While not helpful for Irish family history research, the following bit of trivia may be amusing.

Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released information about the most common names associated with babies born in Ireland during 2024.  

Top 5 Babies' Surnames:

1. Murphy
2. Kelly
3. Byrne
4. O'Brien
5. Walsh

An IrishCentral article provides meanings of the five most-frequent surnames.

Top 5 Babies' (First) Names:

Boys:

1. Jack
2. Noah
3. Rían
4. Cillian
5. James

Girls:

1. Sophie
2. Éabha
3. Grace
4. Emily
5. Fiadh

The CSO website includes historical data about popular Irish first names.

No surprise here: The most popular baby names in 1974 were John and Mary.