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Ciara, Rory and Aislinn were among the most popular baby names in America last year

The Irish made an impressive showing in this year’s top 1000 baby names.

OVER THE WEEKEND, the most popular names for 2015 in the United States were revealed.

Emma and Noah topped the lists, but there was a surprising number of Irish names to be found in the top 1000.

Here are 13 Irish names that are getting awful trendy altogether in the US.

Liam

Can't sleep! Ever! Ever ever! Never fakeliampayne fakeliampayne

Ranking: #2

Number of Liams born in 2015: 18,281

Emmett

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Ranking: #139

Number of Emmetts born in 2015: 3,026

(Note: “Emmet” is ranked at #852.)

Aidan

Yaaaaaasssss credit to whoever made this #aidanturner #yaaaaas #babe #stubble #perfect mr_aidanturner mr_aidanturner

Ranking: #185

Number of Aidans born in 2015: 2,242

Sean

#sean#seancoonery#marnie#shalako#thenextman#cuba#meteor#outland#indianajones#therussiahouse#risingsun#firstknight#justcause#therock#entrapment#russiawithlove#jamesbond#bond#077#actors#famous#american#british#uk#london#usa#move#action#love seanconneryofficial seanconneryofficial

Ranking: #211

Number of Seans born in 2015: 1,870

Killian

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Ranking: #348

Number of Killians born in 2015: 968

Rory

Ranking: #378

Number of Rorys born in 2015: 851

Maeve

Ranking: #450

Number of Maeves born in 2015: 698

Conor

Ranking: 477

Number of Conors born in 2015: 621

Kian

Ranking: 487

Number of Kians born in 2015:

Kieran

Ranking: #511

Number of Kierans born in 2015: 588

Ciara

Ranking: #757

Number of Ciaras born in 2015: 370

Seamus

Ranking: #942

Number of Seamus born in 2015: 218

Aislinn

Ranking: #960

Number of Aislinns born in 2015: 280

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