Matthew		 110 +3
81.
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Hugh		 85 +3
87.
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Cornelius		 76 +3
14.
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William		 541 +2
25.
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Daniel		 373 +2
38.
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Conor		 299 +2
40.
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Ciaran		 297 +2
51.
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Liam		 231 +2
53.
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Trevor		 203 +2
54.
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Raymond		 199 +2
59.
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Timothy		 173 +2
75.
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Bernard		 113 +2
81.
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Fergal		 85 +2
94.
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Oliver		 70 +2
96.
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George		 68 +2
3.
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Michael		 1,426 +1
8.
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Thomas		 844 +1
9.
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Alan		 815 +1
19.
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Keith		 453 +1
21.
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Gerard		 429 +1
24.
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Niall		 393 +1
42.
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Noel		 282 +1
68.
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Vincent		 132 +1
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John		 2,510 0
2.
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David		 1,740 0
5.
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Patrick		 1,218 0
6.
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James		 1,087 0
7.
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Brian		 944 0
11.
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Stephen		 773 0
12.
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Robert		 670 0
13.
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Kevin		 568 0
17.
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Peter		 489 0
28.
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Sean		 370 0
52.
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Gavin		 230 0
62.
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Simon		 163 0
64.
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Padraig		 157 0
93.
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Bryan		 71 0
4.
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Paul		 1,262 -1
20.
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Joseph		 446 -1
32.
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Derek		 348 -1
34.
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Eoin		 346 -1
49.
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Colm		 253 -1
86.
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Desmond		 81 -1
10.
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Mark		 814 -2
16.
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Martin		 506 -2
32.
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Declan		 348 -2
47.
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Colin		 260 -2
68.
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Wayne		 132 -2
72.
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Enda		 122 -2
73.
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Eamonn		 116 -2
74.
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Rory		 115 -2
78.
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Owen		 102 -2
83.
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Nicholas		 84 -2
18.
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Anthony		 483 -3
26.
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Brendan		 372 -3
36.
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Philip		 336 -3
44.
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Edward		 272 -3
50.
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Aidan		 243 -3
65.
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Neil		 137 -3
77.
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Cormac		 104 -3
90.
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Eric		 73 -3
48.
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Christopher		 255 -4
63.
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Graham		 162 -4
29.
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Richard		 365 -5
58.
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Denis		 182 -5
99.
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Terence		 63 -5
55.
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Francis		 192 -6
71.
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Seamus		 128 -6
67.
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Cathal		 135 -7
98.
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Steven		 64 -7
37.
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Jason		 319 -8
45.
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Ian		 271 -8
46.
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Kieran		 263 -8
87.
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Darragh		 76 -8
100.
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Gregory		 62 -8
30.
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Andrew		 359 -9
60.
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Adrian		 169 -9
92.
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Nigel		 72 -14
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
74.
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Rebecca		 121 +26
75.
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Amy		 120 new
51.
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Donna		 184 +25
53.
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Eimear		 181 +21
84.
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Ellen		 105 new
75.
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Lorna		 120 +16
5.
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Louise		 598 +11
30.
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Pamela		 330 +11
71.
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Roisin		 127 +10
66.
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Eileen		 140 +9
16.
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Claire		 458 +8
22.
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Orla		 361 +8
93.
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Miriam		 94 new
25.
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Ciara		 352 +7
69.
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Tracy		 132 +7
94.
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Melissa		 93 new
37.
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Amanda		 275 +6
47.
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Aine		 213 +6
50.
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Grainne		 195 +6
61.
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Tracey		 156 +6
87.
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Emily		 104 +6
92.
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Colette		 96 +6
2.
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Sarah		 653 +5
12.
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Elaine		 507 +5
20.
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Sharon		 381 +5
31.
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Patricia		 327 +5
55.
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Bernadette		 176 +5
81.
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Valerie		 113 +5
72.
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Angela		 124 +4
97.
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Leona		 90 new
97.
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Stephanie		 90 new
19.
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Margaret		 420 +3
23.
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Anne		 356 +3
36.
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Denise		 279 +3
51.
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Bridget		 184 +3
56.
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Geraldine		 174 +3
60.
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Mairead		 162 +3
21.
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Elizabeth		 364 +2
25.
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Nicola		 352 +2
33.
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Siobhan		 314 +2
42.
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Maria		 248 +2
44.
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Martina		 242 +2
48.
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Deborah		 211 +2
88.
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Andrea		 103 +2
9.
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Jennifer		 553 +1
17.
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Laura		 446 +1
39.
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Yvonne		 263 +1
46.
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Edel		 225 +1
67.
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Audrey		 137 +1
84.
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Christine		 105 +1
1.
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Mary		 964 0
4.
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Catherine		 633 0
6.
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Lisa		 586 0
11.
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Emma		 525 0
49.
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Rachel		 201 0
97.
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Victoria		 90 0
3.
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Michelle		 649 -1
10.
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Karen		 549 -1
13.
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Fiona		 499 -1
29.
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Susan		 335 -1
35.
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Sandra		 283 -1
43.
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Helen		 243 -1
58.
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Clare		 171 -1
63.
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Emer		 147 -1
14.
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Niamh		 492 -2
62.
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Kathleen		 150 -2
84.
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Gemma		 105 -2
100.
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Helena		 88 -2
8.
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Sinead		 561 -3
32.
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Joanne		 319 -3
40.
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Aisling		 258 -3
54.
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Ruth		 180 -3
82.
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Caitriona		 112 -3
7.
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Caroline		 573 -4
18.
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Lorraine		 440 -4
24.
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Ann		 355 -4
67.
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Alison		 137 -4
70.
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Anna		 131 -4
38.
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Marie		 272 -5
77.
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Sabrina		 117 -6
78.
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Tara		 116 -6
89.
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Carmel		 102 -6
15.
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Deirdre		 464 -7
28.
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Aoife		 344 -7
45.
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Carol		 229 -7
27.
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Linda		 347 -8
59.
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Jacqueline		 170 -8
57.
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Suzanne		 172 -9
64.
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Julie		 145 -9
95.
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Aileen		 92 -9
41.
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Gillian		 257 -10
80.
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Christina		 114 -11
91.
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Jean		 98 -11
95.
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Barbara		 92 -11
78.
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Teresa		 116 -13
72.
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Catriona		 124 -14
83.
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Jane		 106 -14
89.
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Olivia		 102 -16
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Paula		 300 -19
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Pauline		 144 -20
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Popularity extremes for Ireland