The top names in the Ireland last year were:
Girl Names
- Sarah, 656 baby girls
- Emma, 632
- Ella, 601
- Katie, 566
- Sophie, 556
- Ava, 555
- Aoife, 527
- Emily, 475
- Grace, 473
- Kate, 426
Boy Names
- Jack, 1,073 baby boys
- Seán, 965
- Conor, 821
- Daniel, 725
- James, 713
- Adam, 485
- Ryan, 553
- Luke, 538
- Cian, 527
- Michael, 521
According to the CSO press release, “girls are given a wider a variety of names than boys are, with 42.3% of girls given a name not in the top 100, compared with 32.8% of boys.”
In terms of the top 100, there were 6 first-time entries for both boys and girls:
| 76. Rhys 76. Oliver 85. Jayden 86. Louis 91. Lucas 94. Jacob | 73. Brooke 84. Millie 89. Taylor 91. Muireann 97. Freya 99. Maya |
In Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK) the top names were Jack and Katie.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Ireland (public domain)
What ever happened to the good old names of Patrick or Graham? I remember they were both popular in 2000 for some reason. It would be nice to see more Celtic names for both sexes to gain popularity.