Biblical and festive names the most popular for babies born in December
DATA compiled by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed that festive and biblical names are among the most popular ones given to children born in Ireland during December.
The CSO revealed there were 65 babies born on Christmas Day 2022 in Ireland, 34 girls and 31 boys, compared to 89 Christmas Day births the previous year.
A CSO spokesperson that while it is not possible to say which names parents chose for their babies born on Christmas Day, there did appear to be a biblical reference for four of the top five boys names in December 2022.
Noah was the most popular boys name turning up 45 times, followed by Jack (43), Rían (32), Oisín (20) and James (28).
The most popular names chosen for baby girls in December 2022 were Holly (45), Robyn (33), joint third were Grace and Fiadh (27) followed by Sadie (22) and joint fifth were Mia, Lily, Hannah and Sophia (21).
The CSO spokesperson said when compared to a decade ago there were notable differences, in particular regarding the number of babies born on Christmas Day.
In 2012 there were 113 babies born in Ireland on Christmas Day, 54 of which were boys and 59 girls.
For boys born in December 2012, the most popular names were: James (68), Daniel (64), Jack (54) Sean (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).
CSO statistician Seán O’Connor said, “
“Throughout the whole of 2022, there were 124 girls who were named Holly, which ranked 43 in terms of popularity. but it was the top name for girls born in December with 83 baby girls given the name Holly,” said Mr O’Connor.
“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,” he added.
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