Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Times +/-
36.
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Aaron		 214 +8
44.
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Adam		 193 +12
67.
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Adrian		 105 +7
61.
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Aidan		 123 -11
19.
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Alan		 391 -2
18.
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Andrew		 413 +5
26.
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Anthony		 286 +1
41.
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Barry		 204 -4
50.
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Brendan		 167 -11
14.
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Brian		 510 0
91.
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Bryan		 66 +2
56.
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Cathal		 142 +3
13.
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Christopher		 522 +3
45.
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Cian		 189 +6
26.
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Ciaran		 286 +4
100.
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Cillian		 52 new
55.
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Colin		 147 -2
43.
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Colm		 199 -6
17.
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Conor		 460 +1
78.
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Cormac		 90 +4
39.
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Craig		 208 +15
53.
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Damien		 158 -4
9.
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Daniel		 623 +2
98.
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Daragh		 54 new
38.
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Darragh		 210 +10
20.
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Darren		 374 0
1.
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David		 1,108 0
35.
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Dean		 224 +6
49.
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Declan		 173 -4
68.
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Denis		 102 +11
73.
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Derek		 96 -1
94.
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Dermot		 60 -5
97.
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Diarmuid		 56 new
65.
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Donal		 109 +3
95.
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Eamonn		 59 -1
54.
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Edward		 149 +2
88.
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Emmet		 70 +11
76.
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Enda		 92 +7
63.
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Eoghan		 120 +1
22.
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Eoin		 340 +2
86.
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Eric		 72 +10
98.
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Evan		 54 new
80.
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Francis		 86 -6
95.
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Gareth		 59 -7
31.
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Gary		 260 +3
40.
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Gavin		 207 +3
37.
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Gerard		 213 -2
62.
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Graham		 122 -2
100.
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Hugh		 52 -9
24.
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Ian		 297 +5
85.
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Jack		 73 +2
5.
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James		 785 -1
52.
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Jamie		 164 0
32.
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Jason		 252 -13
2.
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John		 972 0
33.
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Jonathan		 237 -2
25.
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Joseph		 294 -4
59.
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Karl		 137 -12
30.
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Keith		 272 -8
75.
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Kenneth		 93 -5
12.
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Kevin		 571 +1
47.
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Kieran		 178 -7
93.
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Killian		 61 -8
84.
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Lee		 76 -3
47.
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Liam		 178 -1
58.
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Luke		 138 +4
8.
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Mark		 627 +2
29.
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Martin		 279 -4
51.
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Matthew		 165 +7
3.
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Michael		 883 0
81.
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Neil		 82 -10
21.
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Niall		 369 +5
82.
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Nicholas		 81 -5
74.
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Noel		 94 -13
89.
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Oisin		 69 new
79.
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Owen		 87 0
64.
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Padraig		 118 -9
7.
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Patrick		 711 -2
11.
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Paul		 575 -3
33.
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Peter		 237 -1
42.
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Philip		 202 -6
72.
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Raymond		 98 -3
28.
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Richard		 282 0
16.
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Robert		 481 -1
46.
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Ronan		 182 -5
69.
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Rory		 101 +8
66.
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Ross		 108 -1
87.
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Ryan		 71 new
89.
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Samuel		 69 +11
70.
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Seamus		 100 +6
10.
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Sean		 620 -1
6.
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Shane		 754 +1
92.
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Shaun		 64 -7
60.
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Simon		 133 +3
4.
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Stephen		 823 +2
57.
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Steven		 141 +9
15.
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Thomas		 502 -3
71.
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Timothy		 99 -4
83.
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Tomas		 78 +12
76.
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Wayne		 92 -3
23.
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William		 325 +10
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
28.
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Aine		 199 +1
9.
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Aisling		 471 +4
38.
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Alison		 161 -5
33.
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Amanda		 186 -8
12.
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Amy		 403 0
80.
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Andrea		 88 new
47.
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Ann		 134 -14
66.
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Anna		 103 -7
62.
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Anne		 108 -7
7.
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Aoife		 529 +3
76.
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Ashling		 91 new
81.
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Bridget		 86 -8
94.
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Caitriona		 72 +1
86.
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Caoimhe		 82 +9
95.
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Carol		 71 -8
34.
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Caroline		 173 +10
17.
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Catherine		 325 -2
70.
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Chloe		 97 +27
74.
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Christina		 93 -16
58.
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Christine		 110 -6
5.
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Ciara		 596 -1
15.
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Claire		 337 -1
67.
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Clare		 100 -19
99.
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Clodagh		 66 new
22.
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Danielle		 227 -1
78.
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Deborah		 89 -7
43.
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Deirdre		 143 -4
41.
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Denise		 151 -10
63.
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Donna		 107 -14
58.
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Edel		 110 -3
51.
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Eimear		 123 -1
31.
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Elaine		 192 -11
28.
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Elizabeth		 199 -4
90.
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Ellen		 74 +3
54.
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Emer		 114 +19
93.
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Emily		 73 +6
2.
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Emma		 617 +1
20.
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Fiona		 247 -2
85.
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Gemma		 84 -6
60.
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Gillian		 109 -16
46.
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Grace		 135 -17
55.
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Grainne		 113 -18
60.
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Hannah		 109 +33
75.
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Helen		 92 -8
97.
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Jacqueline		 68 -10
90.
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Jane		 74 -8
14.
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Jennifer		 384 -4
21.
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Jessica		 229 +23
73.
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Joanne		 94 -10
89.
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Julie		 75 -6
19.
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Karen		 261 0
40.
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Kate		 157 -4
76.
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Kathleen		 91 -9
25.
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Katie		 204 +14
48.
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Kelly		 133 +3
83.
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Kim		 85 -13
3.
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Laura		 616 -1
71.
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Lauren		 96 +4
26.
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Leanne		 200 +15
55.
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Linda		 113 +2
8.
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Lisa		 503 -3
78.
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Lorna		 89 +12
45.
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Lorraine		 138 +19
15.
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Louise		 337 +1
88.
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Maeve		 76 -2
57.
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Mairead		 112 +5
34.
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Margaret		 173 -6
37.
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Maria		 165 +1
50.
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Marie		 127 -8
100.
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Martina		 65 -25
11.
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Mary		 445 -3
65.
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Megan		 105 +24
63.
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Melissa		 107 +4
10.
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Michelle		 461 -3
81.
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Natalie		 86 -3
83.
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Natasha		 85 +7
6.
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Niamh		 533 0
26.
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Nicola		 200 -3
53.
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Nicole		 116 +24
24.
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Orla		 207 +3
67.
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Patricia		 100 -7
100.
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Paula		 65 -8
72.
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Rachael		 95 0
13.
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Rachel		 391 +4
17.
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Rebecca		 325 +5
36.
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Roisin		 169 -4
44.
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Ruth		 139 0
49.
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Samantha		 131 +15
87.
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Sandra		 79 -7
97.
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Sara		 68 new
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Sarah		 966 0
52.
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Sharon		 120 0
30.
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Shauna		 197 new
4.
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Sinead		 604 +5
32.
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Siobhan		 191 -7
39.
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Stacey		 158 +22
23.
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Stephanie		 223 +12
69.
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Susan		 99 -17
96.
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Suzanne		 70 -13
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Tara		 145 0
90.
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Victoria		 74 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland