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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Conor		 841 +2
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James		 766 -1
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David		 759 -1
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Sean		 705 +3
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John		 703 -1
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Shane		 628 0
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Michael		 614 -2
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Daniel		 609 +2
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Patrick		 543 0
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Stephen		 523 -2
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Mark		 502 0
12.
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Aaron		 499 +6
13.
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Dylan		 487 +10
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Adam		 433 +1
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Kevin		 430 -3
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Ryan		 418 0
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Thomas		 387 -4
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Luke		 366 +9
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Jack		 363 +14
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Brian		 349 -1
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Paul		 348 -5
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Andrew		 347 -2
23.
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Christopher		 342 -2
24.
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Eoin		 334 -2
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Robert		 331 -11
26.
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Jason		 303 -2
27.
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Ciaran		 297 +2
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Niall		 290 -4
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Darren		 275 -1
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Dean		 274 -4
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Cian		 264 0
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Jamie		 257 +5
33.
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Joseph		 241 -4
34.
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Darragh		 236 +4
35.
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Alan		 229 -1
36.
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Gavin		 224 -4
37.
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Peter		 214 -1
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William		 201 +4
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Gary		 198 -5
40.
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Keith		 193 +5
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Evan		 184 +15
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Jonathan		 184 +2
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Matthew		 181 +4
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Liam		 170 +1
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Martin		 167 -5
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Cathal		 164 +5
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Anthony		 162 -8
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Craig		 162 -3
49.
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Jordan		 160 +18
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Lee		 159 +2
51.
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Eoghan		 148 +10
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Philip		 146 0
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Ian		 142 -12
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Nathan		 142 +11
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Ronan		 138 -6
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Oisin		 137 +4
57.
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Colin		 135 0
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Cormac		 129 +12
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Colm		 127 -9
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Kieran		 126 -6
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Gerard		 123 -3
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Richard		 123 -13
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Aidan		 120 -1
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Brendan		 118 -10
65.
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Padraig		 117 -2
66.
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Ross		 116 +1
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Karl		 111 +4
68.
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Eric		 105 +7
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Barry		 104 -10
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Edward		 103 -6
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Graham		 96 -7
72.
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Joshua		 94 +2
73.
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Jake		 87 +9
74.
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Samuel		 86 -2
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Declan		 84 -6
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Steven		 84 -3
77.
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Alexander		 82 +2
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Killian		 81 0
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Rory		 78 0
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Donal		 73 -3
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Timothy		 71 -5
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Kyle		 69 new
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Denis		 68 +7
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Damien		 67 0
85.
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Simon		 64 +7
86.
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Neil		 62 -3
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Shaun		 62 new
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Wayne		 62 0
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Cillian		 61 +1
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Dillon		 61 new
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Hugh		 61 +10
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Owen		 60 -4
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Adrian		 59 -12
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Seamus		 58 +3
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Bryan		 57 new
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Francis		 56 -11
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Gareth		 56 new
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Alex		 55 new
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Diarmuid		 55 -4
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Ben		 54 -1
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 739 0
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Niamh		 645 0
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Aoife		 621 +3
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Laura		 607 -1
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Emma		 600 -1
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Ciara		 572 -1
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Rebecca		 503 +1
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Lauren		 492 +3
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Amy		 452 0
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Shauna		 418 -3
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Shannon		 384 +31
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Jessica		 362 +4
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Rachel		 359 -3
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Megan		 349 +1
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Aisling		 342 -2
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Nicole		 340 +2
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Mary		 312 -5
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Katie		 311 -4
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Jennifer		 258 -2
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Sinead		 253 +1
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Lisa		 245 +1
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Claire		 241 -2
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Michelle		 234 -4
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Hannah		 230 +5
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Chloe		 215 -2
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Catherine		 214 -2
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Danielle		 203 +1
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Ellen		 193 +5
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Kate		 193 -2
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Aine		 182 +1
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Roisin		 182 0
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Orla		 181 -7
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Louise		 179 -6
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Caoimhe		 171 +11
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Eimear		 156 +3
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Fiona		 153 -2
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Emily		 152 +4
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Tara		 151 +5
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Kelly		 148 -4
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Leanne		 137 -8
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Sophie		 137 +18
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Jade		 134 +18
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Karen		 133 -3
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Alison		 131 +6
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Elizabeth		 129 -1
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Grace		 129 -9
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Anna		 128 +2
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Clodagh		 128 +14
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Nicola		 126 -13
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Siobhan		 126 -4
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Stephanie		 122 -12
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Margaret		 120 -7
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Maria		 112 -2
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Lorna		 102 +7
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Ruth		 102 +7
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Edel		 96 +28
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Leah		 95 +9
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Caroline		 91 -5
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Gemma		 91 -4
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Emer		 89 +14
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Samantha		 88 -5
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Zoe		 88 +35
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Grainne		 85 -11
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Elaine		 84 -16
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Jane		 84 +1
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Kayleigh		 81 new
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Deirdre		 80 -6
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Marie		 79 +9
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Michaela		 79 -2
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Amanda		 78 -11
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Kathleen		 78 -4
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Rachael		 78 -14
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Hayley		 76 +15
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Holly		 74 +20
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Bridget		 73 +9
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Alice		 70 +16
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Anne		 69 -6
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Shannen		 69 +3
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Ashling		 68 +20
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Christina		 67 +1
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Saoirse		 67 +3
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Lorraine		 66 -5
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Ann		 65 +5
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Clare		 65 -13
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Donna		 65 -9
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Joanne		 65 -9
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Mairead		 65 +3
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Helen		 64 +8
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Kellie		 63 new
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Brigid		 62 new
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Hazel		 61 new
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Sorcha		 61 +8
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Natasha		 60 -22
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Patricia		 60 -12
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Maeve		 59 -7
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Sharon		 58 -17
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Stacey		 58 -10
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Melissa		 57 -43
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Victoria		 57 new
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Julie		 56 -1
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Popularity extremes for Ireland