What's in a name?
The
Central Statistics Office has today released data revealing the most popular names in Ireland in 2014.
The most popular name for boys was... drum roll...
JOE Paddy Eoghan Tony Conor Paul Oisin Eric Joe Cian Jack.
Stewards enquiry, please.
For girls, the most popular name was
Her.ie Emily.
As it has been in previous years, the statistics show that girls are given a bigger variety of names than boys with 4,586 girls’ names registered compared to 3,486 boys’ names.
You can head over to the
Central Statistics Office for more info and here are the Top 5 lists for both boys and girls in full.
Top 5 Boys Names 2014
5. Sean
4. Conor
3. Daniel
2. James
1. Jack
Top 5 Girls Names 2014
5. Ava
4. Grace
3. Emma
2. Sophie
1. Emily
Hat-tip to The Irish Times
