Snapshot of Ireland: Jack still the most popular boy's name while girls are full of Grace

Snapshot of Ireland: Jack still the most popular boy's name while girls are full of Grace

Grace pipped Fiadh to the most popular baby name spot for girls in 2020. File picture

We are very helpful, we get on better with our parents, Jack is still the most popular boy's name while Murphy remains the most popular surname for a baby born in Ireland.

This is according to the Central Statistics Office, which also says there are fewer teenage mothers, more Dubliners, and people who live in the South-West of Ireland are among the unhappiest in the country.

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