In the past, you couldn’t go into an Irish classroom without encountering one or two Aislings or Dónals but now those names have been overtaken by more modern monikers.
So, if you are looking for an Irish name, but you don’t want your child to share theirs with anybody else in their class, then there are some names you may want to avoid. Now, if you don’t mind your child having a popular name (like me!) then that’s great, there are so many popular Irish names to choose from.
However, for some expectant parents, a popular name is a deal breaker!
Here are 10 boy and 10 girl names to avoid if you don’t want your child to have an overly popular name.
10 popular Irish boy names
- Rían – given to 339 babies in 202
- Oisín – given to 330 babies in 2023
- Tadhg – given to 301 babies in 2023
- Liam – given to 289 babies in 2023
- Cillian – given to 275 babies in 2023
- Fionn – given to 306 babies in 2023
- Conor – given to 244 babies in 2023
- Finn – given to 251 babies in 2023
- Patrick – given to 221 babies in 2023
- Darragh – given to 195 babies in 2023
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10 popular Irish girl names
- Fiadh – given to 300 babies in 2023
- Éabha – given to 241 babies in 2023
- Saoirse – given to 157 babies in 2023
- Caoimhe – given to 158 babies in 2023
- Aoife – given to 148 babies in 2023
- Róisín – given to 127 babies in 2023
- Sadhbh – given to 120 babies in 2023
- Cara – given to 157 babies in 2023
- Erin – given to 120 babies in 2023
- Croía – given to 166 babies in 2023
We used the data from the 2023 CSO.
* This article was originally published on Rollercoaster.ie.
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