Grace and Noah most popular names in Donegal
The most popular girls' and boys' names in Donegal last year were Grace and Noah.
Grace replaces Fiadh, which was the most popular girls' name in the county in 2024.
Noah was the most popular boys' name in Donegal in 2024 and remains so.
Across the 26 counties the most popular name for boys was Rían. For girls it was Lily.
Donegal's most favoured names were popular throughout the country, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Grace was the 4th most popular name in 2025, dropping one place from last year and has remained in the top ten since 2006.
Noah dropped from second place in 2024 to 3rd in 2025, but remains popular, having been in the top ten since 2013.
The CSO note that Grace is also a popular name in the North where it was the most common name selected for girls in 2024.
And Donegal's most favoured name for boys' was the most popular choice in Scotland in 2024.