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		 2,811 0 -52 -1.8%
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Patrick		 1,797 0 -53 -2.9%
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Michael		 1,753 0 -72 -3.9%
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James		 1,186 0 -89 -7.0%
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Thomas		 1,139 +1 +20 +1.8%
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David		 1,127 -1 -22 -1.9%
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Paul		 1,075 0 -11 -1.0%
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William		 730 0 -22 -2.9%
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Martin		 680 0 -62 -8.4%
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Brian		 678 0 +47 +7.4%
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Mark		 626 +1 +25 +4.2%
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Gerard		 555 -1 -52 -8.6%
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Anthony		 551 +1 -37 -6.3%
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Joseph		 536 -1 -63 -10.5%
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Alan		 517 +3 +73 +16.4%
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Peter		 490 -1 -36 -6.8%
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Kevin		 473 0 -3 -0.6%
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Stephen		 466 +2 +64 +15.9%
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Robert		 420 -3 -59 -12.3%
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Declan		 413 +1 +14 +3.5%
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Brendan		 390 -2 -19 -4.6%
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Edward		 377 0 +3 +0.8%
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Noel		 332 0 -34 -9.3%
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Derek		 331 +2 +14 +4.4%
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Daniel		 298 0 -26 -8.0%
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Richard		 297 +2 +4 +1.4%
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Francis		 272 -3 -60 -18.1%
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Kenneth		 269 +2 +15 +5.9%
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Denis		 261 -2 -40 -13.3%
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Raymond		 261 +4 +13 +5.2%
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Kieran		 260 +7 +64 +32.7%
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Niall		 252 +3 +27 +12.0%
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Christopher		 243 -4 -23 -8.6%
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Timothy		 237 -3 -14 -5.6%
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Sean		 232 +2 +21 +10.0%
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Andrew		 226 -4 -24 -9.6%
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Philip		 212 -4 -36 -14.5%
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Bernard		 195 +3 +22 +12.7%
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Colm		 191 +1 +13 +7.3%
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Dermot		 191 0 +1 +0.5%
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Aidan		 185 -5 -30 -14.0%
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Damien		 169 +4 +42 +33.1%
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Ciaran		 161 +12 +50 +45.0%
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Donal		 160 -2 +4 +2.6%
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Ian		 140 -1 -5 -3.4%
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Damian		 139 +19 +46 +49.5%
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Ronan		 137 -2 +5 +3.8%
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Adrian		 135 +11 +32 +31.1%
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Barry		 135 +13 +39 +40.6%
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Conor		 133 -7 -17 -11.3%
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Vincent		 132 -2 +7 +5.6%
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Desmond		 128 0 +7 +5.8%
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Cornelius		 127 -3 +3 +2.4%
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Eugene		 126 -7 0 0.0%
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Shane		 123 -2 +8 +7.0%
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Maurice		 119 -2 +5 +4.4%
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Liam		 118 -6 -4 -3.3%
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Laurence		 117 -11 -9 -7.1%
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Seamus		 114 +1 +13 +12.9%
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Enda		 110 +6 +20 +22.2%
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Jeremiah		 110 -4 +3 +2.8%
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Terence		 108 +2 +13 +13.7%
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Colin		 106 -2 +10 +10.4%
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Keith		 105 +8 +33 +45.8%
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Fergal		 103 +5 +21 +25.6%
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Charles		 96 +3 +13 +15.7%
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Gary		 95 -11 -12 -11.2%
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Matthew		 95 -9 -9 -8.7%
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Eamonn		 92 -1 +5 +5.7%
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Owen		 92 +8 +25 +37.3%
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Garrett		 91 +8 +26 +40.0%
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George		 88 -11 -8 -8.3%
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Hugh		 87 -2 +6 +7.4%
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Neil		 83 new new new
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Fergus		 78 -3 +6 +8.3%
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Nicholas		 78 -8 -11 -12.4%
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Rory		 78 +4 +13 +20.0%
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Eoin		 77 -3 +8 +11.6%
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Gregory		 77 +5 +20 +35.1%
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Karl		 74 -1 +9 +13.8%
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Oliver		 74 +2 +12 +19.4%
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Cathal		 73 +4 +19 +35.2%
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Eamon		 68 -11 -4 -5.6%
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Henry		 67 +5 +16 +31.4%
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Trevor		 67 +8 +24 +55.8%
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Finbarr		 65 -3 +8 +14.0%
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Cormac		 64 0 +11 +20.8%
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Darren		 63 new new new
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Jason		 63 new new new
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Padraig		 61 -12 -5 -7.6%
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Ivan		 59 new new new
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Simon		 59 -4 +6 +11.3%
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Nigel		 58 -8 +3 +5.5%
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Gerald		 55 -19 -14 -20.3%
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Fintan		 52 -5 +2 +4.0%
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Jonathan		 52 +3 +13 +33.3%
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Justin		 50 -5 +7 +16.3%
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Edmond		 48 -2 +8 +20.0%
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Garry		 48 0 +9 +23.1%
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Aiden		 44 -8 +1 +2.3%
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Girls
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Rank Name Times Rank Num. Pct.
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Mary		 2,182 0 -182 -7.7%
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Catherine		 1,007 0 -75 -6.9%
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Margaret		 904 0 -125 -12.1%
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Ann		 645 0 -104 -13.9%
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Elizabeth		 597 +1 -28 -4.5%
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Anne		 577 -1 -79 -12.0%
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Sharon		 541 +6 +141 +35.3%
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Deirdre		 528 -1 +60 +12.8%
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Patricia		 484 -1 +23 +5.0%
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Fiona		 454 +7 +97 +27.2%
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Caroline		 431 -2 -26 -5.7%
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Bernadette		 415 +9 +133 +47.2%
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Bridget		 397 -3 -21 -5.0%
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Helen		 386 +2 +28 +7.8%
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Martina		 379 -4 -32 -7.8%
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Karen		 367 +4 +78 +27.0%
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Susan		 366 -3 -27 -6.9%
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Linda		 353 0 -2 -0.6%
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Sandra		 347 -4 -24 -6.5%
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Geraldine		 334 -8 -76 -18.5%
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Michelle		 302 +5 +58 +23.8%
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Siobhan		 295 +7 +69 +30.5%
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Elaine		 291 +4 +49 +20.2%
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Marie		 280 -5 -14 -4.8%
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Kathleen		 275 0 +14 +5.4%
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Eileen		 245 -4 -31 -11.2%
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Carmel		 238 +4 +22 +10.2%
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Lorraine		 232 +8 +36 +18.4%
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Teresa		 229 -1 -5 -2.1%
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Orla		 224 +16 +60 +36.6%
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Jacqueline		 220 -8 -54 -19.7%
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Paula		 216 0 +10 +4.9%
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Jennifer		 215 +7 +26 +13.8%
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Maria		 207 -10 -63 -23.3%
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Carol		 205 -1 +2 +1.0%
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Angela		 204 -6 -20 -8.9%
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Yvonne		 204 +3 +14 +7.4%
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Nora		 199 -1 +6 +3.1%
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Denise		 198 +5 +30 +17.9%
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Joan		 196 -8 -10 -4.9%
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Sinead		 192 +16 +59 +44.4%
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Pauline		 190 -7 -10 -5.0%
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Niamh		 188 +7 +31 +19.7%
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Louise		 186 +1 +21 +12.7%
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Josephine		 185 -2 +14 +8.2%
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Suzanne		 182 +2 +22 +13.8%
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Brigid		 179 +6 +33 +22.6%
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Anna		 177 -6 +5 +2.9%
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Sarah		 176 +5 +31 +21.4%
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Valerie		 174 -12 -18 -9.4%
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Ellen		 173 -10 -4 -2.3%
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Deborah		 163 -1 +11 +7.2%
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Audrey		 161 -5 +1 +0.6%
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Sheila		 161 +3 +25 +18.4%
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Colette		 157 0 +15 +10.6%
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Barbara		 151 -9 -12 -7.4%
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Christina		 140 -5 -8 -5.4%
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Amanda		 136 +5 +20 +17.2%
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Michele		 129 +21 +45 +53.6%
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Lisa		 126 +1 +7 +5.9%
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Grainne		 120 -1 -3 -2.4%
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Claire		 119 -3 -9 -7.0%
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Annette		 118 +8 +15 +14.6%
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Edel		 118 +14 +27 +29.7%
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Rachel		 118 +29 +43 +57.3%
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Brenda		 114 -4 -3 -2.6%
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Christine		 113 -3 -1 -0.9%
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Ciara		 111 +27 +39 +54.2%
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Julia		 111 -3 0 0.0%
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Helena		 110 +2 +9 +8.9%
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Alison		 108 +12 +25 +30.1%
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Nicola		 106 new new new
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Gillian		 105 -6 -2 -1.9%
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Frances		 104 -16 -26 -20.0%
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Pamela		 104 new new new
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Veronica		 104 -4 0 0.0%
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Noreen		 103 +3 +19 +22.6%
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Ruth		 103 -4 +3 +3.0%
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Johanna		 102 +18 +31 +43.7%
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Clare		 101 -6 +3 +3.1%
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Miriam		 98 -16 -13 -11.7%
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Jane		 94 -6 -1 -1.1%
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Laura		 94 +16 +24 +34.3%
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Jean		 88 +6 +11 +14.3%
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Majella		 88 new new new
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Una		 88 -5 +1 +1.1%
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Irene		 87 -7 +3 +3.6%
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Aileen		 86 +7 +14 +19.4%
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Antoinette		 86 -1 +8 +10.3%
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Emer		 86 -20 -20 -18.9%
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Rose		 84 -23 -22 -20.8%
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Regina		 81 +6 +11 +15.7%
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Shirley		 80 new new new
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Adrienne		 79 -9 0 0.0%
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Aisling		 79 -7 +1 +1.3%
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Marian		 77 -2 +4 +5.5%
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Tara		 77 new new new
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Janet		 76 +2 +7 +10.1%
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Theresa		 75 -25 -23 -23.5%
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Maeve		 74 -17 -9 -10.8%
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Popularity extremes for Ireland