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Irish Babies’ Names 2006

Five most popular babies' names
1. Sean Sarah
2. Jack Emma
3. Conor Katie
4. Adam Aoife
5. James Sophie

Sean and Sarah most popular Irish names

Sean and Sarah were the most popular babies' name registered last year. Sean returns to the top position it last held in 2004 and 2003 and Sarah returns to the top position it last held in 2002 and 2001. There were 994 boys named Sean in 2006, 7 more than the number of boys named Jack. There were 698 girls named Sarah, 105 more than the number of girls named Emma, the second most popular girls' name.
Exactly the same boys' names (Jack, Sean, Conor, Adam, James) have been in the top five since 1998, with only their order changing from year to year. There has been more change in girls' names.While Emma, Sarah and Aoife have been in the top five since 1998, Katie has only been in the top five since 2003, and Sophie is in the top 5 for the first time.

There were 2 first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Senan and Tristan. The highest new entry was Senan, which rose from 223rd place in 2001 and 109th last year to reach 95th place. The names rising the most places were Cameron (up 28 places to 90), Calum (up 26 places to 44) and Rory (up 23 places to 45). See Table 6.

There were 3 first time entries to the top 100 for girls: Aoibheann, Aoibhinn and Jasmine. The highest new entry was Aoibheann, which climbed from 182nd place in 2002 and 121st last year to reach 76th place. The names rising the most places were Jasmine (up 63 places to 87) and Alana (up 38 places to 94).

In general, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys. Over one in three girls (38.9%) were given a name not in the top 100, compared with 29.9% of boys.

Sean was the most popular name in the Midland, Dublin and Mid-East regions. Jack was the most popular in the Border, the West, the Mid-West, the South-East and the South-West regions. Emma was the most popular girls' name in the Midland and Mid-West region. Sarah was the most popular in the West, Mid-East, South-East and South-West region. Katie was the most popular name in the Border region and Sophie in the Dublin region.
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