Linda Rosenkrantz - Cool Irish Names for Babies

Whether or not you end up with a cool name, you owe it to your baby and your choice of a name to read this book. For one thing, you’ll find hundreds and hundreds of naming options here that you won’t find anywhere else, and that will open your eyes to a way of thinking about names that no other book or source can. And you’ll know for certain, after reading this book, what constitutes a cool name—even if you eventually decide that uncool is cool enough for you.

Mainstream Names

For many people, Irish and others alike, there’s nothing cooler than a popular name. The theory is that a popular name makes a child feel popular—accepted and approved—simply because he or she has a name that’s familiar to all and currently in style. Here then, from the Central Statistics Office in Dublin, are the current Top 50 names in Ireland:

Boys

SEÁN DANIEL

JACK LUKE

CONOR CIAN

ADAM MICHAEL

JAMES JAMIE

AARON MARK

DYLAN NATHAN

THOMAS CIARÁN

RYAN SAMUEL

DARRAGH CATHAL

OISÍN CHARLIE

MATTHEW ROBERT

JOHN KYLE

PATRICK FIONN

BEN JOSEPH

DAVID HARRY

CALLUM CORMAC

ALEX ANDREW

SHANE CALUM

EVAN RORY

EOIN STEPHEN

JOSHUA RONAN

CILLIAN KEVIN

JAKE NOAH

LIAM EOGHAN

Girls

SARAH MOLLY

EMMA ROÍSÍN

KATIE AISLING

AOIFE SAOIRSE

SOPHIE ELLIE

AVA ABBIE

GRACE MEGAN

ELLA HOLLY

LEAH ELLEN

CLARA ERIN

AMY NICOLE

EMILY ÁINE

LUCY TARA

CHLOE SHAUNA

CAOIMHE CLODAGH

HANNAH RUBY

RACHEL LILY

NIAMH KATELYN

REBECCA ABIGAIL

JESSICA EVA

ANNA CAITLIN

LAUREN ZOE

KATE EIMEAR

LAURA SHANNON

MIA ISABELLE

And here are the Top Ten in Northern Ireland, reflecting a somewhat more conservative picture:

JACK KATIE

JAMES GRACE

MATTHEW SOPHIE

DANIEL LUCY

RYAN EMMA

THOMAS ELLIE

ADAM SARAH

JOSHUA ERIN

DYLAN HANNAH

BEN ANNA

And which are the names rising fastest up the ladder, those on the cusp of mega-popularity? In the last year counted, there were two first-time entries in the boys’ Top 100: Senan and Tristan, while girls’ names new to the list were Aoibheann, Aoibhinn and Jasmine. Among other names on the rise:

Girls

ALANA ELLIE LUCY

AMELIA FAYE MIA

AOIBHE GRACE RUBY

AVA ISABELLA SARAH

EABHA ISABELLE SOPHIE

ELLA KAYLA

Boys

CALLUM/Calum FIONN OSCAR

CAMERON LEO RÍAN

CHARLIE MAX RUAIRÍ

CILLIAN NOAH SAM

EVAN OISÍN

In Northern Ireland, the fastest growing boy’s name is Carter, followed by Rory and Aodhán, and for girls Kayleigh, Lucie and Poppy are on the rise. Looking at it locally, in Derry the top names were Callum and Ellie.

For many decades, lively Irish names have been a prime export to the UK and the USA—dating back to the eras of Bridget, Kathleen and Eileen, Kevin, Kelly, Brian, Shannon and Seán. The trend not only continues but has accelerated in both realms.

TOP IRISH NAMES in the UK

Girls

ERIN

NIAMH

CAITLIN

SHANNON

KEIRA

Boys

RYAN

BRANDON

LIAM

RILEY

CONNOR

AIDAN

FINLAY/Finley

SEAN

KIERAN

…and

TOP IRISH NAMES in the USA

Girls

RILEY

ERIN

REAGAN

DELANEY

CASSIDY

CAITLIN

KELLY

MCKENNA

SHANNON

CASEY

TEAGAN

RYAN

TARA

Boys

AIDAN/Aiden COLIN

RYAN NOLAN

BRANDON BRODY

KEVIN SHAWN

CONNOR SHANE

SEAN BRENDAN

BRIAN DONOVAN

LIAM KEEGAN

RILEY QUINN

BRADY CASEY

COOLEST

EXPORT NAMES

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Donovan

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