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    Rían war im Jahr 2025 der beliebteste Name für Jungen, während es bei Mädchen Lily war

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    1. NanorH on

      **Key Findings**

      * Rían was the most popular boys’ name in 2025, the first time it reached the position since our series began in 1964. This was the first time Jack was not the most popular choice since 2016.

      * Lily was the most popular name for girls in 2025, replacing the previous year’s top choice of Sophie, which now ranks joint 6th with Emily.

      * Murphy was the most common surname for babies born in 2025, followed by Kelly and O’Brien.

      * For just the fourth time in the 50 years since 1975, Mary fell out of the top 100 list of most popular girls‘ names in Ireland.

      * In terms of popularity, the girl’s name Raya rose fastest up the rankings in 2025, from 213th place in 2024 to 99th in 2025.

      * David and Olivia were the most popular choices of boys’ and girls‘ name for parents of EU15 – EU27 Nationality.

      * There were 10,336 distinct new-born names registered in 2025.

      https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibn/irishbabiesnames2025/keyfindings/

    3. LucyVialli on

      Makes a change from Jack, after a decade of that. Don’t understand it’s massive popularity, there are 3 or 4 Jacks now in every school class.

      „Are ya goin to the Jacks?“

    4. Lamake91 on

      I love seeing the older names come back like Mabel and Sadie. I can’t imagine a newborn called Nancy though.

    5. das_punter on

      Each to their own but I look at these lists as what _not_ to call your child. Nothing wrong with the names, I just personally wouldn’t like my kids‘ names to be the most common names of the year they were born.

    11. otherside_b on

      Interesting that the boys names seem to be going more biblical – Noah, Elijah etc. whereas the girls are the opposite – Mary gone from the top 100.

      Tv influence too I think. Conall from Normal People. Nancy and Sadie could be a Stranger Things influence.

    12. Ok-Skill7602 on

      Apparently you need a minimum of three iterations of a name before it appears in the database. My son’s name is not even an option for the dropdown menu to search it 🤣

    14. ExternalSeat on

      I am kind of surprised there isn’t a Polish or Arabic name on this list (I guess Raya might be). They are all traditional Gaelic or standard English names.

    18. nightwing0243 on

      Before our boy was born, we thought we were so cool with the name „Noah“.

      When we were scoping out creche’s before he was born, hearing the manager say „yeah, we have loads of Noah’s“ brought us back down from thinking we were unique lol.

      Elijah was actually on my list of names and I fought tooth and nail for it. But my wife gets the ultimate vote, and rightfully so.

    20. wander-and-wonder on

      I’m surprised Leo hasn’t made the list yet. I know 5 Leo’s born in the past 2 years.

    22. yewEngine on

      John has fallen off a cliff. Funnily enough most of the Johns I know are pricks. 😆 Some sound ones too in fairness.

    23. achasanai on

      Is the fada on Rían a new thing or was it always that way? You don’t need fadas to get the ee/ee-i sound on traditional names like Niamh, Niall, Brian, Ciara, etc

    25. elec-pick on

      >There were 10,336 distinct new-born names registered in 2025.

      I’d love to see these

    28. ashfeawen on

      When there might be 2 people of the same name, it’s not so bad. I feel for the kids where it reaches 4 of their name in their class. We had 4 Sarahs. 

    29. BadDub on

      Seeing more and more Irish names is great. Also did Rian and Oisin in the 2024 All Ireland winning Armagh team play any part in this I wonder.

    30. Educational-Law-8169 on

      It’s funny when people a few years ago started using names like Mabel or Sadie that hadn’t been popular at all. They seem original at the time then a fews years later they’re the most common ones. You can’t win really

    31. 1798Fenian on

      I’d be interested to know, the people calling their children Noah or Elijah, are ye religious like? As a country that has only just clawed it’s way out from underneath the oppression of the Catholic Church, I find it weird enough to be naming your children after Old Testament religious figures. Or do people these days just not assign any meaning to a name, similar to the way Americans do it?

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