Popular Names in Ireland

Information from the Central Statistics Office Ireland
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Boys
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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John		 3,160 0 -200 -6.0%
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Michael		 2,012 +1 -45 -2.2%
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Patrick		 1,963 -1 -318 -13.9%
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James		 1,446 0 -18 -1.2%
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Paul		 1,303 +1 -20 -1.5%
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Thomas		 1,265 -1 -102 -7.5%
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David		 992 0 -110 -10.0%
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William		 820 0 -180 -18.0%
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Martin		 814 0 -29 -3.4%
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Gerard		 749 0 -88 -10.5%
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Joseph		 680 0 -25 -3.5%
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Anthony		 628 0 -35 -5.3%
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Peter		 601 +1 +23 +4.0%
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Brian		 597 -1 +12 +2.1%
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Kevin		 449 0 -20 -4.3%
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Brendan		 440 0 +4 +0.9%
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Edward		 423 0 0 0.0%
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Stephen		 423 +3 +44 +11.6%
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Noel		 397 +2 +23 +6.1%
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Francis		 390 -1 -3 -0.8%
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Mark		 386 +5 +68 +21.4%
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Declan		 384 -4 -28 -6.8%
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Alan		 338 +4 +22 +7.0%
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Daniel		 337 +1 -7 -2.0%
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Robert		 317 -2 -36 -10.2%
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Denis		 303 -2 -47 -13.4%
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Richard		 298 -5 -56 -15.8%
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Christopher		 280 0 +10 +3.7%
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Derek		 280 +2 +25 +9.8%
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Timothy		 251 -1 -12 -4.6%
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Andrew		 250 +1 +14 +5.9%
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Kieran		 243 -1 -9 -3.6%
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Sean		 235 +8 +72 +44.2%
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Philip		 222 +3 +20 +9.9%
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Raymond		 220 +1 +15 +7.3%
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Bernard		 209 -2 -2 -0.9%
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Dermot		 200 -2 -7 -3.4%
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Colm		 199 +10 +66 +49.6%
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Kenneth		 178 +1 -4 -2.2%
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Niall		 176 -1 -8 -4.3%
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Aidan		 169 -8 -64 -27.5%
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Vincent		 165 +2 +11 +7.1%
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Cornelius		 161 0 +3 +1.9%
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Donal		 157 -6 -32 -16.9%
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Jeremiah		 148 -3 -14 -8.6%
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Desmond		 139 -1 -9 -6.1%
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Conor		 138 +9 +31 +29.0%
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Ian		 131 +6 +21 +19.1%
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Laurence		 127 +3 +4 +3.3%
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Ciaran		 125 +1 +1 +0.8%
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Eugene		 122 -4 -13 -9.6%
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Matthew		 120 -3 -9 -7.0%
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Charles		 118 -7 -27 -18.6%
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Maurice		 114 -4 -14 -10.9%
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George		 112 +1 +5 +4.7%
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Seamus		 112 +3 +7 +6.7%
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Liam		 110 +2 +7 +6.8%
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Terence		 109 -3 +1 +0.9%
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Eamon		 107 +6 +32 +42.7%
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Eamonn		 103 0 +8 +8.4%
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Ronan		 97 +2 +16 +19.8%
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Hugh		 95 -9 -23 -19.5%
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Nicholas		 89 +2 +14 +18.7%
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Gerald		 82 0 +4 +5.1%
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Enda		 81 +5 +15 +22.7%
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Garrett		 78 +7 +15 +23.8%
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Barry		 77 +10 +18 +30.5%
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Colin		 74 +18 +26 +54.2%
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Damian		 74 -7 -12 -14.0%
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Gary		 74 +15 +23 +45.1%
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Fergus		 73 -1 +7 +10.6%
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Shane		 73 -6 -2 -2.7%
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Gregory		 72 +7 +17 +30.9%
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Padraig		 72 +9 +20 +38.5%
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Owen		 69 -3 +4 +6.2%
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Damien		 68 -3 +5 +7.9%
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Eoin		 68 +1 +9 +15.3%
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Simon		 67 -3 +7 +11.7%
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Oliver		 65 -10 -3 -4.4%
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Adrian		 63 -18 -19 -23.2%
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Neil		 58 +7 +13 +28.9%
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Finbarr		 57 -7 -3 -5.0%
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Henry		 56 -15 -16 -22.2%
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Rory		 56 +7 +13 +30.2%
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Cathal		 55 new new new
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Fergal		 55 +2 +9 +19.6%
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Trevor		 51 new new new
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Edmond		 48 -11 -11 -18.6%
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Karl		 48 0 +3 +6.7%
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Keith		 48 -5 -3 -5.9%
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Cyril		 46 +1 +5 +12.2%
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Diarmuid		 46 +3 +7 +17.9%
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Pearse		 44 new new new
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Finbar		 42 new new new
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Cormac		 41 -3 0 0.0%
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Eric		 41 +3 +5 +13.9%
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Dominic		 38 -1 +1 +2.7%
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Leo		 38 +2 +3 +8.6%
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Aiden		 37 new new new
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Roger		 37 0 +2 +5.7%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 2,861 0 -368 -11.4%
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Catherine		 1,279 +1 -72 -5.3%
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Margaret		 1,216 -1 -179 -12.8%
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Ann		 837 +1 +30 +3.7%
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Anne		 786 -1 -54 -6.4%
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Elizabeth		 672 0 -107 -13.7%
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Deirdre		 613 +4 +143 +30.4%
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Bridget		 554 +1 -1 -0.2%
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Patricia		 537 -1 -44 -7.6%
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Geraldine		 499 -3 -92 -15.6%
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Helen		 424 +1 -29 -6.4%
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Martina		 420 +4 +51 +13.8%
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Caroline		 400 -3 -101 -20.2%
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Bernadette		 374 +1 -15 -3.9%
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Sandra		 366 -1 -51 -12.2%
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Jacqueline		 344 -3 -87 -20.2%
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Linda		 325 +6 +16 +5.2%
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Eileen		 313 -1 -54 -14.7%
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Kathleen		 312 -1 -7 -2.2%
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Teresa		 308 0 -10 -3.1%
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Sharon		 302 +11 +36 +13.5%
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Susan		 302 -3 -17 -5.3%
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Marie		 298 +6 +12 +4.2%
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Fiona		 287 +3 -3 -1.0%
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Carmel		 281 0 -13 -4.4%
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Brigid		 278 0 -15 -5.1%
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Karen		 276 +1 -13 -4.5%
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Pauline		 270 -4 -30 -10.0%
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Nora		 261 -7 -49 -15.8%
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Maria		 257 +6 +14 +5.8%
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Siobhan		 242 +3 -5 -2.0%
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Angela		 226 -11 -88 -28.0%
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Joan		 219 0 -43 -16.4%
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Paula		 218 +4 +3 +1.4%
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Ellen		 203 -4 -78 -27.8%
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Anna		 202 -6 -83 -29.1%
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Josephine		 199 -3 -48 -19.4%
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Carol		 197 -1 -20 -9.2%
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Orla		 171 0 -15 -8.1%
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Sarah		 166 +1 -6 -3.5%
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Yvonne		 164 +1 -3 -1.8%
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Denise		 161 +9 +27 +20.1%
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Valerie		 161 +7 +20 +14.2%
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Lorraine		 159 -4 -14 -8.1%
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Sheila		 153 -1 -8 -5.0%
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Louise		 150 +11 +34 +29.3%
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Christina		 148 0 0 0.0%
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Barbara		 147 -3 -6 -3.9%
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Elaine		 142 +7 +25 +21.4%
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Rose		 141 0 +4 +2.9%
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Michelle		 136 +45 +67 +97.1%
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Clare		 131 +1 -1 -0.8%
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Colette		 131 -4 -13 -9.0%
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Frances		 131 -9 -32 -19.6%
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Veronica		 131 +2 +1 +0.8%
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Niamh		 129 +33 +56 +76.7%
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Grainne		 121 -5 -12 -9.0%
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Annette		 119 +7 +22 +22.7%
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Julia		 113 -14 -40 -26.1%
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Brenda		 111 -5 -9 -7.5%
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Michele		 111 +1 +10 +9.9%
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Noreen		 111 +14 +22 +24.7%
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Audrey		 109 +10 +19 +21.1%
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Jennifer		 108 +23 +33 +44.0%
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Suzanne		 108 -5 +1 +0.9%
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Theresa		 106 +11 +23 +27.7%
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Johanna		 104 +13 +24 +30.0%
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Helena		 103 +1 +11 +12.0%
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Deborah		 102 +6 +15 +17.2%
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Claire		 101 -7 +2 +2.0%
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Jane		 101 -3 +7 +7.4%
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Jean		 100 -11 -1 -1.0%
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Alice		 98 -13 -4 -3.9%
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Una		 97 +15 +24 +32.9%
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Christine		 90 -17 -18 -16.7%
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Sinead		 89 new new new
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Adrienne		 84 +2 +3 +3.7%
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Katherine		 80 -7 -11 -12.1%
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Miriam		 80 -15 -19 -19.2%
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Rita		 79 -4 -6 -7.1%
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Laura		 78 new new new
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Aileen		 77 new new new
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Rosemary		 76 -14 -16 -17.4%
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Ruth		 76 -17 -20 -20.8%
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Marian		 75 -5 -5 -6.3%
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Edel		 73 +6 +2 +2.8%
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Janet		 73 +1 -2 -2.7%
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Jacinta		 72 +1 -1 -1.4%
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Monica		 72 -20 -21 -22.6%
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Dolores		 70 -4 -7 -9.1%
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Evelyn		 70 -12 -12 -14.6%
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Pamela		 70 new new new
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Imelda		 68 -13 -12 -15.0%
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Majella		 68 -9 -11 -13.9%
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Nuala		 68 -22 -23 -25.3%
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Shirley		 68 new new new
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Amanda		 65 new new new
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Alison		 64 new new new
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Noeleen		 64 -5 -6 -8.6%
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Aisling		 63 new new new
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Philomena		 63 0 -2 -3.1%
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Popularity extremes for Ireland