Harsh.
Last week, we featured some of the names declining in popularity globally and now we’ve been alerted to the monikers that are losing face in Ireland.
Information released from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) features names that were once very popular but have declined in recent years.
To compile the list, the CSO looked at names that were very popular in 1964 but have since lost their shine, so to speak.
Ideal if you’re Michael, Anna or Thomas as these three are still going strong forty odd years later.
Below are the names that were big back in 1964 – not so much in 2014.
Imelda- 0 children in 2014
Brenda- 0 children in 2014
Bridgid- 0 children in 2014
Bartholomew- 0 children in 2014
Carmel- 0 children in 2014
Dolores- 0 children in 2014
Fergus – 0 children in 2014
Nuala- 0 children in 2014
Ronald- 0 children in 2014
Ursula- 0 children in 2014
Cornelius- 3 children in 2014
Eugene- 4 children in 2014
Kenneth- 3 children in 2014
Trevor- 3 children in 2014
Noreen- 3 children in 2014
Theresa- 4 children in 2014
Bernadette- 4 children in 2014
Frances- 5 children in 2014
Desmond- 6 children in 2014
Dorothy- 6 children in 2014
Philomena- 6 children in 2014
Terence- 7 children in 2014
Maurice -7 children in 2014
Eileen- 8 children in 2014
Sharon- 8 children in 2014
Audrey- 8 children in 2014
