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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David		 866 0
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John		 825 +2
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James		 747 0
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Michael		 722 -2
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Shane		 687 +2
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Sean		 662 -1
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Stephen		 652 -1
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Patrick		 621 0
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Conor		 576 0
10.
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Daniel		 564 0
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Kevin		 491 +3
12.
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Mark		 488 -1
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Paul		 468 0
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Thomas		 466 -2
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Robert		 453 0
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Andrew		 421 0
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Brian		 379 +1
18.
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Christopher		 377 -1
19.
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Niall		 342 +2
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Aaron		 338 +4
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Adam		 332 +1
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Eoin		 318 -3
23.
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Darren		 316 0
24.
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Dean		 310 +3
25.
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Ryan		 295 +15
26.
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Ciaran		 287 -2
27.
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Joseph		 285 +4
28.
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Alan		 277 -8
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Jason		 266 -1
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Jamie		 255 +4
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Luke		 253 +10
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Jack		 251 +18
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Dylan		 249 +37
34.
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Cian		 246 +4
35.
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William		 241 -6
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Martin		 235 +1
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Anthony		 229 -11
38.
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Peter		 226 -5
39.
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Ian		 208 -4
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Matthew		 208 +6
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Jonathan		 206 -3
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Darragh		 191 -6
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Richard		 190 0
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Gary		 187 -14
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Keith		 187 -13
46.
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Gavin		 184 -4
47.
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Cathal		 173 +8
48.
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Craig		 159 -4
49.
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Liam		 155 -3
50.
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Philip		 153 -1
51.
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Ross		 151 +13
52.
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Colm		 149 -5
53.
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Aidan		 146 +7
54.
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Brendan		 144 -2
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Kieran		 137 -3
56.
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Karl		 136 +6
57.
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Ronan		 132 0
58.
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Eoghan		 127 +7
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Gerard		 127 -4
60.
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Colin		 124 -2
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Lee		 121 -3
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Padraig		 120 -12
63.
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Graham		 118 -7
64.
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Edward		 114 +5
65.
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Barry		 112 -17
66.
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Evan		 104 +5
67.
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Nathan		 102 +17
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Steven		 102 0
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Declan		 101 -8
70.
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Damien		 99 -8
71.
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Cormac		 98 -3
72.
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Simon		 94 -6
73.
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Oisin		 92 +4
74.
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Killian		 86 -3
75.
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Rory		 85 +3
76.
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Jordan		 84 new
77.
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Timothy		 83 +4
78.
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Adrian		 81 -2
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Neil		 78 +4
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Francis		 77 -2
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Eric		 76 +14
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Shaun		 76 +13
83.
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Glen		 75 +17
84.
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Noel		 74 +3
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Wayne		 74 -11
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Alexander		 71 +1
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Diarmuid		 70 new
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Donal		 68 -13
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Samuel		 67 -16
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Cillian		 66 -6
91.
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Owen		 65 +8
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Bryan		 63 -5
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Denis		 62 -2
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Seamus		 62 -9
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Gareth		 61 +2
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Raymond		 61 new
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Emmet		 59 -15
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Derek		 57 new
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Glenn		 57 -6
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Jake		 56 new
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Girls
Rank Name Times +/-
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Sarah		 813 0
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Niamh		 719 +4
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Emma		 638 0
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Laura		 605 -2
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Aoife		 575 -1
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Shauna		 545 +2
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Ciara		 532 -3
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Amy		 485 -1
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Rebecca		 450 +2
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Rachel		 402 -1
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Aisling		 386 -1
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Mary		 364 +1
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Lisa		 316 -1
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Michelle		 315 +1
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Katie		 314 +6
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Jessica		 309 +2
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Sinead		 300 -3
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Jennifer		 299 -2
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Catherine		 280 +1
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Megan		 274 +7
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Nicole		 274 +4
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Claire		 246 -5
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Louise		 229 -4
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Fiona		 224 -1
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Danielle		 218 +1
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Lauren		 213 +4
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Hannah		 196 +16
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Kate		 192 +3
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Roisin		 191 0
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Nicola		 188 +3
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Aine		 180 -4
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Karen		 179 -7
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Orla		 172 -11
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Leanne		 168 +1
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Chloe		 167 +10
36.
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Stephanie		 161 -2
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Tara		 160 +3
38.
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Margaret		 153 +3
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Elizabeth		 152 +2
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Eimear		 150 -8
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Alison		 148 -2
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Kelly		 146 +7
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Emily		 137 +8
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Grace		 137 -6
45.
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Siobhan		 133 -8
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Ellen		 132 +2
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Elaine		 126 0
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Caoimhe		 123 +13
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Caroline		 121 -5
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Maria		 120 0
51.
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Deirdre		 119 +1
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Shannon		 115 new
53.
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Amanda		 109 -7
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Christina		 108 +1
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Grainne		 108 -1
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Gemma		 106 -20
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Anna		 105 +12
58.
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Samantha		 98 -1
59.
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Anne		 97 +19
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Clodagh		 97 +17
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Melissa		 96 -2
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Jade		 95 +9
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Sophie		 91 0
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Ann		 89 +2
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Kathleen		 89 +10
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Clare		 87 +21
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Lorna		 87 +7
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Lorraine		 87 +1
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Ruth		 86 -14
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Marie		 85 -16
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Natasha		 85 +2
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Patricia		 85 +11
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Sharon		 85 -10
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Denise		 84 -13
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Emer		 84 +10
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Jane		 82 +3
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Naomi		 82 +19
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Alice		 79 +11
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Kim		 79 -14
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Stacey		 79 -11
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Mairead		 76 +3
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Edel		 73 -1
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Bridget		 71 +8
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Donna		 71 -26
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Linda		 71 +8
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Joanne		 70 -21
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Gillian		 69 -18
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Rachael		 69 -6
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Maeve		 68 new
90.
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Hayley		 67 +8
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Nadine		 66 new
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Susan		 64 -18
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Zoe		 62 new
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Leah		 61 -10
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Helen		 60 -6
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Ashling		 59 new
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Orlaith		 58 new
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Tanya		 58 new
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Vanessa		 58 new
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Caitriona		 57 new
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Hazel		 57 0
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Popularity extremes for Ireland