The Irish For: Baby name trends - is Ireland that different to other countries?

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Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at the latest baby name trends abroad and asks if we have our own ideas here in Ireland.

Darach Ó Séaghdha Writer RECENTLY, NAMEBERRY, A website devoted to baby names – released its predictions for the top baby names they expect in the UK in 2022.

This would never have happened in Ireland however, where names are more likely to drop sharply once they are directly associated with a single celebrity or fictional character. For example, the name Lauren was on the rise and the 7th most popular girls’ name in Ireland in 1996 when the Fugees released “The Score”. The following year it dropped to 10th place and has been sinking ever since.

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