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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Sean		 872 +1
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Conor		 867 -1
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James		 757 +4
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Michael		 676 0
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John		 636 +1
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Shane		 633 -3
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David		 617 +1
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Daniel		 607 -3
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Aaron		 594 0
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Jack		 568 +2
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Patrick		 553 +2
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Adam		 532 -1
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Dylan		 531 +1
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Stephen		 524 -4
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Mark		 469 +1
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Thomas		 449 -1
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Ryan		 437 0
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Cian		 402 +4
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Luke		 400 -1
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Eoin		 381 0
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Kevin		 357 -1
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Robert		 336 +1
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Andrew		 316 -4
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Brian		 315 0
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Ciaran		 306 0
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Paul		 303 +2
27.
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Jordan		 302 +12
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Liam		 297 +9
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Darragh		 295 0
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Christopher		 293 -4
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Dean		 290 +1
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Jamie		 281 -2
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Joseph		 268 +1
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Jason		 261 -7
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Darren		 254 -4
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Niall		 254 -2
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Cathal		 243 +6
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Matthew		 234 +2
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William		 217 -3
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Ross		 211 +8
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Peter		 206 0
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Alan		 205 -7
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Gavin		 201 -1
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Evan		 197 -6
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Lee		 186 -2
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Craig		 178 +4
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Martin		 174 +4
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Nathan		 174 +4
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Oisin		 171 +8
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Anthony		 169 -7
51.
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Ronan		 167 -5
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Eoghan		 164 +4
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Gary		 155 0
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Colm		 151 +1
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Ian		 145 -8
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Keith		 145 -6
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Joshua		 139 +4
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Kyle		 134 +13
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Ben		 130 +15
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Kieran		 127 +5
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Killian		 123 +12
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Aidan		 121 +1
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Jonathan		 118 -9
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Jake		 116 +3
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Colin		 114 +10
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Cormac		 114 -6
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Richard		 112 -9
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Philip		 110 -4
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Karl		 109 -1
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Brandon		 106 +29
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Samuel		 103 -2
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Cillian		 101 -2
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Brendan		 100 -13
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Padraig		 99 +3
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Rory		 99 +7
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Barry		 98 +1
77.
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Edward		 95 +3
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Eric		 95 -15
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Gerard		 94 -8
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Steven		 87 -4
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Declan		 82 -4
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Alexander		 81 +1
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Donal		 73 +13
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Alex		 70 -2
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Benjamin		 70 +4
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Dillon		 69 new
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Graham		 69 -20
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Daire		 67 +6
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Simon		 67 +9
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Timothy		 67 -4
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Micheal		 64 new
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Leon		 60 -6
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Denis		 57 new
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Glenn		 55 new
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Daragh		 54 new
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Emmet		 53 +3
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Hugh		 51 new
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Owen		 51 -11
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Fionn		 50 new
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Francis		 50 -2
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Gareth		 50 new
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Shaun		 50 -11
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 840 0
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Aoife		 727 +3
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Ciara		 624 +1
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Emma		 623 -2
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Niamh		 622 -2
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Rachel		 543 +6
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Rebecca		 525 +1
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Amy		 524 +1
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Chloe		 510 +2
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Laura		 501 -4
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Megan		 482 -1
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Lauren		 473 -5
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Katie		 436 +1
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Shannon		 385 +3
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Shauna		 370 -2
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Mary		 345 0
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Nicole		 322 -2
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Aisling		 306 -1
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Jessica		 301 0
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Sinead		 282 0
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Roisin		 272 +1
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Hannah		 269 -1
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Sophie		 261 +6
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Ellen		 260 +3
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Caoimhe		 252 +15
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Kate		 245 -1
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Emily		 225 +4
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Claire		 206 0
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Lisa		 200 +1
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Eimear		 197 -4
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Jennifer		 194 -7
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Michelle		 189 -9
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Leah		 185 +5
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Catherine		 182 +1
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Aine		 173 -2
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Orla		 172 0
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Tara		 168 +4
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Kelly		 165 -2
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Anna		 153 +4
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Danielle		 153 -6
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Jade		 152 +4
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Elizabeth		 151 +2
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Louise		 145 -11
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Saoirse		 142 +7
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Grace		 133 +5
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Kayleigh		 133 +11
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Zoe		 132 +12
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Hayley		 130 +12
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Clodagh		 125 -1
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Fiona		 121 -3
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Gemma		 120 +10
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Maria		 118 +2
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Alison		 114 -7
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Grainne		 114 +12
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Michaela		 114 +1
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Leanne		 104 -18
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Siobhan		 100 -9
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Stephanie		 97 -6
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Courtney		 94 new
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Margaret		 94 -17
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Karen		 93 0
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Jane		 92 +18
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Lucy		 89 +25
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Rachael		 84 +9
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Holly		 83 +2
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Maeve		 82 new
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Ruth		 81 -14
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Eva		 80 +10
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Nicola		 78 -12
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Robyn		 78 +26
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Elaine		 77 -6
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Natasha		 76 -3
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Samantha		 75 -1
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Kathleen		 74 +16
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Emer		 73 -14
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Caroline		 71 -19
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Sorcha		 71 +4
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Chelsea		 70 new
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Hazel		 70 new
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Melissa		 67 -16
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Molly		 67 new
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Lorna		 66 -4
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Anne		 63 -15
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Erica		 62 new
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Alannah		 61 new
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Helen		 61 -5
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Joanne		 61 -9
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Alice		 60 -18
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Deirdre		 60 -8
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Mairead		 59 new
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Marie		 59 -16
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Ann		 58 +3
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Lorraine		 58 -12
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Cliona		 57 -2
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Orlaith		 57 new
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Aimee		 55 -20
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Bridget		 55 -25
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Caitlin		 54 new
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Julie		 54 new
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Kim		 54 new
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Popularity extremes for Ireland