‘Sean’ and ‘Emma’ still tops for tots

SEAN and Emma are the most popular Irish babies names for the second year in a row. There were 928 boys named Sean in the last year, 93 more than the second-most-popular name, Jack.

There were 787 girls named Emma, 213 more than the second most popular name, Katie.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), in its annual report on Irish babies names, said the top five boys' names Sean, Jack, Conor, Adam and James had remained exactly the same for the last five years, with only their order changing.