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THE most popular names for new babies in 2020 has been revealed.
The Central Statistics Office has revealed that Ella is the most popular girls name in Kerry while Darragh and Jack are the most popular boys names in the county.
Nationally, Jack has retained the top spot as the most popular baby boys’ name in 2020, a position it has held since 2007 except for 2016, when James was the most popular choice.
Jack was followed by James, Noah, Daniel and Conor as the five most popular names for boys in 2020.
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Grace claims the top spot for girls for the first time, followed by Fiadh, Emily, Sophie and Ava.
These were the top five names of choice by parents for their newly arrived baby girls in 2020.
Emily held top position for the girls for nine consecutive years (since 2011) until 2020 when it earned the bronze medal spot behind Grace and Fiadh.
Back in 1970, John, Michael, Patrick, David and James were the names most favoured by parents of new-born baby boys. There were 193 male new-borns named John in 2020, just over 7.3% of the number of boys given the name John (2,629) in 1970.
Not one of the top five names for girls in 2020 appeared in the top 100 names a half century earlier.
Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Ann and Sharon were the most popular names for baby daughters in 1970, with 1,896 baby girls named Mary in that year.
In 2020, there were 410 baby girls named Grace, 21.6% of the number of girls given the name Mary (1,896) in 1970.
