The most popular baby names in Ireland came out a few days ago.
According to the Central Statistics Office, the country’s top names are Emily for girls and Jack for boys.
Here are the top 100 girl names and top 100 boy names of 2012:
Girl Names
- Emily
- Sophie
- Emma
- Grace
- Lily
- Mia
- Ella
- Ava
- Lucy
- Sarah
- Aoife
- Amelia
- Hannah
- Katie
- Chloe
- Caoimhe
- Saoirse
- Kate
- Holly
- Ruby
- Sophia
- Anna
- Lauren
- Leah
- Amy
- Isabelle
- Molly
- Ellie
- Jessica
- Olivia
- Roisin
- Ciara
- Kayla
- Julia [tie]
- Zoe [tie]
- Laura
- Niamh
- Abbie
- Erin
- Rachel
- Robyn
- Aisling
- Faye
- Rebecca
- Eva [tie]
- Layla [tie]
- Ellen
- Cara
- Freya
- Abigail [tie]
- Eve [tie]
- Isabella [tie]
- Megan
- Aine [tie]
- Clodagh [tie]
- Aoibhinn
- Millie
- Nicole
- Aoibheann
- Maja
- Sadhbh
- Eabha
- Charlotte
- Amber [tie]
- Caitlin [tie]
- Sofia [tie]
- Alannah
- Zara
- Alice
- Maria
- Elizabeth [tie]
- Lena [tie]
- Mary [tie]
- Emilia
- Aimee [tie]
- Lilly [tie]
- Hollie
- Aoibhe
- Victoria
- Eimear [tie]
- Maya [tie]
- Isabel [tie]
- Orla [tie]
- Evie
- Kayleigh
- Brooke [tie]
- Clara [tie]
- Meabh
- Lexi
- Tara
- Daisy [tie]
- Katelyn [tie]
- Ailbhe [tie]
- Amelie [tie]
- Natalia [tie]
- Sara [tie]
- Hanna [tie]
- Laoise [tie]
- Ruth [tie]
- Madison [tie]
- Maeve [tie]
- Maisie [tie]
- Rose [tie]
Boy Names
- Jack
- James
- Daniel
- Sean
- Conor
- Adam
- Harry
- Ryan
- Dylan
- Michael
- Luke
- Charlie
- Liam
- Oisin
- Cian
- Jamie
- Thomas
- Alex
- Noah
- Darragh
- Patrick
- Aaron
- Cillian
- Matthew
- John
- Nathan
- David [tie]
- Fionn [tie]
- Evan
- Ethan
- Jake
- Kyle
- Rian
- Ben [tie]
- Max [tie]
- Eoin
- Tadhg
- Finn
- Callum
- Samuel
- Joshua
- Rory
- Jayden
- Joseph
- Tyler
- Sam
- Shane
- Mark [tie]
- Robert [tie]
- Aidan
- William
- Ronan
- Eoghan
- Alexander [tie]
- Leon [tie]
- Cathal
- Mason
- Tom
- Oliver
- Andrew
- Oscar
- Ciaran
- Bobby
- Jacob
- Senan
- Rhys
- Scott
- Benjamin [tie]
- Cormac [tie]
- Kevin
- Lucas
- Alan
- Donnacha [tie]
- Jakub [tie]
- Christopher
- Filip [tie]
- Killian [tie]
- Josh
- Alfie
- Tommy
- Ruairi
- Odhran
- Oran
- Leo
- Isaac
- Dara [tie]
- Jason [tie]
- Zach
- Martin [tie]
- Peter [tie]
- Brian
- Danny
- Niall [tie]
- Tomas [tie]
- Edward [tie]
- Stephen [tie]
- Logan
- Kacper
- Anthony
- Billy
New to the top 100 list are Isaac, Danny and Logan for boys and Evie, Amelie, Hanna, Maisie and Rose for girls.
Some of the specifically Irish names in the top 100 are…
- Girls: Aoife, Caoimhe, Saoirse, Roisin, Ciara, Niamh, Aisling, Aine, Clodagh, Aoibhinn, Aoibheann, Sadhbh, Eabha, Aoibhe, Eimear, Meabh, Ailbhe, Laoise, Maeve
- Boys: Liam, Oisin, Cian, Darragh, Cillian, Fionn, Rian, Eoin, Tadhg, Finn, Callum, Rory, Ronan, Eoghan, Cathal, Ciaran, Senan, Cormac, Donnacha, Ruairi, Odhran, Niall
Sources: Jack and Emily most popular baby names, Irish Babies’ Names – CSO
Image: Adapted from Flag of Ireland (public domain)