Irish Girls'names in Ireland 2020

[AuntDympna]

I'm avoiding cleaning the radiators, so I had a look at the list and pulled out the Irish names:

1. Éabha 234, also Eabha 10 and Eábha 6.

2.. Saoirse 214

1. Aoife 179, also Aoibhínn 79, Aoibheann 53, Aoibhínn 44, Aoibhe 36, Aoibh 25, Aoibhínn 16 and Aobhí.
2. Caoimhe 163, also Keeva 14, and Kiva 3.
3. Róisín 146, also Róise 27, Rosa 23, Róisín 13, Róisín 9, and Roísín 3.
4. Cara 135, also Cora 59, Caragh 38, Córa 5.
5. Sadhbh 128, also Sadbh 15, Sáibh 9 and Sive 8.
6. Erin 127, also Érin 15, Éirinn 9, Éireann 8, Éire 6, Ériu 5, Eryn 3, Eirin 3, and Éirinn 3.
7. Clodagh 117.

10. Ailbhe 90. 11. Méabh 68, also Maeve 55, Mae 23, Méabh 9, Maebh 3, Meadhbh 3, Maeva 3. 12. Cora, see Cara. 13. Croía 56, also Croíadh 16, Croía 5, Croí 3. 14. Maeve see Méabh. 15. Paige 55, also Peggy 5, Peigí 3. 16. Aoibheann see Aoife. 17. Kayla 52, also Hayley 46, Hailey 47, Kayleigh 32, Cadhla 30, Kaylee 15, Keelin 13, Caoilinn, Céilí, Céala, Keelan. 18. Áine 52. 19. Ellen 46, Éile 15, Eibhlín, Éila, Eilidh, Eibhlín. 20. Laoise 46.

How lovely, thank you OP. Interesting not to see names like Niamh and Aisling, but perhaps they are getting a little old fashioned. I would also have guessed that Fiadh would be here!

Genuine question - is Paige an Irish name? Or just popular in irish? I’ve always really liked it. Wouldn’t have thought of Peggy as a nn but also quite like that.

Is this an official list?

*popular in Ireland

Thanks OP, nice to see the Irish names.
Did you use the CSO website?
www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/visualisationtools/babynamesofireland/

Are some fadas in the wrong places though?
For example, Róisín is listed three times with different numbers...
Róisín 146, also Róise 27, Rosa 23, Róisín 13, Róisín 9, and Roísín 3
It's the same story for Aoibhínn.

I'm avoiding making the dinner btw

I got the names off CSO. Those are the spellings. I think Roísín might be a typo.

Paige is an odd one. I think it is Maighréad gone through Peig but not sure, I thought would give it the benefit of the doubt.

No, I mean how can the number for Róisín be 146 and 13 and 9 in 2020? I think it's referring to number of babies born with the name rather than ranking...but how can there be three different numbers, with the exact same spelling, in one year? Sorry, I'm probably missing something really obvious, but it's confusing me.

Sorry there were 146 Róisín (two fadas), 13 Roisin ( no fadas), and 9 Roisín (fada on i only) . I thought i had corrected them and my phone recorrected.

Fíadh should be between Cora and Croía.
Fìadh 57, Fia 19.

Ah thanks, I thought it would have something to do with fadas, though I was too lazy to look
It's a very useful site. It graphs the usage of a particular name over the years too, which I find interesting (starts in 1964 I think). Only started including fadas and other diacritics in 2018 though!

I was surprised by Ailbhe and Croía. Where did they come from?

Ailbhe has been quite popular now for the last 20 or 30 years or more, I know a couple. Mostly said as Al-veh, but sometimes as Ale-veh. It's an old name, used to be a male name , but now used for girls. Croía is new, afaik anyway. Croí is the Irish for heart.

How do you say Croia? Sorry, can't do fada

DD2’s name is on that list.

This is interesting. Thank you.

Just read it again. DD1’s name is on there too but with a different spelling.

@YoureAllABunchOfBastards

How do you say Croia? Sorry, can't do fada

Like Cree-a www.teanglann.ie/en/gram/cro%C3%AD

Croíadh means hearty, courageous, I think.
Anther name that surprised me is Síomha, with 26 babies. I don't think I have heard it before. It's pretty.