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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Aaron		 131 +11
68.
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Adam		 106 -11
61.
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Adrian		 122 -8
47.
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Aidan		 185 0
13.
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Alan		 535 0
21.
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Andrew		 384 -2
22.
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Anthony		 383 0
37.
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Barry		 267 -6
81.
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Bernard		 80 +7
36.
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Brendan		 291 +2
12.
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Brian		 545 -2
79.
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Bryan		 84 +6
54.
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Cathal		 145 +12
98.
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Charles		 52 new
17.
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Christopher		 457 0
65.
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Cian		 115 -6
25.
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Ciaran		 347 +11
44.
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Colin		 196 -3
40.
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Colm		 234 -3
18.
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Conor		 444 +6
90.
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Cormac		 64 -12
83.
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Craig		 70 +8
45.
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Damien		 192 -3
16.
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Daniel		 495 -2
58.
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Darragh		 127 +13
19.
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Darren		 397 +8
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David		 1,282 +1
53.
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Dean		 146 +11
40.
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Declan		 234 0
70.
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Denis		 104 -14
56.
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Derek		 135 -11
90.
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Dermot		 64 -11
84.
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Diarmuid		 68 +3
66.
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Donal		 113 -4
89.
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Eamon		 65 +10
94.
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Eamonn		 62 -13
49.
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Edward		 172 -2
97.
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Emmet		 54 -6
80.
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Enda		 81 -11
76.
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Eoghan		 89 0
25.
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Eoin		 347 +8
88.
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Eric		 66 -7
92.
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Fergal		 63 new
63.
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Francis		 117 -5
96.
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Gareth		 60 new
29.
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Gary		 337 +5
43.
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Gavin		 216 +3
35.
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Gerard		 299 -6
100.
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Glenn		 49 new
52.
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Graham		 147 +2
94.
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Hugh		 62 -4
28.
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Ian		 340 +2
4.
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James		 940 0
81.
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Jamie		 80 +15
25.
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Jason		 347 -3
2.
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John		 1,250 -1
33.
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Jonathan		 303 +2
20.
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Joseph		 395 -2
63.
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Karl		 117 0
31.
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Keith		 325 +1
60.
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Kenneth		 123 +5
11.
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Kevin		 583 +1
39.
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Kieran		 235 +4
84.
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Lee		 68 0
48.
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Liam		 175 +1
72.
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Luke		 101 +11
9.
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Mark		 744 -2
24.
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Martin		 360 +1
55.
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Matthew		 138 +4
3.
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Michael		 956 0
100.
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Micheal		 49 -5
68.
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Neil		 106 +7
30.
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Niall		 327 -4
92.
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Nicholas		 63 +1
51.
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Noel		 152 +1
75.
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Owen		 94 +1
50.
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Padraig		 156 +1
6.
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Patrick		 870 -1
7.
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Paul		 814 +1
32.
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Peter		 306 -4
38.
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Philip		 244 +1
73.
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Raymond		 97 -3
33.
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Richard		 303 -13
15.
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Robert		 510 0
42.
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Ronan		 220 +2
74.
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Rory		 96 0
62.
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Ross		 121 +5
99.
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Scott		 50 new
77.
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Seamus		 87 -5
14.
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Sean		 533 +2
8.
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Shane		 779 +1
87.
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Shaun		 67 +11
46.
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Simon		 186 +4
5.
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Stephen		 875 +1
71.
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Steven		 102 -10
100.
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Terence		 49 new
10.
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Thomas		 634 +1
58.
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Timothy		 127 -3
84.
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Trevor		 68 +9
78.
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Vincent		 85 +2
67.
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Wayne		 109 +5
23.
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William		 369 -2
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
36.
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Aine		 197 +4
14.
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Aisling		 371 +4
58.
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Alison		 132 +16
21.
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Amanda		 318 -6
15.
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Amy		 357 +5
84.
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Andrea		 87 -21
39.
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Ann		 177 -11
71.
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Anna		 109 -10
34.
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Anne		 201 +2
9.
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Aoife		 492 +3
89.
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Ashling		 84 +5
97.
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Bernadette		 74 -7
84.
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Bridget		 87 -20
81.
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Caitriona		 90 -11
71.
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Carol		 109 0
30.
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Caroline		 222 -7
16.
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Catherine		 346 -2
87.
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Catriona		 85 -5
98.
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Charlene		 73 new
46.
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Christina		 152 +10
55.
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Christine		 137 +13
6.
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Ciara		 556 0
10.
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Claire		 451 0
59.
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Clare		 131 -8
42.
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Danielle		 166 +4
62.
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Deborah		 128 +14
25.
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Deirdre		 261 -1
46.
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Denise		 152 +3
49.
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Donna		 148 -2
44.
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Edel		 158 -13
96.
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Eileen		 77 -1
69.
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Eimear		 117 -21
20.
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Elaine		 322 -4
28.
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Elizabeth		 231 +7
93.
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Ellen		 80 +6
67.
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Emer		 122 -13
3.
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Emma		 636 +2
19.
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Fiona		 334 +3
84.
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Gemma		 87 -10
43.
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Gillian		 164 0
38.
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Grace		 185 +12
62.
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Grainne		 128 +10
59.
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Helen		 131 -7
95.
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Jacqueline		 78 -22
80.
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Jane		 92 +17
8.
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Jennifer		 544 -4
54.
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Jessica		 144 +3
49.
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Joanne		 148 +13
87.
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Julie		 85 -30
22.
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Karen		 316 -3
48.
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Kate		 150 +12
78.
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Kathleen		 95 +9
90.
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Katie		 83 new
68.
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Kelly		 118 +12
71.
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Kim		 109 +16
2.
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Laura		 752 0
66.
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Leanne		 123 +12
32.
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Linda		 216 -6
5.
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Lisa		 593 +3
74.
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Lorna		 106 +13
34.
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Lorraine		 201 -7
13.
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Louise		 423 0
92.
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Maeve		 81 +1
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Mairead		 112 -5
24.
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Margaret		 265 +12
29.
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Maria		 223 0
57.
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Marian		 134 new
33.
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Marie		 204 +7
65.
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Martina		 124 +2
4.
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Mary		 603 +2
61.
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Melissa		 130 +7
7.
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Michelle		 548 -4
76.
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Natasha		 99 +7
11.
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Niamh		 443 -2
18.
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Nicola		 337 -1
26.
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Orla		 241 -1
94.
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Pamela		 79 -11
45.
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Patricia		 156 -6
75.
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Paula		 101 +2
17.
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Rachel		 342 +4
40.
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Rebecca		 170 +4
49.
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Roisin		 148 +6
53.
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Ruth		 147 0
55.
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Samantha		 137 -22
49.
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Sandra		 148 -5
83.
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Sara		 89 +16
1.
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Sarah		 1,024 0
37.
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Sharon		 193 -5
12.
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Sinead		 429 -1
23.
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Siobhan		 271 +6
79.
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Stacey		 93 +16
31.
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Stephanie		 218 +11
41.
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Susan		 169 -8
77.
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Suzanne		 98 +2
98.
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Tanya		 73 new
27.
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Tara		 235 +9
81.
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Tracey		 90 -15
98.
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Tracy		 73 -13
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Victoria		 82 -1
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Yvonne		 126 -5
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Popularity extremes for Ireland