A number of new names made it into the top 100 this year.
The Central Statistics Office has revealed the most popular monikers for babies in Ireland last year.
For the second year in a row,
Emily was ranked as the most popular girls name in Ireland, with
Emma and
Amelia rounding out the top three.
Meanwhile,
Jack moved up a spot on the list to claim the top rank for boys in 2017, followed by
James and
Daniel.
And there were a few new names to make it into the top 100 last year.
Theo and
Jackson were among the newer monikers that parents were picking for boys, while
Aoibhin, Nina, Pippa and
Esma were the new go-tos for girls.
Girls were given a wider variety of names than boys over the last 12 months, with 4,493 girls' names registered compared to 3,472 boys' names.
Here are the 25 most popular names for boys and girls in Ireland last year - you can check out the
top 100 here.
Boys names:
- Jack
- James
- Daniel
- Conor
- Sean
- Noah
- Luke
- Harry
- Adam
- Michael
- Oisin
- Alex
- Charlie
- Fionn
- Liam
- Cillian
- Patrick
- Darragh
- Thomas
- Jamie
- Cian
- John
- Finn
- Ryan
- Rian
Girls names:
- Emily
- Emma
- Amelia
- Grace
- Sophie
- Lucy
- Hannah
- Mia
- Ava
- Chloe
- Olivia
- Anna
- Lily
- Ella
- Soiree
- Kate
- Aoife
- Sophia
- Sarah
- Ellie
- Faith
- Sadie
- Caoimhe
- Evie
- Robyn
