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17th May 2022
07:00pm BST

According to online baby name website Nameberry, these are the ten most popular baby names in Ireland this year.
Some we guessed would be popular this year but there's a couple of wild cards in there too:
While it's not that surprising that a lot of traditional Irish baby names like Caoimhe and Cormac made the cut there were two in particular that stood out to me.
Ada was not one that I was expecting to be popular this year, but I can understand why they are.
Over the last couple of years I've seen more and more classical literary inspired and Victorian era names become popular again.
Back in 2017 when I was naming my daughter Alice there was an Ava, Clara, Theodore and Ezra on the ward as well.
Even though Alice is a family name no one from my generation was called that because back in the 1980s and 1990s it was considered to be a little old lady names.
Now in the youngest generation of my family the little old lady names reign supreme with an Alice, Georgina, Emelia, Maisie, Evie and Iris.
It will be really interesting to see if by the end of the year there are even more classical names becoming popular in Ireland.Explore more on these topics: