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Thursday 7 November, 2024
Thursday 7 November, 2024
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16 Irish surnames that are now popular baby names in America
OVER THE WEEKEND, the Social Security Administration in the United States announced the most popular baby names for 2015.
This is what the top ten looked like:
As we scoured the top 1000 names, we spotted several Irish surnames now being used as first names. (America, eh?)
Let’s take a look, shall we?
1. Gannon
Ranking: #532
Number of Gannons born in 2015: 530
2. Barrett
Ranking: #313
Number of Barretts born in 2015: 1,136
3. Quinn
Ranking: 354th (boys) and 97th (girls)
Number of Quinns born in 2015: 938 boys and 3,077 girls
4. Grady
Ranking: #353
Number of Gradys born in 2015: 950
5. Sullivan
Ranking: #459
Number of Sullivans born in 2015: 660
6. Finnegan
Ranking: 405
Number of Finnegans born in 2015: 759
7. Brennan
Ranking: 446
Number of Brennans born in 2015: 681
8. Collins
Ranking: #704
Number of Collins born in 2015: 402
9. Flynn
Ranking: 694
Number of Flynns born in 2015: 360
10. McKenna
Ranking: 248
Number of McKennas born in 2015: 1,295
11. Kenny
(Okay, yes it’s a name in its own right, but we couldn’t resist.)
Ranking: 890
Number of Kennys born in 2015: 246
12. Callan
Ranking: 687th
Number of Callans born in 2015: 363
13. Cassidy
Ranking: 257
Number of Cassidys born in 2015: 1,230
14. Delaney
Ranking: 243
Number of Delaneys born in 2015: 1,322
15. Cannon
Ranking: 588
Number of Cannons born in 2015: 468
16. Hayes
Ranking: 539
Number of Hayes born in 2015: 524
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