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Louth's most popular baby names revealed
Noah was the most popular baby name for boys in Louth last year, while Grace was the most popular girls' name, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
It is the second year in a row that Noah was the most popular boys' name in Louth, while Grace takes over the top spot for girls from Fiadh, which was the most popular girls' name in 2021.
In neighbouring Monaghan, Jack was the most popular boys' name, while Grace was the most popular girls' name.
Nationally, Jack retains top spot as the most popular boys' name in Ireland in 2022 while it's Emily for girls. Jack is the most popular boys’ name for the sixth year in a row. Emily replaced Fiadh as the most popular name for girls. Emily last claimed the top spot in 2019.
In terms of popularity, Éala rose fastest up the rankings in 2022, from 177th place in 2021 to 91st in 2022. Other interesting findings include, Oliver being the most popular boys’ name for parents of UK nationality, and Murphy was the most common surname for babies born in 2022.
There were 8,982 distinct new-born names registered in 2022. Blake and Cody are the two new entrants into the top 100 boys’ names for 2022. Looking at new entrants for girls, four new entrants appeared, which were Hailey, Phoebe, Ayda, and Éala.
In a comparison with 50 years ago, while John was the most popular boys' name in 1972, in 2022 it occupied the 36th position. For girls, Mary was the most popular name 50 years ago, whereas in 2022 it ranked 87th. There were 64 babies given the name of Mary in 2022. James is the only name which appears in the top five boys’ names in both 1972 and 2022.
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