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Popularity of the baby name Erin


Posts that mention the name Erin

Popular baby names in Northern Ireland (UK), 2007

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What were the top names in Northern Ireland last year? According to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, they were:

Girl names

  1. Katie
  2. Grace
  3. Sophie
  4. Lucy
  5. Emma
  6. Ellie
  7. Sarah
  8. Erin
  9. Hannah
  10. Anna

Boy names

  1. Jack
  2. James
  3. Matthew
  4. Daniel
  5. Ryan
  6. Thomas
  7. Adam
  8. Joshua
  9. Dylan
  10. Ben

NISRA also had this to say about the growing diversity of first names in Northern Ireland:

In 2007, there were approximately 1,900 girls’ and 1,400 boys’ names used; compared with 1,500 girls’ and 1,000 boys’ names in 2001.

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Scotland (UK), 2007

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Scotland’s top baby names have been released!

Here are the top 20 girl names and top 20+ boy names of 2007:

Girl names

  1. Sophie, 613 baby girls
  2. Emma, 479
  3. Lucy, 417
  4. Katie, 410
  5. Erin, 401
  6. Ellie, 392
  7. Amy, 369
  8. Emily, 364
  9. Chloe, 363
  10. Olivia, 357
  11. Hannah, 346
  12. Jessica, 296
  13. Grace, 279
  14. Ava, 254
  15. Rebecca, 251
  16. Isla, 232
  17. Brooke, 219
  18. Megan, 204
  19. Niamh, 203
  20. Eilidh, 200

Boy names

  1. Lewis, 687 baby boys
  2. Jack, 676
  3. Ryan, 476
  4. James, 456
  5. Callum, 411
  6. Cameron, 396
  7. Daniel, 391
  8. Liam, 375
  9. Jamie, 350 (3-way tie)
  10. Kyle, 350 (3-way tie)
  11. Matthew, 350 (3-way tie)
  12. Logan, 346
  13. Finlay, 339
  14. Adam, 323
  15. Alexander, 299
  16. Dylan, 293
  17. Aiden, 289
  18. Andrew, 288
  19. Ben, 286
  20. Aaron, 279 (tie)
  21. Connor, 279 (tie)

Approximately 6,500 baby names were bestowed in Scotland in 2007. Of these, about 2,400 girl names and 1,700 boy names were unique (as in, given to only one child). Here’s a sampling of those unique names:

Unique girl namesUnique boy Names
Amberly, Babyjane, Chardonnay, Divine-Grace, Eliska, Fizzah, Gracealexandra, Heaven-Leigh, Irmak, Jasmina, Kiranpreet, Luighsighe, Misty-Blue, Noor-El-Iman, Oluwateniolami, Possum, Queeneffa, Rhythm, Sheignneth, Tianqi, Uxia, VJay, Wezi, Xanthia, Yolwandle, ZalfaAtom, Brydon-Craig, Crombie, Daood, Eriz, Favour, Gurardass, Heini, Ieuan, Jock, Kurtis-Jae, Loche, Montague, Nader, Olaoluwapolorimi, Promise, Qirui Ruslan, Stephenjunior, Taliesin, Ubayd, Vithujan, Wesley-Scott, Xabier, Yadgor, Zaineddine

To see more, download the full list directly from the General Registrar Office for Scotland.

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)