Michael was ranked 8th nationally but held the top spot in Galway City. Some counties picked names outside the top five. James was the second most favoured name for boys in 2018 and held the top spot in 6 counties and also in Dublin city. Jack was the most popular name for baby boys in half of the counties in 2018. In most areas of the country one of the top five boys’ names took the number one spot. There is a wider variety in the names registered for girls, with 4,779 girls' names in 2018 compared with 3,712 for boys. Ivy also rose from 137th place to 84th, a jump of 53 places. Ada gained 67 places, moving from 137th to 70th place between 20. Ada and Ivy were the girls names growing most in popularity. There were four new entrants to the top 100 for girls: Ada, Bella, Bonnie and Ivy. Theodore jumped from 156th place to 93rd between 20, (up 63 places) while Frankie rose from 131st place to 100th, (up 31 places). Theodore and Frankie were also the names rising most in popularity. Frankie, Freddie and Theodore were new entrants to the top 100 for boys in 2018.
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