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		 180 +9
56.
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Adam		 130 -1
74.
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Adrian		 88 -6
50.
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Aidan		 149 0
17.
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Alan		 438 0
23.
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Andrew		 326 +4
27.
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Anthony		 309 -4
37.
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Barry		 200 -1
84.
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Bernard		 69 +7
39.
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Brendan		 198 0
14.
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Brian		 489 +1
93.
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Bryan		 56 -10
97.
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Carl		 50 new
59.
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Cathal		 128 +2
16.
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Christopher		 475 0
51.
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Cian		 144 +11
30.
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Ciaran		 291 -2
53.
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Colin		 141 -9
37.
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Colm		 200 0
18.
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Conor		 437 +1
82.
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Cormac		 79 -1
54.
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Craig		 137 +13
49.
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Damien		 153 -2
11.
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Daniel		 575 +2
48.
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Darragh		 161 +2
20.
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Darren		 350 -2
1.
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David		 1,186 0
41.
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Dean		 184 -1
45.
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Declan		 172 -3
79.
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Denis		 81 -8
72.
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Derek		 91 -13
89.
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Dermot		 60 -6
68.
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Donal		 98 -3
94.
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Eamonn		 55 -7
56.
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Edward		 130 -6
99.
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Emmet		 49 new
83.
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Enda		 70 +3
64.
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Eoghan		 111 +10
24.
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Eoin		 318 +5
96.
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Eric		 53 -15
74.
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Francis		 88 -3
88.
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Gareth		 61 +3
34.
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Gary		 250 +1
43.
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Gavin		 183 -5
35.
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Gerard		 232 -1
60.
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Graham		 127 -5
97.
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Gregory		 50 new
91.
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Hugh		 58 -2
29.
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Ian		 296 +4
87.
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Jack		 63 new
4.
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James		 854 +2
52.
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Jamie		 143 +26
19.
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Jason		 416 +1
2.
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John		 1,062 0
31.
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Jonathan		 278 +1
21.
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Joseph		 333 +3
47.
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Karl		 164 +12
22.
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Keith		 330 0
70.
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Kenneth		 95 -7
13.
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Kevin		 498 -1
40.
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Kieran		 191 +5
85.
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Killian		 64 +13
81.
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Lee		 80 -6
46.
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Liam		 167 +2
62.
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Luke		 124 -5
10.
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Mark		 583 -2
25.
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Martin		 316 0
58.
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Matthew		 129 -9
3.
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Michael		 899 0
91.
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Micheal		 58 new
71.
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Neil		 94 +4
26.
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Niall		 310 -5
77.
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Nicholas		 85 0
61.
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Noel		 125 +7
79.
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Owen		 81 +6
55.
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Padraig		 134 +3
5.
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Patrick		 739 +2
8.
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Paul		 610 +1
32.
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Peter		 260 -2
36.
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Philip		 219 +5
69.
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Raymond		 96 +4
28.
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Richard		 298 +3
15.
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Robert		 485 -1
41.
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Ronan		 184 +2
77.
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Rory		 85 +2
65.
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Ross		 109 -11
100.
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Samuel		 48 -1
76.
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Seamus		 87 +3
9.
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Sean		 594 +2
7.
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Shane		 693 -2
85.
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Shaun		 64 +2
63.
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Simon		 120 -17
6.
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Stephen		 735 -2
66.
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Steven		 107 -2
12.
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Thomas		 499 -2
67.
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Timothy		 99 -2
95.
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Tomas		 54 new
89.
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Vincent		 60 +4
73.
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Wayne		 89 -5
33.
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William		 254 -7
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
29.
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Aine		 173 +4
13.
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Aisling		 375 +3
33.
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Alison		 166 +25
25.
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Amanda		 198 -2
12.
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Amy		 395 +2
33.
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Ann		 166 +2
59.
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Anna		 122 +10
55.
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Anne		 129 -15
10.
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Aoife		 437 0
73.
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Bridget		 89 -3
95.
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Caitriona		 73 0
95.
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Caoimhe		 73 -10
87.
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Carol		 78 -11
44.
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Caroline		 144 -20
15.
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Catherine		 352 +2
80.
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Charlene		 83 -28
97.
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Chloe		 72 new
58.
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Christina		 125 +8
52.
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Christine		 130 +5
4.
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Ciara		 547 +1
14.
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Claire		 365 -2
48.
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Clare		 143 +11
21.
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Danielle		 242 +4
71.
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Deborah		 97 +1
39.
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Deirdre		 151 -7
31.
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Denise		 172 +6
49.
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Donna		 137 +3
55.
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Edel		 129 +1
99.
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Eileen		 71 new
50.
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Eimear		 134 -2
20.
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Elaine		 270 -2
24.
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Elizabeth		 201 +13
93.
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Ellen		 74 +2
73.
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Emer		 89 +5
99.
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Emily		 71 -8
3.
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Emma		 609 0
18.
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Fiona		 303 +2
79.
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Gemma		 84 -9
44.
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Gillian		 144 0
29.
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Grace		 173 0
37.
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Grainne		 156 +12
93.
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Hannah		 74 new
97.
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Hazel		 72 new
67.
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Helen		 103 -17
87.
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Jacqueline		 78 +12
82.
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Jane		 82 +3
10.
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Jennifer		 437 -1
44.
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Jessica		 144 +2
63.
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Joanne		 111 -2
83.
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Julie		 80 -9
19.
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Karen		 280 -1
36.
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Kate		 160 +9
67.
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Kathleen		 103 -4
39.
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Katie		 151 +21
51.
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Kelly		 132 +1
70.
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Kim		 99 +5
2.
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Laura		 716 0
75.
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Lauren		 87 +19
41.
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Leanne		 150 -14
57.
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Linda		 128 -23
5.
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Lisa		 511 -1
90.
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Lorna		 76 -7
64.
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Lorraine		 110 -28
16.
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Louise		 330 -3
86.
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Maeve		 79 new
62.
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Mairead		 114 +2
28.
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Margaret		 187 -6
38.
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Maria		 153 -11
42.
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Marie		 146 0
75.
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Martina		 87 +5
8.
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Mary		 460 -1
89.
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Megan		 77 new
67.
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Melissa		 103 -1
7.
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Michelle		 482 +1
78.
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Natalie		 85 new
90.
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Natasha		 76 -9
6.
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Niamh		 499 0
23.
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Nicola		 222 -2
77.
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Nicole		 86 +7
27.
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Orla		 197 +3
60.
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Patricia		 119 +5
92.
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Paula		 75 +3
72.
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Rachael		 92 new
17.
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Rachel		 325 -2
22.
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Rebecca		 233 +8
32.
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Roisin		 168 +19
44.
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Ruth		 144 +11
64.
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Samantha		 110 -3
80.
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Sandra		 83 -7
1.
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Sarah		 936 0
52.
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Sharon		 130 -13
9.
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Sinead		 450 +2
25.
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Siobhan		 198 +1
61.
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Stacey		 118 +24
35.
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Stephanie		 165 +8
52.
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Susan		 130 -6
83.
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Suzanne		 80 -5
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Tara		 146 -1
66.
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Tracey		 105 +16
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Yvonne		 80 +8
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Popularity extremes for Ireland