Sophie and Jack the most popular baby names in 2024

Ellen O'Donoghue

Jack remains the most popular name for a baby boy for the eighth year running, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office.

Sophie replaced Grace in the top spot for baby girls.

Noah and Éabha followed closely behind, while Irish names rose in popularity.

The top five boys' names in 2024 were Jack, Noah, Rían, Cillian and James.

Caleb rose fastest up the rankings, up to 91st place from 142nd place in 2023, appearing in the top 100 names for the first time alongside Rowan and Iarlaith.

The top five names for baby girls in 2024 were Sophie, Éabha, Grace, Emily and Fiadh.

Hallie, Rhea, Caragh and Aurora have also made the top 100 names for girls.

The number of babies called Mary has dropped significantly – pushing the name out of the top 100 for only the third time since 1974.

Noah and Olivia were the most popular baby names in Dublin last year, while Paidi and Mia held the top spot for Monaghan, and Conor and Croía for Leitrim.

Jack has been the most popular boys name every year since 2007, except for 2016 when James took the top spot. Both names have been in the top five since 1998.

Grace, Emily and Sophie have all been in the top five names for girls since 2016.

According to the figures, David and Sophie were the most popular boys and girls names for babies born to parents originally from other EU countries, while Muhammad was the most popular boys name for parents originally from outside the EU, excluding Ireland and the UK, with Hazel the most popular for girls.

Last year, the most common surname across the country was Murphy.