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Thomas Telford

Ireland's most popular baby names for 2021 revealed by CSO

The most popular baby names in Ireland for 2021 have been revealed by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Jack maintains the top spot in the boys category, a position it has held every year since 2007 - except for 2017 - when James was crowned the most popular name.

The other names in the top 5 most popular boys names were Noah, James, Conor and Rian.

Fiadh claimed top spot for the girls for the first time ousting last year's winner, Grace, followed by Emily, Sophie and Eabha.

Grace, Emily and Sophie have been permanent fixtures in the top 5 most popular girls' names every year since 2016.

A lot has changed when comparing the popular names of today with those 50 years ago.

In 1971 the most popular boys' names were John, Michael, Patrick, David and James with 2,671 newborns named john compared with just 198 in 2021.

There's even more change when comparing the popular newborn girls names of 2021 with those 50 years ago.

Not one of the top 5 most popular girls names for 2021 appear in the 100 most popular back in 1971.

Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Fiona and Sinead were the most popular names for baby daughters 50 years ago.

There were 10 new entrants in the 100 most popular names for boys with Teddy, Daithi, Paidi, Jaxon, Brody, Ted, Hunter, Tadgh, Tiernan and Arlo, all new additions.

Indie, Ayla and Lottie were the three new additions to the most popular girls names.

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