Ireland’s top baby names of 2013 were announced a few days ago.
According to data from the Central Statistics Office, the most popular baby names are Emily and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 100 girl names and top 100 boy names of 2013:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Emily 2. Emma 3. Sophie 4. Ella 5. Amelia 6. Aoife 7. Ava 8. Lucy 9. Grace 10. Sarah 11. Mia 12. Anna 13. Chloe 14. Hannah 15. Kate 16. Ruby 17. Lily 18. Katie 19. Caoimhe 20. Sophia 21. Lauren 22. Saoirse 23. Ellie 24. Holly 25. Leah 26. Amy 27. Olivia 28. Jessica 29. Ciara 30. Zoe 31. Isabelle 32. Niamh 33. Molly 34. Julia 35. Robyn 36. Erin 37. Roisin 38. Freya 39. Laura 40. Cara 41. Sofia 42. Eva 43. Rachel 44. Isabella 45. Kayla 46. Abbie 47. Charlotte [tie] 47. Millie [tie] 49. Faye 50. Clodagh 51. Aisling 52. Alice [tie] 52. Eabha [tie] 54. Abigail 55. Ellen 56. Lexi 57. Aoibhinn 58. Layla 59. Eve [tie] 59. Zara [tie] 61. Alannah 62. Aine 63. Maria [tie] 63. Megan [tie] 65. Rebecca 66. Nicole 67. Sadhbh 68. Clara 69. Elizabeth 70. Maya 71. Maja 72. Emilia 73. Caitlin 74. Rose 75. Isabel 76. Aoibheann 77. Sadie 78. Lena 79. Hollie 80. Sienna 81. Mary 82. Fiadh 83. Zuzanna 84. Aimee [tie] 84. Tara [tie] 86. Hanna [tie] 86. Katelyn [tie] 86. Lilly [tie] 86. Ruth [tie] 90. Alexandra [tie] 90. Poppy [tie] 92. Amber [tie] 92. Mollie [tie] 92. Victoria [tie] 95. Lara 96. Sara 97. Brooke 98. Aoibhe [tie] 98. Laoise [tie] 100. Kayleigh | 1. Jack 2. James 3. Daniel 4. Conor 5. Sean 6. Adam 7. Ryan 8. Michael 9. Harry 10. Noah 11. Thomas 12. Alex 13. Luke 14. Oisin 15. Charlie 16. Patrick 17. Cian 18. Liam [tie] 18. Darragh [tie] 20. Dylan 21. Jamie 22. Matthew 23. Cillian 24. Aaron 25. Fionn 26. Jake 27. John 28. David 29. Ben 30. Finn 31. Nathan 32. Kyle 33. Samuel 34. Evan 35. Max 36. Ethan 37. Rian 38. Joseph 39. Alexander 40. Mason 41. Oliver 42. Joshua 43. William 44. Eoin 45. Jayden 46. Oscar 47. Callum 48. Aidan 49. Tom 50. Robert 51. Sam [tie] 51. Tadhg [tie] 53. Jacob 54. Cathal 55. Shane 56. Leon 57. Mark 58. Senan 59. Bobby 60. Ronan [tie] 60. Andrew [tie] 62. Eoghan 63. Leo 64. Lucas 65. Rory 66. Alfie 67. Tyler 68. Benjamin [tie] 68. Cormac [tie] 70. Scott 71. Christopher 72. Odhran 73. Kevin 74. Ciaran 75. Dara 76. Shay [tie] 76. Alan [tie] 78. Tommy 79. Logan [tie] 79. Anthony [tie] 81. Jakub 82. Rhys 83. Tomas 84. Donnacha 85. Kai 86. Stephen 87. Killian 88. Niall 89. Jason 90. Josh 91. Kayden 92. Martin [tie] 92. Ruairi [tie] 92. Brian [tie] 95. Isaac 96. Danny [tie] 96. Edward [tie] 98. Oran [tie] 98. Sebastian [tie] 98. Hugh [tie] |
New to the top 100 are Sadie, Sienna, Fiadh and Poppy for girls and Kai and Kayden for boys.
(Names that were new on the 2012 list but that have since dropped out of the top 100 are Amelie, Evie and Maisie.)
Of all the girl names in the current top 100, these five saw the biggest increases from 2012 to 2013 in terms of rank change:
- Fiadh, +64 (146th to 82nd)
- Sadie, +62 (139th to 77th)
- Poppy, +46 (136th to 90th)
- Lexi, +33 (89th to 56th)
- Sienna, +32 (112th to 80th)
And these five saw the biggest increases in terms of number of babies:
- Anna, +56 (296 babies to 352 babies)
- Lexi, +54 (127 babies to 73 babies)
- Sofia, +50 (155 babies to 105 babies)
- Sadie, +42 (84 babies to 42 babies)
- Fiadh, +39 (78 babies to 39 babies)
Of all the boy names in the current top 100, these five saw the biggest increases from 2012 to 2013 in terms of rank change:
- Kayden, +44 (135th to 91st)
- Shay, +27 (103rd to 76th)
- Kai, +24 (109th to 85th)
- Leo, +21 (84th to 63rd)
- Anthony, +20 (99th to 79th)
And these five saw the biggest increases in terms of number of babies:
- Oliver, +44 (199 babies to 155 babies)
- Mason, +42 (201 babies to 159 babies)
- Alexander, +41 (202 babies to 161 babies)
- Leo, +35 (131 babies to 96 babies)
- Shay, +35 (104 babies to 69 babies)
Source: Irish Babies’ Names 2013
Image: Adapted from Flag of Ireland (public domain)
