Is your first name going out of Fashion?

Arsemageddon

Here's an interesting little interactive poll yokey-ma-bob from the Irish Times website where you can look up the frequency of first names given to kids in the last ten years.

A quick check shows that we have now gotten past the bleak, bleak years of naming young wans Britney and Shakira, also the number of Rihannas have been falling since there 2007-08 peak. The name Mary appears to be in serious decline

As for the boys, I'm truly horrified that any one would call their young fella Brooklyn or Braxton!!! The number of Johns remains relatively constant, but David is in sharp decline.


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/is-your-name-going-out-of-fashion-1.2089357

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Zippie84

Yeah it's been yonks since I've heard of anyone else called Zippie tbh.

9bred4

As far as I'm aware, Odhran seems to be coming into fashion! :cool:

TheBeardedLady

My name is not even on the list - it's never on any feckin' list (except the list of names that are never on any list)!

mad muffin

My name isn't even listed… oh well. I guess I'm the only Zohan in the village.

Ruu

Other risers are Lexi, Poppy and Fiadh and Sienna, none of which made the top 500 back in 2004 but all of which are now in the top 100.

FUCK. OFF!

dante2015

damn my name isnt there either

Ihatecuddles

Mine has always been really popular, seems to be slowly on the decline!! We picked a girls name for this baby, thought it was fairly unusual but seems to be on the rise

beks101

No, it's steadily going out of fashion.
Hopefully by the time I'm an aul wan I'll be the only one left.

The Backwards Man

Mine was never in fashion.

Iranoutofideas

Some amount of dreadful names on there.

Alfred
Archie
Ashton
Beau
Bence
Bernie
Bentley
Braxton
Brayden
Brodie

The poor poor bastards.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Only three Emmas in the last 10 years? Not sure that's accurate....

Ihatecuddles

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Only three Emmas in the last 10 years? Not sure that's accurate....

You're doing it wrong

Duggy747

I can't see "Mistake" anywhere.






*sniff*

diomed

Annalise wtf.
Annalise this, followed by a punch.

Katgurl

I have gone from being very unusual to completely dime-a-dozen over the last decade or so.

My name reached the zenith of its popularity in 2011, but has since fallen by a whopping 28%.

It's still a reasonably uncommon name, having an average annual registration rate of 175 between 2004-2013. I wouldn't like it to become too popular.

Leogirl

TheBeardedLady wrote: »

My name is not even on the list - it's never on any feckin' list (except the list of names that are never on any list)!

Same here- have only met one other person with my name.

Mine a very well known Irish name but not particularly common, I'd imagine it was more popular years and years and yeeeeaaaars ago. Not so much now, but I like it

Anonymagician

When I was born my parents put a different name on my birth cert to what they call me because what they wanted to call me wasn't "appropriate" and more of a nickname. Seems like it's rising in popularity now :O

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Deleted User wrote: »

Mine a very well known Irish name but not particularly common, I'd imagine it was more popular years and years and yeeeeaaaars ago. Not so much now, but I like it

It's either Mary or Cait. Or Peig.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

It's either Mary or Cait. Or Peig.

Or Deichtine.

Gobnait appears to have left the radar entirely, with no registrations over the ten-year period.

There were, however, 13 girls named Jewel, three named Letitia, and 90 girls named Magdalen, which is mildly ominous. There were 71 Princesses, as against seven 'Queen's (all girls, thankfully), nine 'Tallulah's, and three lucky girls were named Success! (sans exclamation mark)

Continuing the regal theme amongst the boys, we had 7 Kings and 61 Princes. Bible references also abounded, with and 71 'Cain's and 48 'Abel's, although we are not told how many were brothers. In the morto stakes, there were seven little boys named Armani, three named Chesney, 22 named Axel. There were 39 Divines and three Blessings. encouragingly, there were also 56 'Byron's, indicating that we really are quite a literary bunch.

Karl Stein

It was kinda cool for a few months back in the winter of 1992.

Ebenezer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b2T8K2D-ps

Turtyturd

I'm convinced the name Gobnaith originated on boards...only place I have come across it.

My son was born in 2013 and his name isn't an option.

Ihatecuddles

I love the name Madeleine but it has connotations when you hear it, it's really sad because it's such a lovely name.

SEPT 23 1989

My name has gone into steep decline it would seem

Duke O Smiley

I have an absolutely terrible Irish name, it isn't listed but even the English version is on a rapid decline, not that it was ever popular.

Ihatecuddles

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I have an absolutely terrible Irish name, it isn't listed but even the English version is on a rapid decline, not that it was ever popular.

Well now you've got me curious!!

Ara ararauna

My name is one of the most common around, my surname on the other hand you'd be pushed to find outside my townland!

I don't understand this thing of giving children "original" names, its not like I feel any less of an individual for having a good and honest forename

raze_them_all_

11 of my full name, 5 of the shortened, thank ****

Turtyturd

Turtyturd wrote: »

I'm convinced the name Gobnaith originated on boards...only place I have come across it.

My son was born in 2013 and his name isn't an option.

Just realised 3 or more records have to be made.

Sciprio

My name is not even on the list.

Rubberlegs

My name was quite popular years ago, there were a few of us in the same class at school. I never hear of children with my name nowadays. It's not a bad name, but I'd consider it to be a bit old fashioned.

bb1234567

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

Some amount of dreadful names on there.

Alfred
Archie
Ashton
Beau
Bence
Bernie
Bentley
Braxton
Brayden
Brodie

The poor poor bastards.

I quite like brayden

Antar Bolaeisk

It seems that my name has been in complete decline, it's now only at 30% of it's 2004 value. Can't say it's such a bad thing, there's too many of us about, work is so lousy with us that we're all referred to by initials!

Galwayguy35

Mine seems to be still quite popular.

wyndham

82 Kaydens in 2013. ...shudder

Teyla Emmagan

bb1234567 wrote: »

I quite like brayden

Desperate.

Duke O Smiley

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Well now you've got me curious!!

Its Cearbhall. I have literally never met or heard of another person with the same name.

FGR

Deleted User wrote: »

Mine a very well known Irish name but not particularly common, I'd imagine it was more popular years and years and yeeeeaaaars ago. Not so much now, but I like it

Nuala.

Or Nualadaisydoodles esquire.

My name didn't make the list. Not surprised as it's far more common in the english speaking world - excluding Ireland.

Ara ararauna

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Its Cearbhall. I have literally never met or heard of another person with the same name.

What's the pronunciation?
I'm thinking curve-all anyway but its doubt its that

ChippingSodbury

Jaysus boys, didn't we have a President in the 70s called Cearbhall O'Dalaigh! He's the one who resigned because some guy called him a thundering disgrace...

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Absolute muppets who named their daughters Rhianna around 2008/2009 (presumably because of the singer).

castletownman

It seems my extended family are the only ones with their heads screwed on when it came to naming their children in the same time-scale as the study.

Proper, tradtionally normal Irish names and not a Harper Seven, North, Apple, Brooklyn or other celebrity nonsense in sight.

Arsemageddon

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Jaysus boys, didn't we have a President in the 70s called Cearbhall O'Dalaigh! He's the one who resigned because some guy called him a thundering disgrace...

He was actually called a 'thundering b0ll0cks' by Paddy Donnegan.

The media just changed it to disgrace because b0llocks is too rude a word for the gentle folk of Ireland to deal with.

riffmongous

Arsemageddon wrote: »

He was actually called a 'thundering b0ll0cks' by Paddy Donnegan.

The media just changed it to disgrace because b0llocks is too rude a word for the gentle folk of Ireland to deal with.

I've seen that mentioned before, is there a good link for proof? That would be most un- parliamentary language

I've never met anyone else with my first name, but I've heard of others.

It's not a stupid 'new' one, or a trad Irish one. I usually shorten it to something more mainstream.

PLL

Not on the list even though it's an Irish name, that only Irish people seem to have ever heard of/pronounce. I have only known of two other people with my name. It's really uncool. Popular in the 1940's I think. I like that about it in a way, but its not the prettiest. Everyone calls me the shortened version anyhow.

Edit: Just checked my daughter's name and it's in decline, happy days! I hate popular names, would you want to have a name like everyone else.

Ihatecuddles

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Its Cearbhall. I have literally never met or heard of another person with the same name.

Wow very unique!!

Filmer Paradise

Igor surprisingly popular.

In 2011 there were 40 Igors born.:eek:

Flick the switch boys!!!!:D