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Jack and Aoife the most popular names last year Jack and Aoife overtook Conor and Chloe as the most popular babies' names registered last year. There were 846 boys named Jack (3.3% of baby boys) and 633 girls named Aoife (2.7% of baby girls). The top five names for boys remained the same in 2000 as in 1999, although the order changed slightly. For girls, Niamh fell from 5th ot 6th place and Emma joined the top five. There were three new entries to the top 100 for boys: Josh, Dara and Kian
(spelt with a "K"). There were seven new names in the top 100 for girls: Amber,
Zara, Cara, Charlotte, Lara, Orlaith and Taylor. Amber and Taylor had been in the
top 100 before, in 1998.
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