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		 1,330 +1
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David		 1,244 -1
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Michael		 1,065 0
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James		 982 +1
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Patrick		 926 +1
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Stephen		 921 -2
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Mark		 831 +1
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Paul		 824 -1
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Shane		 685 +2
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Brian		 668 -1
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Thomas		 658 -1
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Kevin		 639 +1
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Alan		 579 -1
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Daniel		 557 0
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Robert		 522 0
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Sean		 519 0
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Christopher		 442 +1
18.
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Joseph		 409 +5
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Andrew		 398 0
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Richard		 386 +12
21.
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William		 383 0
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Anthony		 381 -2
22.
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Jason		 381 +14
24.
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Conor		 370 +1
25.
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Martin		 365 -3
26.
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Niall		 362 0
27.
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Darren		 357 +2
28.
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Peter		 356 -4
29.
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Gerard		 343 -2
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Ian		 341 +5
31.
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Barry		 339 -14
32.
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Keith		 335 -2
33.
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Eoin		 329 -2
34.
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Gary		 325 0
35.
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Jonathan		 308 -2
36.
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Ciaran		 295 -8
37.
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Colm		 261 +5
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Brendan		 256 -1
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Philip		 247 0
40.
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Declan		 245 +4
41.
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Colin		 232 -3
42.
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Damien		 216 -2
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Kieran		 214 +2
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Ronan		 213 -2
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Derek		 212 -4
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Gavin		 205 +4
47.
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Aidan		 191 -1
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Edward		 191 -1
49.
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Liam		 187 0
50.
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Simon		 174 +2
51.
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Padraig		 157 +4
52.
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Noel		 156 -4
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Adrian		 141 0
54.
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Graham		 139 +9
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Timothy		 136 +4
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Denis		 135 -1
57.
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Adam		 130 +9
58.
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Francis		 128 -5
59.
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Cian		 127 +14
59.
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Matthew		 127 +5
61.
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Steven		 126 +1
62.
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Donal		 120 -4
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Karl		 119 +2
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Dean		 118 +15
65.
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Kenneth		 117 -14
66.
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Cathal		 116 -7
67.
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Ross		 114 +7
68.
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Aaron		 111 +8
69.
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Enda		 110 +1
70.
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Raymond		 108 -13
71.
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Darragh		 106 +4
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Seamus		 105 -3
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Wayne		 105 -13
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Rory		 104 -6
75.
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Neil		 102 -9
76.
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Eoghan		 90 +7
76.
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Owen		 90 -5
78.
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Cormac		 88 +8
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Dermot		 87 -7
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Vincent		 84 0
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Eamonn		 83 -1
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Eric		 83 +11
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Luke		 80 +15
84.
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Lee		 75 +2
85.
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Bryan		 73 -7
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Damian		 70 -1
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Diarmuid		 69 +8
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Bernard		 67 -4
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Nigel		 67 new
90.
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Hugh		 65 0
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Craig		 64 0
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Emmet		 64 new
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Nicholas		 62 -11
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Trevor		 62 -17
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Micheal		 61 +2
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Gregory		 60 -1
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Jamie		 60 -8
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Shaun		 57 -6
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Eamon		 56 -10
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Garry		 56 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 953 0
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Laura		 783 0
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Michelle		 626 0
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Jennifer		 609 +2
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Emma		 605 0
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Ciara		 570 +2
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Mary		 570 -2
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Lisa		 542 -1
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Niamh		 494 +2
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Claire		 476 0
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Sinead		 474 +4
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Aoife		 465 -3
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Louise		 414 -1
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Catherine		 394 0
15.
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Amanda		 371 +2
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Elaine		 354 -4
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Nicola		 342 +8
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Aisling		 337 0
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Karen		 335 -4
20.
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Amy		 330 0
21.
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Rachel		 327 +1
22.
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Fiona		 309 -3
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Caroline		 304 -2
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Deirdre		 276 -1
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Orla		 238 +2
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Linda		 234 -2
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Lorraine		 230 -1
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Ann		 228 +4
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Maria		 225 0
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Siobhan		 225 +5
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Edel		 219 +5
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Sharon		 207 -1
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Samantha		 206 +20
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Susan		 206 +4
35.
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Elizabeth		 202 -5
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Anne		 201 -1
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Margaret		 201 -9
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Tara		 201 +8
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Patricia		 192 0
40.
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Aine		 189 +1
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Marie		 189 -7
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Stephanie		 185 +13
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Gillian		 180 +6
44.
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Rebecca		 179 +6
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Sandra		 179 -4
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Danielle		 172 +18
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Donna		 169 -9
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Eimear		 165 +3
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Denise		 162 +3
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Grace		 159 +3
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Clare		 156 -6
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Helen		 155 -5
53.
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Ruth		 153 -11
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Emer		 148 -11
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Roisin		 147 +2
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Christina		 142 -8
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Jessica		 140 +19
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Julie		 140 +13
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Yvonne		 138 +1
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Kate		 134 -5
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Anna		 130 +11
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Joanne		 129 0
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Andrea		 128 -1
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Bridget		 126 +19
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Mairead		 125 -7
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Tracey		 124 +14
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Martina		 123 -2
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Christine		 122 +10
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Melissa		 122 -8
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Caitriona		 120 +20
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Carol		 119 -12
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Grainne		 118 -5
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Jacqueline		 113 -4
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Alison		 107 0
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Gemma		 107 -4
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Deborah		 105 -31
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Paula		 100 -2
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Leanne		 98 +4
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Suzanne		 94 -11
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Kelly		 93 +6
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Geraldine		 92 +2
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Catriona		 88 -6
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Natasha		 87 +17
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Pamela		 87 -17
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Anita		 84 +2
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Tracy		 84 new
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Kathleen		 81 -15
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Kim		 81 0
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Lorna		 81 -7
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Bernadette		 78 +1
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Victoria		 78 new
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Teresa		 77 +5
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Maeve		 76 +2
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Ashling		 75 -3
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Eileen		 73 -12
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Stacey		 73 new
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Jane		 72 -18
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Natalie		 70 +2
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Ellen		 69 -3
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Sara		 69 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland