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28th February 2020
11:53am GMT
"Jack has retained the top spot as the most popular baby boys name in 2019, a position it has held since 2007 except for 2016, when James was the most popular choice. Jack was followed by James, Noah, Conor and Daniel as the first five most popular names for boys in 2019."
Boy names
1. Jack
2. James
3. Noah
4. Conor
5. Daniel
Girl names
1. Emily
2. Grace
3. Fiadh
4. Sophie
5. Hannah
The CSO also looked into the most popular baby names 50 years ago and found that James was the only name in the top five boys' names in 2019 that was also in the top five in 1969.
Meanwhile, none of the top 10 girls' names in 2019 were in the top 100 names in 1969.
The highest climbers this year from 2018 were Odhrán (up 41 places from the previous year) and Alexandra (up 25 places from the previous year).
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