Information on the most popular names chosen for babies born in December 2022, released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), shows that there were 65 babies born on Christmas Day 2022, of which 34 were boys and 31 were girls, compared to 89 babies born on Christmas Day 2021.
While it is not possible to reveal the names chosen on Christmas Day, there seems to be a Biblical reference for four of the five names in the list of Top 5 boys’ names in December 2022.
The most popular names chosen for baby boys born throughout December 2022 were: Noah (48), Jack (43), Rían (32), Oisín (30) and James (28).
The most popular names chosen for baby girls in December 2022 were: Holly (45), Robyn (33), joint third Grace (27) and Fiadh (27), Sadie (22) and joint fifth were Mia, Lily, Hannah and Sophia, all with 21 occurrences.
2012 COMPARISON
Comparing last year with 10 years ago, we can see some differences, most notably in the number of babies born on Christmas Day. In 2012 there were 113 babies born on Christmas Day of which 54 were boys and 59 were girls.
For boys born throughout the whole of December 2012, the most popular names were: James (68), Daniel (64), Jack (54), Sean (Seán) (48) and Ryan (45).
The most popular names chosen for baby girls in December 2012 were: Holly (83), Emily (55), Ella (51), Ava (46) and Aoife (45).
CHRISTMAS INFLUENCE
Commenting on the release, Seán O’Connor, Statistician for Vital Statistics, said: “Looking at the most popular names for babies born in December 2022, we can see a clear Christmas influence when it comes to naming girls.
Throughout the whole of 2022, there were 124 girls who were named Holly, which ranked 43rd in terms of popularity. But it was the top name for girls born in December with 83 baby girls given the name Holly.
Overall, in 2022, the most popular name for baby girls was Emily, and while Jack topped the chart for boys’ names over the whole year, Noah was the most popular name for boys born in December.”
The most popular Irish Baby Names in 2023 will be published in February 2024.
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