Top Donegal baby names revealed

 

It’s been revealed that ‘Amelia’ and ‘James’ were the most popular baby names in the border region last year.
According to the latest data just released from the Central Statistics Office, ‘James’ was also ranked most popular in 2016 with ‘Emily’ being the most popular baby girls name.
The data also shows that ‘Conor’ and ‘Oisin’ were the much preferred boys names by Donegal mothers last year.
While in 2016, ‘Charlie’ was the favourite boys name among mothers from the county.
In terms of girls names, ‘Amelia’ and ‘Sophie’ came out on top last year among Donegal mothers while ‘Ava’ was the most popular in the county in 2016.
Nationally, Jack 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.
Jack was followed by James, Daniel, Conor and Sean as the first five most popular names for boys in 2017.
The top names for newly arrived baby girls last year were Emily, Emma, Amelia, Grace and Sophie.