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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James		 859 +2
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David		 793 -1
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Conor		 712 +6
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John		 709 -2
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Michael		 693 -1
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Shane		 657 -1
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Sean		 628 -1
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Stephen		 623 -1
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Patrick		 560 -1
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Daniel		 518 0
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Mark		 462 +1
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Kevin		 454 -1
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Thomas		 451 +1
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Robert		 399 +1
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Adam		 379 +6
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Paul		 373 -3
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Ryan		 373 +9
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Aaron		 366 +2
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Brian		 360 -2
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Andrew		 358 -4
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Christopher		 351 -3
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Eoin		 338 0
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Dylan		 311 +10
24.
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Jason		 303 +5
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Niall		 303 -5
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Dean		 296 -2
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Luke		 286 +4
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Darren		 280 -5
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Ciaran		 269 -3
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Joseph		 269 -2
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Cian		 267 +3
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Gavin		 261 +14
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Jack		 255 -1
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Alan		 249 -6
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Gary		 249 +10
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Peter		 233 +2
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Jamie		 222 -7
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Darragh		 218 +4
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Anthony		 217 -2
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Martin		 208 -4
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Ian		 199 -2
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William		 195 -7
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Jonathan		 180 -2
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Craig		 177 +4
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Keith		 172 -1
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Liam		 172 +4
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Matthew		 162 -8
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Richard		 160 -5
49.
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Ronan		 148 +8
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Colm		 146 +2
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Cathal		 145 -4
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Lee		 143 +9
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Philip		 143 -2
54.
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Brendan		 134 0
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Kieran		 134 +1
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Evan		 131 +10
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Colin		 130 +3
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Gerard		 127 0
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Barry		 123 +6
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Oisin		 120 +13
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Eoghan		 117 -3
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Aidan		 110 -9
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Padraig		 108 -1
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Edward		 104 0
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Graham		 104 -1
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Nathan		 104 +3
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Jordan		 102 +9
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Ross		 102 -16
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Declan		 100 0
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Cormac		 99 +1
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Karl		 96 -15
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Samuel		 91 +17
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Steven		 91 -5
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Joshua		 86 new
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Eric		 81 +6
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Timothy		 80 +1
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Donal		 79 +11
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Killian		 77 -4
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Alexander		 76 +7
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Rory		 76 -4
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Adrian		 75 -3
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Jake		 74 +18
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Neil		 73 -4
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Damien		 72 -14
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Francis		 66 -5
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Wayne		 65 -2
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Noel		 64 -3
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Owen		 63 +3
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Dale		 62 new
90.
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Cillian		 60 0
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Denis		 60 +3
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Raymond		 59 +3
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Simon		 59 -20
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Diarmuid		 58 -7
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Benjamin		 57 new
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Emmet		 57 +2
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Seamus		 55 -4
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Tomas		 55 new
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Ben		 54 new
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Glen		 54 -16
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Hugh		 54 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 760 0
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Niamh		 672 0
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Laura		 659 +1
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Emma		 617 -1
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Ciara		 559 +2
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Aoife		 524 -1
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Shauna		 461 -1
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Rebecca		 457 +1
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Amy		 447 -1
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Rachel		 357 0
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Lauren		 354 +15
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Mary		 352 0
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Aisling		 348 -2
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Katie		 326 +1
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Megan		 323 +5
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Jessica		 286 0
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Jennifer		 278 +1
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Nicole		 276 +2
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Michelle		 274 -5
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Claire		 268 +2
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Sinead		 265 -4
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Lisa		 260 -9
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Chloe		 232 +12
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Catherine		 230 -5
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Orla		 193 +8
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Kate		 191 +2
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Louise		 189 -4
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Danielle		 185 -3
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Hannah		 182 -2
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Roisin		 179 -1
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Aine		 177 0
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Leanne		 176 +2
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Ellen		 171 +13
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Fiona		 170 -10
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Kelly		 160 +7
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Grace		 159 +7
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Nicola		 159 -6
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Eimear		 147 +2
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Stephanie		 145 -3
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Karen		 144 -8
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Emily		 141 +2
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Shannon		 135 +10
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Tara		 134 -6
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Elizabeth		 127 -5
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Caoimhe		 124 +3
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Margaret		 124 -7
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Siobhan		 124 0
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Elaine		 123 -1
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Anna		 120 +8
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Alison		 110 -9
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Maria		 106 -1
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Grainne		 105 +2
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Caroline		 104 -4
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Gemma		 103 +2
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Melissa		 100 +6
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Rachael		 99 +31
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Samantha		 99 +2
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Sophie		 98 +5
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Amanda		 97 -6
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Jade		 95 +2
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Clodagh		 90 -2
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Deirdre		 90 -10
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Lorna		 90 +5
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Ruth		 90 +8
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Jane		 89 +11
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Kathleen		 83 -2
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Leah		 83 +28
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Michaela		 83 new
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Denise		 82 +5
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Clare		 78 -4
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Anne		 77 -12
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Gillian		 77 +16
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Natasha		 77 -1
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Donna		 76 +9
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Emer		 76 0
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Joanne		 76 +12
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Lorraine		 75 -11
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Marie		 75 -7
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Sharon		 73 -9
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Shannen		 72 new
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Christina		 71 -27
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Patricia		 71 -11
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Saoirse		 70 new
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Bridget		 69 -1
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Edel		 69 -2
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Mairead		 68 -5
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Stacey		 68 -8
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Ann		 67 -24
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Hayley		 67 +2
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Maeve		 67 +1
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Susan		 67 +4
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Alice		 66 -14
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Naomi		 63 -17
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Holly		 62 new
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Kim		 62 -16
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Aishling		 60 new
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Helen		 60 -1
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Zoe		 60 -3
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Ashling		 59 -3
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Julie		 59 new
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Sorcha		 59 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland