Heres a list of the most popular baby names registered in Ireland in 2018 - the top 50 names for boys and girls.

Top baby names ireland 2020. Ireland is known as the land of leprechauns fairies and unicorns. 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. The síneadh fada and other diacritics are identified for the first time in 2018 data.

IRELANDS MOST POPULAR baby names for 2020 have been revealed by the Central Statistics Office CSO and a new name has taken top spot for. For the sixth year running James bagged the top spot as the most common name for baby boys born in 2020. John Michael Patrick David and James were the top-five names for boys 50 years before in 1970.

Other top Irish names not often heard outside the Emerald Isle include Clodagh Sadhbh and Croía for girls and Cillian Tadhg and Darragh for boys. Baby Names of Ireland 1964 - 2020. And for girls monikers including Talia Lyla Niamh.

Grace and James have once again reigned champion as Northern Irelands most popular names for babies born in 2020. In there were less than 3 baby s recorded with the name. For the 13 th time in 14 years Jack was the most popular name for baby boys in Ireland in 2020.

Murphy 602 Kelly 523 OBrien 467 Ryan 433 Byrne 430 OConnor 417 Walsh 383 OSullivan 348 McCarthy 300 Doyle 270. Lets start with the boys. 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.

Ronnie - the name Mrs Hinch aka Sophie Hinchliffe chose for her baby son - also made the list. And for good measure here are the top 10 surnames of babies registered in Ireland in 2020 by number. Grace has now held the crown for girls since 2018.