How popular is the baby name Eve in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Eve.
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According to data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the most popular baby names in the country last year were Fiadh and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Fiadh, 424 baby girls
Grace, 412
Emily, 388
Sophie, 336
Éabha, 288
Lucy, 287
Mia, 279
Ava, 272
Lily, 271
Ella, 268
Amelia, 265
Chloe, 243
Hannah, 238
Sophia, 234
Emma, 233
Ellie, 228
Isla, 226
Molly, 219 (3-way tie)
Olivia, 219 (3-way tie)
Sadie, 219 (3-way tie)
Anna, 209
Freya, 208
Evie, 190 (tie)
Saoirse, 190 (tie)
Caoimhe, 183
Ruby, 180
Robyn, 175
Kate, 172
Willow, 166
Sofia, 162
Holly, 160
Aoife, 159
Cara, 155
Róisín, 152
Katie, 150 (tie)
Sadhbh, 150 (tie)
Leah, 148 (tie)
Millie, 148 (tie)
Isabelle, 147
Alice, 138 (tie)
Clodagh, 138 (tie)
Zoe, 136
Sarah, 134
Erin, 132
Ada, 131
Annie, 129
Bonnie, 128
Charlotte, 122 (tie)
Layla, 122 (tie)
Rosie, 118
Boy Names
Jack, 667 baby boys
Noah, 475
James, 442
Conor, 360
Rían, 357
Liam, 353
Charlie, 345
Daniel, 325
Cillian, 322
Tadhg, 318
Michael, 310
Oisín, 302
Finn, 299
Fionn, 289
Thomas, 288
Seán, 274
Darragh, 273
Luke, 268
Patrick, 266
Harry, 264
Alex, 253
Adam, 237
Cian, 217
Theo, 210
Oliver, 208
Dylan, 205
Jamie, 203
John, 198
Leo, 192
Oscar, 189
Ollie, 187
Ben, 185
Tom, 181
Bobby, 179
Ryan, 172
Tommy, 171
Matthew, 170 (tie)
Max, 170 (tie)
Callum, 162
Sam, 161
Danny, 158
Aaron, 151
Alexander, 150
Alfie, 147 (tie)
Jake, 147 (tie)
Mason, 143
David, 141
Joseph, 139
Jacob, 137
Ethan, 135
In the girls’ top 10, Éabha and Lily replaced Amelia and Hannah. (In both 2019 and 2020, Éabha was the fastest-rising girl name in Ireland.)
In the boys’ top 10, Rían, Cillian, and Tadhg replaced Finn, Fionn, and Harry.
Newbies to the girls’ top 100 were Indie, Ayla and Lottie; newbies to the boys’ top 100 were Teddy, Daithí, Páidí, Jaxon, Brody, Ted, Hunter, Tadgh, Tiernan, and Arlo.
The fastest-rising names in the top 100 in terms of numbers of babies were:
Rían (which was already on the rise) and Croía have both given a boost recently by Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who welcomed a daughter named Croía Mairéad at the start of 2019 and a son named Rían in May of 2021.
Here’s what writer and Irish language activist Darach Ó Séaghdha’s had to say about the rise of Rían (and Éabha):
Given that the first name Ryan started to decline in popularity in the 2010s around the time Rian and Rían began to ascend it is reasonable to see Rían as an update or replacement to Ryan, much as Éabha has climbed in popularity as Eve, Ava and Aoibhe have wavered.
He also noted that “Rían and Rian would be the [most popular] Gaeilge-origin boy name if counted together, edging ahead of Conor.”
P.S. To follow up on Friday’s post about the free lighthouse tour…the name Patrick is currently ranked 19th in Ireland, but none of the other three names (Paddy, Pat, or Patricia) rank anywhere near the top 100. That said, one of the names new to the boys’ top 100 last year was Páidí (pronounced paw-dee) — a pet form of Pádraig, which is an Irish form of Patrick.
Here are hundreds of baby names that have a numerological value of “5.”
I’ve sub-categorized them by overall totals, because I think that some of the intermediate numbers could have special significance to people as well.
Within each group, I’ve listed up to ten of the most popular “5” names per gender (according to the current U.S. rankings).
Beneath all the names are some ways you could interpret the numerological value of “5,” including descriptions from two different numerological systems.
5 via 14
The following baby names add up to 14, which reduces to five (1+4=5).
“140” boy names: Dontavious, Markanthony, Fitzwilliam, Prometheus
5 via 149
The boy name Montavious adds up to 149, which reduces to five (1+4+9=14; 1+4=5).
What Does “5” Mean?
First, we’ll look at the significance assigned to “5” by two different numerological sources. Second, and more importantly, ask yourself if “5” or any of the intermediate numbers above have any special significance to you.
Numerological Attributes
“5” (the pentad) according to the Pythagoreans:
“They called the pentad ‘lack of strife,’ not only because aether, the fifth element, which is set apart on its own, remains unchanging, while there is strife and change among the things under it, from the moon to the Earth, but also because the primary two different and dissimilar kinds of number, even and odd, are as it were reconciled and knitted together by the pentad”
“The pentad is the first number to encompass the specific identity of all number[s], since it encompasses 2, the first even number, and 3, the first odd number. Hence it is called ‘marriage,’ since it is formed of male and female.”
“The pentad is highly expressive of justice, and justice comprehends all the other virtues […] it is a kind of justice, on the analogy of a weighing instrument.” (i.e., It is the central number in the row of numbers from 1 to 9.)
“Because it levels out inequality, they call it ‘Providence’ and ‘justice’ (division, as it were) […] Likewise, it is called ‘nuptial’ and ‘androgyny’ and ‘demigod’ – the latter not only because it is half of ten, which is divine, but also because in its special diagram it is assigned the central place. And it is called ‘twin’ because it divides in two the decad, which is otherwise indivisible […] and ‘heart-like’ because of the analogy of the heart being assigned the center in living creatures.”
“Nature separated each of the extremities of our bodily part (I mean, the extremities of our feet and hands) in a five-fold way, into fingers and toes.”
“5” according to Edgar Cayce:
“Five – a change imminent, ever, in the activities of whatever influence with which it may be associated” (reading 261-14).
“Five – as seen, a change” (reading 5751-1).
“Five always active – and double the two, and one – or three and two, which it is the sum of. Hence, as is questioned here, no factor is more active than would be that of a five…in any activity. Five being the active number” (reading 137-119).
Personal/Cultural Significance
Does “5” — or do any of the other numbers above (e.g., 23, 50, 77, 131) — have any special significance to you?
Think about your own preferences and personal experiences: lucky numbers, birth dates, music, sports, and so on. Maybe you like how “23” reminds you of chromosomes and genetics, for example.
Also think about associations you may have picked up from your culture, your religion, or society in general.
If you have any interesting insights about the number 5, or any of the other numbers above, please leave a comment!
Source: Theologumena Arithmeticae, attributed to Iamblichus (c.250-c.330).
In 1947, the baby name Ginna popped up for the first time in the U.S. baby name data:
1950: unlisted
1949: 5 baby girls named Ginna
1948: unlisted
1947: 5 baby girls named Ginna [debut]
1946: unlisted
Where did it come from?
The 1946 movie My Reputation, which included a secondary character named Ginna (played by actress Eve Arden). Her name was pronounced with a short i, like the “gin” in Virginia.
The movie’s protagonist, Jessica (played by Barbara Stanwyck), was a widow trying to find love again despite various pressures: her gossipy friends, her domineering mother, her teenage sons (named Kim and Keith, btw). Ginna was Jessica’s nice, non-gossipy friend.
Do you like the name Ginna? Do you like it more or less than the more popular name Gina?
(A few years before, Stanwyck played a character named Fiona who also influenced baby names…)
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