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    Rían è stato il nome più popolare per i ragazzi nel 2025 mentre era Lily per le ragazze

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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/

    2. Seargentyates on

      Third most popular name was ‘Notion’, with a síneadh fada.

    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.

    6. No-Negotiation2922 on

      Wait a minute, the Irish Patriots said it was Muhammad !!!

    7. Lazy_Fall_6 on

      new entries to Top 100… Teidí. Teidí. Really? C’mon….

    8. EmiliaPains- on

      Not Elijah noooooo (every time i see that name I think of the Burkes)

    9. dudeirish on

      Tests out the name, “Rian your dinners ready”…it’s a nope from me

    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.

    19. SeaninMacT on

      Didn’t realise the women idolised the Arsenal goalie that much

    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

    26. cjamcmahon1 on

      normalise telling people they’ve given their child a stupid name

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