Cora jumped in popularity from 127th place in 2019 to 90th place in 2020.

Top baby names ireland 2020. The ubiquitous Jack has held the top spot for boys names since 2007 with the exception of 2016 when James surpassed it while Emily has topped the girls list for eight years in a row. For the sixth year running James bagged the top spot as the most common name for baby boys born in 2020. Croía has grown most in popularity rising from 162nd place in 2019 to 95th in 2020 a jump of 67 places.

Lets start with the boys. Top Irish Baby Names of 2020. And for good measure here are the top 10 surnames of babies registered in Ireland in 2020 by number.

John Michael Patrick David and James were the top-five names for boys 50 years before in 1970. Great to see the Irish name Maeve making it to the list. And for girls monikers including Talia Lyla Niamh.

There are no records for. James and Grace were the boy and girl names most frequently given to babies born in Northern Ireland in 2020. Grace and James have once again reigned champion as Northern Irelands most popular names for babies born in 2020.

The síneadh fada and other diacritics are identified for the first time in 2018 data. Grace was the favourite girls name of the year. In total baby s were recorded with the name in this year.

New entrants to the top five girls names in 2019 were Fiadh and Sophie while Amelia dropped out after being there since 2015. Ireland is known as the land of leprechauns fairies and unicorns. There were seven new entrants to the top 100 Irish baby names for girls in 2020 with Penny Luna Cora Fíadh with a síneadh fada Croía Elsie and Paige.