Ireland's top baby names have been revealed, and there are a few new ones
We love a good name list here at MagicMum HQ, and when the CSO released their top baby names for 2017, we got very excited!
While the usual Jacks, Johns, James, Emilys and Graces have once again nabbed the top spots, there are a few names in the top 100 that have never been there before.
“Jack has reclaimed the top spot as the most popular baby boys name in 2017, a position it has held since 2007, with the exception of 2016, when James was the most popular choice," statistician Carol Anne Hennessy said.
"Jack was followed by James, Daniel, Conor and Sean as the first five most popular names for boys in 2017."
For the girls, Emily, Emma, Amelia, Grace and Sophie were the top five names of choice – there were 459 baby girls named Emily last year!
But it's the new entrants we're interested in, if we're being honest, and they don't disappoint!
Theo and Jackson were new entrants into the top 100 for boys while Aoibhin, Nina, Pippa and Esma made it into the top 100 for girls.
"In 2017, Jack was the top name for boys in Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow, Clare, Cork City and County, Kerry, North Tipperary, Waterford County and Mayo," Carol Anne said.
"It also shared top spot in South Dublin with Adam and James. In Limerick City, Jack shared the honours with Adam, while Jack along with Conor was the most popular in Laois.
"Emily proved most popular for baby girls in Carlow, South Dublin, Fingal, Kildare, Longford, Westmeath, Limerick County, Galway City and Mayo. Emily shared the top spot with Chloe in Galway County and with Amelia and Aoife in Clare.
"Where both parents were Irish, Jack was the most popular name for boys and Emily was the most popular for girls. Charlie and Hannah took the top spot for boys and girls respectively where both parents were UK nationals in 2017.
"Some less popular names for boys included Saul, Seaghan and Marley. Less popular girls’ names included Everly, Teegan and Romi.”
You can read the full list of names here.