According to data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the most popular baby names in Ireland in 2014 were Emily and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Emily, 619 baby girls 2. Sophie, 468 3. Emma, 441 4. Grace, 408 5. Ava, 404 6. Ella, 398 7. Amelia, 388 8. Mia, 370 9. Lucy, 369 10. Aoife, 364 | 1. Jack, 786 baby boys 2. James, 695 3. Daniel, 638 4. Conor, 581 5. Sean, 526 6. Adam, 493 7. Luke, 437 8. Noah, 434 9. Harry, 398 10. Charlie, 389 |
In the girls’ top 10, Mia replaced Sarah. (Also: Grace rose from 9th to 4th, while Aoife fell from 6th to 10th.)
In the boys’ top 10, Luke and Charlie replaced Ryan and Michael.
Of all the girl names in the current top 100, the ones that saw the biggest increases from 2013 to 2014 were…
- Evie, Amber, Sadie, Annie and Ailbhe (in terms of rank change)
- Sadie, Olivia, Amber, Evie and Lily (in terms of number of babies)
Of all the boy names in the current top 100, the ones that saw the biggest increases from 2013 to 2014 were…
- Ollie, Peter, Isaac, Danny, Billy and Lorcan (in terms of rank change)
- David, Luke, Callum, Peter and Ciaran (in terms of number of babies)
Kayden, the boy name that saw the biggest rank-change increase from 2012 to 2013, was one of the names that dropped out of the top 100 in 2014.
Here are the 2013 and 2012 rankings for Ireland.
Source: Irish Babies’ Names 2014 (CSO)
Image: Adapted from Flag of Ireland (public domain)
