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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William		 487 -2
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Wayne		 133 0
63.
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Vincent		 145 +5
58.
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Trevor		 166 -5
53.
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Timothy		 190 +6
9.
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Thomas		 823 -1
79.
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Steven		 100 +19
8.
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Stephen		 826 +3
64.
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Simon		 144 -2
14.
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Shane		 538 +1
20.
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Sean		 445 +8
66.
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Seamus		 143 +5
67.
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Ross		 137 +3
72.
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Rory		 124 +2
32.
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Ronan		 331 -1
12.
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Robert		 658 0
28.
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Richard		 360 +1
57.
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Raymond		 169 -3
38.
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Philip		 291 -2
19.
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Peter		 467 -2
5.
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Paul		 1,110 -1
4.
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Patrick		 1,217 +1
52.
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Padraig		 193 +12
78.
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Owen		 102 0
99.
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Oliver		 61 -5
48.
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Noel		 235 -6
80.
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Nicholas		 89 +3
24.
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Niall		 410 0
64.
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Neil		 144 +1
95.
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Micheal		 63 new
3.
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Michael		 1,320 0
81.
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Maurice		 85 +3
75.
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Matthew		 114 +1
15.
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Martin		 501 +1
10.
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Mark		 789 0
51.
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Liam		 197 0
42.
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Kieran		 260 +4
13.
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Kevin		 590 0
44.
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Kenneth		 255 -3
23.
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Keith		 411 -4
70.
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Karl		 132 -15
92.
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Justin		 67 new
22.
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Joseph		 426 -2
18.
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Jonathan		 476 +5
1.
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John		 2,071 0
95.
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Jeremiah		 63 -5
45.
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Jason		 253 -8
6.
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James		 1,098 0
47.
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Ian		 239 -2
83.
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Hugh		 82 -2
61.
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Graham		 156 +2
25.
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Gerard		 408 -4
49.
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Gavin		 205 +3
33.
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Gary		 322 +6
85.
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Garry		 81 -6
55.
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Gareth		 179 -13
50.
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Francis		 204 +5
83.
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Fergal		 82 -2
86.
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Eugene		 80 +11
94.
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Eric		 66 -4
35.
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Eoin		 312 -1
95.
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Eoghan		 63 -6
73.
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Enda		 116 -1
87.
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Emmet		 75 new
42.
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Edward		 260 +2
71.
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Eamonn		 129 +2
60.
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Donal		 161 -3
99.
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Diarmuid		 61 -4
91.
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Desmond		 69 -5
59.
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Dermot		 164 +2
31.
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Derek		 332 +1
56.
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Denis		 174 +2
29.
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Declan		 343 +3
2.
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David		 1,633 0
36.
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Darren		 307 -10
77.
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Darragh		 108 +10
21.
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Daniel		 431 +4
37.
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Damien		 306 -2
68.
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Damian		 133 -2
82.
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Cormac		 83 -5
34.
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Conor		 319 +4
41.
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Colm		 275 +8
53.
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Colin		 190 -6
39.
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Ciaran		 288 +1
89.
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Cian		 71 new
40.
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Christopher		 276 +8
92.
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Charles		 67 -12
74.
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Cathal		 115 -7
90.
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Bryan		 70 +3
7.
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Brian		 907 0
29.
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Brendan		 343 -3
76.
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Bernard		 111 -1
27.
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Barry		 384 -5
17.
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Anthony		 486 +1
26.
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Andrew		 394 +4
11.
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Alan		 785 -2
46.
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Aidan		 240 +4
62.
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Adrian		 151 -2
88.
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Adam		 74 new
98.
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Aaron		 62 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
44.
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Yvonne		 219 -5
86.
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Valerie		 99 -5
73.
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Tracy		 118 -4
67.
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Tracey		 135 -6
74.
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Teresa		 116 +4
81.
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Tara		 108 -3
84.
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Tanya		 102 new
55.
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Suzanne		 168 +2
30.
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Susan		 304 -1
92.
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Stephanie		 87 +5
26.
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Siobhan		 318 +7
6.
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Sinead		 610 +2
95.
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Sheila		 83 new
28.
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Sharon		 308 -8
3.
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Sarah		 696 -1
42.
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Sandra		 225 -7
47.
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Ruth		 199 +7
60.
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Roisin		 150 +11
68.
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Rebecca		 133 +6
39.
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Rachel		 229 +10
98.
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Pauline		 82 -33
47.
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Paula		 199 -13
29.
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Patricia		 306 +2
37.
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Pamela		 256 -7
36.
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Orla		 261 -14
90.
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Olivia		 92 -1
23.
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Nicola		 359 +2
11.
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Niamh		 501 +3
99.
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Miriam		 81 -6
2.
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Michelle		 702 +1
91.
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Melissa		 89 +3
1.
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Mary		 882 0
46.
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Martina		 203 -2
33.
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Marie		 274 +5
34.
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Maria		 265 +8
19.
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Margaret		 399 0
53.
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Mairead		 180 +7
82.
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Maeve		 106 new
10.
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Louise		 528 -5
21.
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Lorraine		 376 -3
83.
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Lorna		 103 -8
5.
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Lisa		 629 +1
24.
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Linda		 332 +3
14.
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Laura		 488 +3
60.
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Kathleen		 150 +2
9.
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Karen		 530 +1
56.
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Julie		 166 +8
35.
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Joanne		 263 -3
4.
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Jennifer		 635 +5
69.
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Jane		 125 +14
57.
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Jacqueline		 165 +2
100.
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Helena		 79 0
40.
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Helen		 227 +3
54.
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Grainne		 176 -4
94.
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Grace		 86 new
40.
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Gillian		 227 +1
65.
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Geraldine		 136 -9
70.
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Gemma		 123 +14
18.
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Fiona		 442 -5
7.
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Emma		 568 +4
87.
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Emily		 94 0
62.
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Emer		 147 +1
85.
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Ellen		 101 -1
24.
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Elizabeth		 332 -3
13.
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Elaine		 489 -1
65.
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Eimear		 136 -12
76.
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Eileen		 112 -10
49.
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Edel		 195 -3
43.
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Donna		 224 +8
31.
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Denise		 303 +5
17.
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Deirdre		 456 -2
38.
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Deborah		 248 +10
58.
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Clare		 159 0
16.
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Claire		 457 0
22.
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Ciara		 363 +3
92.
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Christine		 87 -8
76.
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Christina		 112 +4
70.
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Catriona		 123 +2
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Catherine		 535 -4
12.
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Caroline		 491 -5
52.
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Carol		 183 -7
95.
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Carmel		 83 -6
75.
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Caitriona		 115 +7
50.
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Bridget		 192 +1
59.
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Bernadette		 158 -4
78.
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Barbara		 111 +17
78.
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Audrey		 111 -11
15.
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Aoife		 471 +13
26.
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Anne		 318 -3
64.
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Anna		 138 +6
20.
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Ann		 379 +4
88.
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Anita		 93 new
80.
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Angela		 110 -8
95.
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Andrea		 83 -7
72.
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Amy		 122 +3
45.
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Amanda		 207 -8
63.
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Alison		 144 +4
32.
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Aisling		 285 +8
51.
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Aine		 184 -4
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Aileen		 93 +7
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Popularity extremes for Ireland